The 22-year-old scored one goal in five games for Columbus this season and has 159 points (66 goals, 93 assists) in 239 NHL games. All Rights Reserved. "Before I got drafted to Columbus, I knew what kind of coach [Tortorella] was," Dubois said. But that pending contract situation could be very tricky. Monday, he benched Patrik Laine, who arrived in that deal. The NHL uses cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies. He will be a restricted free agent at the end of that contract. After a decent start from the Jackets, the Predators scored twice in the first period to take a 2-0 lead into the dressing room after 20 minutes. The Columbus Blue Jackets were forced to trade away center Pierre-Luc Dubois, who demanded a trade.Their return was very good in Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic, however, neither player fulfilled the team’s biggest hole — the one that Dubois left — the No. From a purely hockey perspective there are some elements here that make sense for both teams. In their fifth game of the season on Thursday, he played five shifts and 3:55 in the first period before he was benched by Tortorella for the remainder of a 3-2 overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. COLUMBUS (WCMH) — All-Star winger Patrik Laine will make his debut with the Blue Jackets on Tuesday night. Things reached a boiling point on Thursday night when he was benched for almost the entire game against the Tampa Bay Lightning. We encourage you to review it carefully. Columbus Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella benched Pierre-Luc Dubois before his trade. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. The goal gave the Blue Jackets a 3-2 lead. "He's a hard coach, I can take it," Dubois said during an interview with "Hockey Night in Canada" on Saturday. I let them know the reasons. Enter Search Term. He said Saturday that he was open with his teammates and Tortorella about wanting to leave before the season started but prefers to keep the reasons to himself. Tim Campbell. Any other third party trademarks or copyrights are the property of their respective owners. The Predators had their way with the Blue Jackets, out-shooting them by a nearly 2-to-1 margin throughout and controlling long stretches of play. It has nothing to do with them. Laine’s current deal runs through the end of this season and is worth $6.75M. He wasn't necessarily an afterthought of the trade between Winnipeg and Columbus, but most of the focus was on Patrik Laine. by The native of Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Que. Dubois had been looking for a “change of scenery” since the start, a request that was creating some fairly obvious drama between him, coach John Tortorella, and the entire team. "If [anything], I respect them more than anybody. I didn't want to play games with my teammates. Use arrows to navigate between autocomplete results. It is also probably a better return than they could have ever anticipated for Laine when trade rumors first started to surface involving him. That contract is worth $1.9M per season. "At the end of the day, you want your friends, you want your teammates to be happy and sometimes it hurts or sometimes you can be disappointed with their decisions, but I know that at the end of the day they just want me to be happy.". projected cap hit : $79,936,158 projected ltir used : $7,354 projected cap space : $1,571,197 Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Flipboard (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Sabres captain Jack Eichel out for the ‘foreseeable future’, NHL still navigating challenges one year after pausing season, U.S.-Canada border decision looms in playoffs for NHL, on Thursday night when he was benched for almost the entire game against the Tampa Bay Lightning. "And that's something that wasn't always easy, but you have to appreciate the honesty and appreciate that he was trying to make me a better player, make me a better person. The Zamboni word mark and configuration of the Zamboni ice resurfacing machine are registered trademarks of Frank J. Zamboni & Co., Inc.© Frank J. Zamboni & Co., Inc. 2021. In a blockbuster deal, the Columbus Blue Jackets sent Dubois and a third-round pick to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for Laine and Roslovic, capping off a week of drama in Columbus. They've been great for me since I've come into the NHL, making me feel part of the team, making me feel Columbus is a home. Coach John Tortorella said Laine, who came to the Jackets on Jan. 23 in a trade … Dreger adds that it could be resolved a soon as Saturday. Dubois, a center, let it be known he wanted to be traded after signing a two-year, $10 million contract with the Blue Jackets on Dec. 31, 2020. And that's how I see 'Torts' and I have nothing but respect for him. Dubois was traded, along with a third-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft, to the Jets for forwards Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic. Video: Blue Jackets trade Dubois to the Jets for Laine Dubois, a center, let it be known he wanted to be traded after signing a two-year, $10 million contract with the Blue Jackets on Dec. 31, 2020. That game almost certainly ramped up the team’s efforts to complete a trade. "Like Torts said, he wanted to get it out in the open with everybody, and that's also something that I wanted to do. Well, Roslovic's been the star so far. According to TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger, the Columbus Blue Jackets are “closing in” on a trade involving Pierre-Luc Dubois. The Columbus kid has come to play.