Moves to defence because we let in too many goals

Created by: DankoCBJ

Team: 2022-23 Columbus Blue Jackets

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 4, 2022

Published: Apr. 7, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

We have young guys coming and we need to trust the process. That being said, to improve we should add to defence and it would pay back in wins and improved goaltending as well.

”Russian Bear” Lyubushkin comes as a UFA to solidify our back end. He playes PK and a shutdown role with fellow russian Gavrikov and is a big physical part of our d-core securing leads etc. We are in a situation where we can pay more than Toronto can pay for Lyubushkins services.

Other D acquisition is from Boston. They can get rid of one D because they traded for Hampus Lindholm and because of that they have 4 LD now.

Basically I want our D-core to be harder to play against by adding two defence minded physical defenceman to our top6. Even with these additions, we have great puck moving D’s with Werenski and Boqvist and Gavrikov can play with the puck too.. He is putting up a career year in points this season! Also Boqvist gets sheltered a bit with these moves because he is not ready defensively. And lets not forget that Jake Christiansen is a good puck moving D and he is on his way too.

With these moves we are set to improve next year and keep building.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Johnson, Kent		3	$925,000
Marchenko, Kirill		3	$925,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Meyer, Carson	2	$875,000
Fix-Wolansky, Trey	2	$875,000
Dunne, Joshua	2	$925,000
Carlsson, Gabriel	1	$825,000
Foudy, Liam	1	$925,000
Tarasov, Daniil	2	$1,400,000
Roslovic, Jack	1	$2,500,000
Boqvist, Adam	2	$2,700,000
Laine, Patrik	5	$8,500,029
Bemström, Emil	1	$925,000
Stenlund, Kevin	1	$925,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Lyubushkin, Ilya		3	$3,000,000
Bérubé, Jean-François		2	$850,000

Trades

CBJ

Forbort, Derek

Additional Details:

Boston makes room on the left D side where they have Lindholm, Grelchyk and Reilly. Also cap space move.

BOS

Stenlund, Kevin
2022 4th round pick (TOR)

Additional Details:

Boston gets big winger option for bottom six, added cap space and a 4 round pick.

CBJ

2024 2nd round pick (PHI)

Additional Details:

Philly makes moves after disappointing season

PHI

Bean, Jake

Additional Details:

Columbus can trade Bean because they have a solid puck moving defensemen in Werenski, Boqvist, Christiansen.

CBJ

2023 3rd round pick (EDM)

Additional Details:

EDM gets another wing option at a low price.

EDM

Bemström, Emil

Additional Details:

Bemström can be a TOP9 scoring winger in right circumstances. Just needs a change in scenery.

Buyouts

Alexander Wennberg: $441,667

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
25	$81,500,000	$73,062,529	$0	$1,550,000	$8,437,471

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Laine, Patrik $8,500,029$8,500,029 C, RW, LW UFA - 4	Jenner, Boone $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 4	Voracek, Jakub $8,250,000$8,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Johnson, Kent $925,000$925,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Roslovic, Jack $2,500,000$2,500,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Bjorkstrand, Oliver $5,400,000$5,400,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Nyquist, Gustav $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Sillinger, Cole $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C RFA - 2	Chinakhov, Yegor $925,000$925,000 ($700,000$700K) RW, LW RFA - 1
Texier, Alexandre $1,525,000$1,525,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 2	Kuraly, Sean $2,500,000$2,500,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Danforth, Justin $975,000$975,000 RW, C UFA - 2
Robinson, Eric $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW UFA - 2		Foudy, Liam $925,000$925,000 LW, C RFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Werenski, Zachary $9,583,333$9,583,333 LD UFA - 6	Peeke, Andrew $787,500$787,500 RD UFA - 1	Merzlikins, Elvis $5,400,000$5,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 5
Gavrikov, Vladislav $2,800,000$2,800,000 LD UFA - 1	Lyubushkin, Ilya $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD UFA - 2	Tarasov, Daniil $1,400,000$1,400,000 G RFA - 3
Forbort, Derek $3,000,000$3,000,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Boqvist, Adam $2,700,000$2,700,000 RD RFA - 3
Christiansen, Jake $925,000$925,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	Bayreuther, Gavin $750,000$750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Carlsson, Gabriel $825,000$825,000 LD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Apr. 7, 2022 at 6:31 a.m.

Birtle34

Bandwagon fairweathe

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 7,856

Likes: 3,370

Holy **** that’s a big number on werenski, both adds probably aren’t going to move the needle on the blueline, work in progress will need to hopefully find something in the lottery to upgrade blueline

Apr. 7, 2022 at 6:42 a.m.

Dekes

Dekesaladekes

Joined: May 2021

Posts: 3,064

Likes: 1,107

instead would you be open to a trade of
Forbort+4th for bean

Bs still lack offence from the blue line and with zboril most likely gone and potentially a reilly to LA or NYI trade Bs could potentially want a young offensive dman like Bean

Apr. 7, 2022 at 8:27 a.m.

Friendly_Cannon

Joined: Aug. 2019

Posts: 3,938

Likes: 3,471

I’d rather hold onto bean than just break even with him.
Ilya is my ideal off-season target. He’d be the ideal fit with werenski or gavrikov. He’s someone I would overpay for. Our dzone defense is terrible while our rush defense is fairly good considering our personal. Ilya specializes in the dzone while being weaker off the rush.