The Blue Jackets traded Yegor Chinakhov to the Pittsburgh Penguins yesterday, moving on from a former first round draft pick. Today, we're taking a look at the full return.
We broke down the trade and Yegor's time in Columbus yesterday, but In case you missed it, here's the full deal:
At a glance, I think this is really tidy work by Don Waddell. As we dig deeper, it looks even better.
In exchange for a player who wasn't fitting in, he recoups a high draft pick for next summer, and adds to his future draft capital as well.