How’s this to start another hockey Saturday?
The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded unhappy burgeoning star centre Pierre-Luc Dubois to the Winnipeg Jets for high-volume goal scorer Patrik Laine and holdout forward Jack Roslovic, TSN’s Darren Dreger was first to report.
The transaction involving three forwards who each issued trade requests before the start of the season will also involve a third-round draft selection heading to the Jets. Roslovic, meanwhile, will sign a two-year deal with what is his hometown club as part of the agreement.
Things quickly became untenable between Dubois and the Blue Jackets organization following initial word that the fourth-year forward wanted a “bigger stage” to play on.