Matt Duchene, the playmaking center brought in at the trade deadline to bolster the Columbus Blue Jackets Stanley Cup hopes, is expected to sign a free agent contract with the Nashville Predators.
The Jackets had hoped to be able to sign the center, but in the end, their pitch lost out to the Predators, long rumored to be favorite destination for Duchene.
Confirming Duchene to #Preds $8m for 7 ... hearing #CBJ offered Duchene more than $8 mill/year. That one, however, was always going to be an uphill fight.