from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,

If a team dying to add a defenseman asked about veteran James Wisniewski (who has two more years left on his deal after this season carrying a $5.5 million cap hit), my guess is the Jackets would listen.

But you don’t get the sense, unlike with many of the non-playoff teams, that an overhaul is coming. This is a good team that simply has a dark cloud hanging over it this season.

"I don’t think we’re in a situation where we need to blow things up or anything like that, not from a contractual point of view or any other point of view," Kekalainen said. "I think that we’ll just evaluate whatever opportunity might come our way before the deadline."

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