Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell Reveals Hurricanes Tried Trading for Elvis Merzlikins

Don Waddell, former president and general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes for the past 10 years and current president of hockey operations, general manager, and alternate governor of the Columbus Blue Jackets, casually dropped a bombshell report in a recent podcast with top hockey insider, Jeff Marek. Waddell states the two sides progressed on a deal, but evidently, nothing got done, and now Waddell has taken Kekalainen's job and Merzlikins remains a Blue Jacket.