COLUMBUS, Ohio — A collection of notes, insights, ruminations and did-you-knows gathered throughout the week that was for the Columbus Blue Jackets:
Item No. 1: Trouba pursuit
The Blue Jackets were among the clubs that pressed hard to acquire defenseman Jacob Trouba from the New York Rangers last week, but Trouba declined to remove Columbus from the list of clubs on the no-trade clause in his contract.
It was nothing personal. The Athletic has learned from a team official that Trouba refused to approve a trade to at least two other clubs in the Eastern Conference, including the Detroit Red Wings, before he signed off on a trade to the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.
Another reason it wasn’t personal: Trouba’s wife, Kelly Tyson-Trouba, is a doctor of osteopathic medicine at a hospital in New York, with a residency that reportedly runs through July. It was important to them that Trouba’s next stop work well for both of their careers.
“Anaheim was one of the places my wife and I were interested in,” Trouba told reporters in Anaheim.
It’s unknown what the Blue Jackets were offering the Rangers for Trouba, but Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell’s interest in the player makes two issues abundantly clear:
1. Waddell is not content
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