Blue Jackets Don't See Goalie Need
15th July, 2007 - 11:11 am
Columbus Dispatch - The NHL rumor mill has been churning for the past month about how the Blue Jackets are in the market for a proven goaltender, either through trade or free agency.

It couldn't be further from the truth. Give it an E0, Eklund.

Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson makes it clear that he never engaged in trade talks for a goal-tender during the NHL entry draft in June in Nationwide Arena, when Tomas Vokoun (traded from Nashville to Florida) and Vesa Toskala (from San Jose to Toronto) changed addresses. The Jackets weren't in the running for Manny Fernandez (Minnesota to Boston), either, Howson said.

Nor are the Blue Jackets floating offers to the handful of capable goalies still available on the free-agent market. [READ]

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