McKenzie: Talks "cooled off a little bit" between Oilers, Blue Jackets

Bob McKenzie was on Toronto’s TSN 1050 on Wednesday afternoon.

On what the next move is for the Oilers:

"There’s no question general manager Craig MacTavish is talking to teams. Last night, it seemed to be hot and heavy with the Columbus Blue Jackets. A potential deal that would send David Perron to Columbus in exchange for centre Artem Anisimov. That seems to have cooled off a little bit. Not dead by any stretch, I don’t think. But I think the Columbus Blue Jackets have moved on to other things... they were unable to consummate something as quickly as some of us thought would happen. So they’ll continue to look at their options.

"But there’s no question MacTavish is looking for a goaltender. There’s no question he’s looking for a centre. And, I mean, he wouldn’t turn his nose up at a good defenceman either."

Source: TSN 1050/ Transcript: Nichols on Hockey

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