Columbus Blue Jackets make Perplexing trade with Arizona Coyotes

The Columbus Blue Jackets ship Jacob Graves and a draft pick to Arizona for Ryan MacInnis.

Jarmo and Company are keeping their minds off of Artemi Panarin‘s contract situation by swapping minor leaguers with a desert teams. Today, the Columbus Blue Jackets acquired center Ryan MacInnis from the Arizona Coyotes.

In exchange the Yotes get Jacob Graves, a 23-year-old defenseman who has spent the last two years bouncing between the AHL and ECHL. The worst part of the deal is that the Jackets also gave up a conditional 2019 6th round pick that could turn into a 2020 5th round pick.

Ryan MacInnis certainly has a rich pedigree. His father, Al MacInnis is a Hall of Famer and a Stanley Cup trophy…