Blue Jackets felt they had deal with Bruins for Vladislav Gavrikov
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Report: Blue Jackets felt they had deal with Bruins for Gavrikov originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Earlier this week it seemed like, based on much of the reporting, that Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov would eventually be traded to the Boston Bruins before the March 3 NHL trade deadline.
One report even said the Bruins and Blue Jackets had the “framework” of a deal in place, and that the holdup was Boston needing to clear some salary cap space first.
Well, the Bruins ultimately went in a different direction and made a trade with the Washington Capitals on Thursday night to acquire defenseman Dmitry Orlov and bottom-six forward Garnet Hathaway.
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How do the Blue Jackets feel about how this process transpired?
“Multiple team and league sources confirmed to The Athletic that the Blue Jackets firmly felt they had a deal in place with Boston for more than a week that would have sent defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov to the Bruins for multiple picks and/or players,” Aaron Portzline of The Athletic wrote Thursday night.
“The Blue Jackets believed the deal was done, sources said, but Boston repeatedly asked for more time. A deal isn’t official until it’s submitted to the NHL for approval.”
Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman provided his own intel on the situation during Friday’s episode of the “32 Thoughts” podcast.
“I think earlier on Thursday, not long before that trade came down, Columbus found out the deal wasn’t going to happen, ” Friedman said. “And Columbus and Boston — I don’t know how to judge this, I don’t know who is right and who is wrong — but Columbus and Boston had very different opinions on where this trade was.
“Columbus thought they had a commitment. Boston felt it was never there. I had some teams telling me that Boston continued to look. I was actually on the phone talking to somebody, a GM, when I started to get news of the (Orlov/Hathaway trade) and he was like,…
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