Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: There have been reports that the Blue Jackets and Vegas Golden Knights have reached an agreement leading up to the expansion draft. The Blue Jackets will pay a big price for the Golden Knights to not select Josh Anderson, Joonas Korpisalo or one of Jack Johnson or David Savard. Portzline:
“The Jackets are believed to be trading this year’s first-round draft pick (No. 24 overall) and a prospect (not Pierre-Luc Dubois or Sonny Milano) to Vegas for assurances that the Golden Knights will select either left wing Matt Calvert, center William Karlsson or defenseman Ryan Murray.