Jackets cancel trade and mock the messy Dadonov voided move in Vegas!

Earlier today, the Colorado Avalanche and Columbus Blue Jackets decided to make the best of it by pulling a trade on the most controversial day of the year as the Blue Jackets announced that they were shipping their beloved mascot Stinger to the Avalanche in return for theirs, Bernie the dog.

Hours later, the Jackets announced that the trade had been canceled, though they made fun of the Vegas Golden Knights in the process. As you know days after the trade deadline, the NHL canceled the Evgenii Dadonov trade because it violated his limited no-trade clause.

Before Monday’s NHL trade deadline, Vegas moved Dadonov to the Anaheim Ducks along with a conditional second-round pick for defenseman John Moore and the contract of retired forward Ryan Kesler. The Ducks would select whether to receive Vegas’ second-round pick in either 2023 or 2024. But hours after the trade was announced, an issue came up: Dadonov’s limited no-trade clause, which was included in a contract he signed in 2020 with the Ottawa Senators. Dadonov and his agent claimed that Anaheim was on his 10-team no-trade list and that the list had been submitted to Ottawa for this season by the stated deadline in the contract. It was confirmed that the forward was right and the trade was voided.

And so, the Jackets made the joke that Stinger’s clause allowed for a trade to the Colorado Rockies, but not the Avalanche.

We get that it’s April fools Day, but wow, no mercy here! The Golden Knights were however good sports, answering the tweet with the simple word: happens.