Daily Faceoff's Frank Seravalli has Provorov at No. 4 on his trade targets list. He points out the Blue Jackets carry $4.75 million of his $6.75 million average annual value, with the Los Angeles Kings carrying $2.025 million. Seravalli suggested the Jackets could offer to retain up to half of their share as an option to facilitate a trade.

So, it's a good sign.” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour did not have an update. “I don’t know where we’re at with that,” Brind’Amour said. “It didn’t look great, but we’ll find out, I guess, at some point.

The Carolina Hurricanes lost twice in a row for the first time this season after falling 5-4 in a shootout to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Jack Roslovic, Jalen Chatfield, Sebastian Aho and Jackson Blake all scored for Carolina,