4 Win-win Trade Packages for Blue Jackets Forward Patrik Laine

Ben Jackson/NHLI via Getty ImagesThe Patrik Laine experience has not gone as anybody planned over the past four seasons, and it seems that the two sides are ready for a trade.

It was reported this past week that new general manager Don Waddell and Laine's camp are going to work together this offseason to find a trade for Laine, giving him the fresh start he might need in a new city and on a new team.

Injuries and off-ice struggles have held Laine back in Columbus, and his $8.7 million salary cap hit over the next two years could be problematic when it comes to finding a trade partner. But despite all of that Laine has still been an effective goal-scorer when he has been on the ice over the…