02-26-2008, 09:06 AM
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Blue Jackets: Foote, Richards deals still up in air
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 3:07 AM
By Aaron Portzline
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
The Blue Jackets are offering Adam Foote a two-year contract extension worth $3.5 million annually. He's asking for $4 million per.
TORONTO -- As the NHL trade deadline looms this afternoon, Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson was juggling at least two major transactions late last night.
Howson and Rick Curran, the agent for captain Adam Foote, were trying to close a $1 million gap and agree to terms on a two-year contract extension.
If Foote isn't signed to an extension, he could be traded before today's 3 p.m. deadline, but only if he waives his no-trade clause.
There's a chance the Blue Jackets could keep Foote and risk losing him this summer, when he becomes an unrestricted free agent.
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