Columbus Blue Jackets, Winnipeg Jets hope risky blockbuster swap proves mutually beneficial - TSN.ca

, the player drafted directly after Laine in 2016, and a 2022 third-round pick. Winnipeg retained 26 per cent of Laine’s cap hit and salary this season to make the money work, leaving the Laine and Dubois part a dollar-for-dollar swap.

This is a deal that was likely on the table for weeks, as the Jets had long expressed interest in Dubois, whose father, Eric, is an assistant coach with the franchise’s AHL affiliate Manitoba Moose. It was hastened by Dubois’ relationship with coach John Tortorella publicly unravelling during Thursday night’s loss in which Dubois was benched for the entirety of the final two periods - with Tortorella saying Dubois’ effort had “eroded.

“This was the right time for both parties to move in a different direction,” Kekalainen said of Dubois in a statement Saturday.Neither Laine nor Roslovic had a future on Canada’s prairies. Roslovic, a restricted free agent prior to signing a new two-year deal with Columbus, declined to even report to Winnipeg. The mercurial Laine was in the final year of his contract, requiring an expensive new pact that the team likely didn’t want to offer and the player did not want to sign.

Laine leaves Winnipeg with 140 goals in 306 games. Selanne ended his Jets career with 147 goals in 231 games. “Patrik is a player we know very well and in a short time has become one of our league’s most proficient goal scorers,” Kekalainen said.

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