Aaron Portsline

So both of those, if you're a Blue Jackets fan who loves being able to watch Zach Wierenski play in a sweater, would appear to be short-term positives.

But there are teams around this league who do believe that Zach Horensky is on the move, either before the end of his contract, either this summer or next.

And understandably, they'd like to be in on that.

Don Waddell is going to meet with the media here in Columbus at noon our time.

Nine for you.

He has a meeting with Horensky after the draft.

Not sure if that's Saturday evening, Sunday, when that is.

The lack of urgency there tells me that there's nothing imminent on that front or that it's not something that they are anticipating doing this summer.

That's my read on this.

Things can change.

If I were faced with my Norris Trophy defenseman saying,

Yes, I want out.

I would want to know that before Friday's first round.

I would want to know that probably before today, certainly before tomorrow.

So that's my read on the situation.

We may get more details from Waddell today.

A lot of this is speculation.

I would say it's informed speculation, and you would have to be naive, I think, if you're paying attention to this league.

if you've seen what so many Team USA players have done here in the near term, to not be at least concerned if you're a Blue Jackets fan that Wierenski is in that same thought pattern.

But until we hear it from him, until what else is anything concrete, or perhaps Wierenski's agent, Judd Moldaver, sheds some light on this.