To some, the idea of keeping Bread and Bob around for a playoff run — and then losing them for nothing — holds some appeal. Bah. It’d be better to salvage them, get what can be gotten at the deadline, open up some cap space and end this game of charades sooner rather than later.

The Jackets are, without question, a better team with Panarin on the roster. But he has been aimed for the exit with his head ducked for almost a year.

Stand up straight.

-Michael Arace of the Columbus Dispatch where you can read more on Artemi Panarin.