Bored - Looking at Solidifying the D Corps

Created by: pocke

Team: 2022-23 Columbus Blue Jackets

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 20, 2022

Published: Jun. 21, 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

Pick Gauthier/Nazar at 6.
Maybe Ohgren, Kasper, Yurov or Geekie at 12. If we've traded Chinakov then Kemell and Lekkerimaki are theoretically on the table as well.

Heck we could even trade both for a look at Cooley or something.

Bear buys time for a Jiricek pick or Ceuelemans, Svozil or Knazko to either be ready or know what we have from them.

A right side of Chychrun/Bear/Boqvist/Blankenburg has good flexibility and I can see that giving Larsen options to determine the pairs he likes or to move players up with Z when we need offense. Can also move Chychrun back to the left if the 3 Bs perform.

The Laine contract is just a placeholder to look at the future but represents the low end of what he could sign for if Jarmo's "sign for a low value so we can build a contender" line works on him.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Laine, Patrik	3	$8,000,000
Boqvist, Adam	3	$2,500,000
Carlsson, Gabriel	2	$1,000,000
Bemström, Emil	2	$1,300,000
Bear, Ethan	2	$2,300,000
Blankenburg, Nick	2	$1,500,000

Trades

CBJ

Chychrun, Jakob

ARI

CBJ

Bear, Ethan [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

Bear played his best for EDM when he got a lot of minutes. He's theoretically a good fit next to Werenski because we certainly know he's playing a lot of minutes.

He lacks size and lethal shooting, so he isn't the perfect complement to Werenski but his breakouts and passing should allow Werenski to attack with confidence.

CAR

Hreschuk, Aidan [Reserve List]
Robinson, Eric

Additional Details:

There's probably a more direct pick cost that works here but as far as D prospects go I imagine Carolina likes Hreschuk and wouldn't mind him back. Eric Robinson plays a game perfect for Carolina's puck retrieval system and is a likely candidate to have his role replaced on CBJ for a size/meanness upgrade.

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
26	$82,500,000	$74,300,000	$0	$2,200,000	$8,200,000

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Laine, Patrik $8,000,000$8,000,000 C, RW, LW UFA - 4	Roslovic, Jack $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Nyquist, Gustav $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Jenner, Boone $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 4	Sillinger, Cole $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C RFA - 2	Bjorkstrand, Oliver $5,400,000$5,400,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Bemström, Emil $1,300,000$1,300,000 RW, LW RFA - 2	Johnson, Kent $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) LW, C RFA - 2	Voracek, Jakub $8,250,000$8,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Marchenko, Kirill $925,000$925,000 ($425,000$425K) 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
Luoto, Joona $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Foudy, Liam $762,500$762,500 LW, C RFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Werenski, Zachary $9,583,333$9,583,333 LD UFA - 6	Bear, Ethan $2,300,000$2,300,000 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	Chychrun, Jakob $4,600,000$4,600,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Korpisalo, Joonas $1,300,000$1,300,000 G UFA - 1
Carlsson, Gabriel $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD UFA - 1	Boqvist, Adam $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA - 3
Christiansen, Jake $925,000$925,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	Blankenburg, Nick $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bjork, Marcus $925,000$925,000 RD RFA - 1	Tarasov, Daniil $1,050,000$1,050,000 G RFA - 3
Gaunce, Brendan $762,500$762,500 LW, C UFA - 2

Top Comments

Jun. 21, 2022 at 12:30 p.m.

evelutions2

Lets Get Kraken

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That’s the thing with Bear. He was excellent in Carolina when he was playing those big minutes with Slavin. He also has a heavy slapper, and can get his shots through screens, but not always past the goalie. Then injuries, Covid, and DeAngelo’s break out with the Canes happened and he dropped down the depth charts. The main reason why he was scratched in the playoffs were because of the uncertainty surrounding his health, but also that Smith was playing so well at the time. Trade is pretty good value wise.

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Jun. 21, 2022 at 12:36 p.m.

dk325

Dolzhenkov Is Coming

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That's a lot more than I'd want to trade for Chychrun.

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Jun. 21, 2022 at 2:47 p.m.

pocke

Joined: May 2022

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Quoting: dk325

That's a lot more than I'd want to trade for Chychrun.

Yeah it feels like quite a lot. But if we can keep Boqvist and our firsts and clear a bit of forward logjam we should certainly look for an angle to do so.

If it costs less we're thrilled, and it might considering he had a down season.

Jun. 21, 2022 at 2:55 p.m.

Viqsi

mostly harmless

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Losing Peeke AND Bean in an effort to get Chychrun is like robbing Peter to pay Paul, as they say. He'd be nice to have, but paying that much is more than a little excessive.

And I suspect we could get Bear for less as well.

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Jun. 21, 2022 at 3:25 p.m.

Konkarsson

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too much for Chychrun

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