It’s no secret that Columbus Blue Jackets General Manager Scott Howson is actively shopping center Jeff Carter, a player he acquired a mere seven months ago as part of an attempted series of impact moves designed to place the woebegone Blue Jackets into playoff contention. Carter’s reaction to the trade was that of extreme disappointment to the extent that Blue Jackets team President Mike Priest, Howson and team captain Rick Nash traveled to Carter’s New Jersey summer residence several days after the trade to try to determine whether Carter indeed wanted to come to Columbus as Carter could not be reached for several days after the trade was made.
To be kind, the Carter acquisition has failed in just about every respect: Carter, while injured on two stretches of this season, has not exactly meshed with the Blue Jackets franchise player, Rick Nash and has appeared disinterested throughout the time he has been healthy. In fact, rumblings of Carter’s discontent occurred at a relativ...
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