BlueJackets GM Jarmo Kekalainen isn't second-guessing his moves at the NHL trade deadline. 'After we do our due diligence and we talk about it, we make our decisions. Then we move forward, and we live with it. And I'd do it again.'
Part of the reason for this lull could be due to the fact the assortment of new faces needs a bit of time to get used to their new surroundings and linemates. For the two forwards coming from Ottawa, where defensive demands were more lax than usual as they tried to get fans in the door with a little flair, rebooting into a playoff-team mindset maybe isn’t like flipping a switch.
Remember when Duchene came to the Senators from the Avalanche in November 2017, he went pointless in his first seven games and was a minus-10, then slowly started to get going with five points in the following nine games. The issue, of course, is that Columbus doesn’t have the luxury of time. There are just 17 games left in the regular season and the playoff race is in full swing.
“Yeah, it probably takes a little bit of time for each player to come to a new team and get familiar with the style of play and all that,” Kekalainen told NHL.com. “But these guys are all pros. They know how hockey’s being played. It’s just minor differences between the coaches and how they want the game to be played and the systems and all that, getting used to new teammates. That kind of stuff is definitely not an excuse for any of our performances as of late. I think we can play a lot better.
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