NHL club "Columbus" He will exchange Russian defender Gavirikov

Moscow, February 14 – The Columbus Blue Jackets have been in talks with defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov with another team, according to the National Hockey League (NHL) Twitter page.

In this regard, the 27-year-old Russian was excluded from Columbus’s bid for the New Jersey Devils regular season match, which will take place on Tuesday. This season, Gavrikov has scored 10 points (3 goals + 7 assists) in 52 games.

Gavrikov was selected by Columbus in the sixth round of the 2015 NHL draft. As part of the Russian national team, the defender became the Olympic champion of the Games in South Korea Pyeongchang, twice bronze medalist of the world championships.

Columbus is at the bottom of the NHL Eastern Conference table.