How Miller to the CBJ could actually work for Columbus

Created by: dk325

Team: 2023-24 Columbus Blue Jackets

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 31, 2022

Published: Jul. 31, 2022

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$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

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UFA - 5

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Miller covers a top 6C spot for the next 7 years and Johnson can fill in as a top 6 playmaker to replace Voracek on the 2nd line and eventually Gaudreau on the first line when he starts to regress. Chinakhov enters as a 3rd line winger when Voracek expires after this season. If Jiricek isn't ready then Bean re-enters the lineup and either a vet is signed for near minimum and short term or Christiansen is carried as a 7th dman.

As for the trade, money has to be taken back over at least the next 2 years so that Columbus can afford to re-sign Miller if the CBJ are going to invest anything of value into acquiring him. Trading away Voracek to make space is simply too expensive and would close to double the price paid to acquire Miller in the first place. I realize both of the players being sent out were just re-signed this off season, but Gaudreau changes a lot of the team's planned future. This trade also leaves the Jackets with $18M + cap increase for re-signing Sillinger, Johnson, Marchenko, Robinson and Blankenburg in 2024-25.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Ceulemans, Corson	3	$925,000
Del Bel Belluz, Luca	3	$925,000
Voronkov, Dmitri	2	$925,000
Malatesta, James	3	$925,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Christiansen, Jake	2	$950,000
Peeke, Andrew	3	$2,250,000
Texier, Alexandre	3	$3,500,000
Bemström, Emil	1	$850,000
Chinakhov, Yegor	2	$1,050,000
Olivier, Mathieu	2	$850,000
Fix-Wolansky, Trey	1	$850,000
Meyer, Carson	1	$850,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Miller, J.T.		6	$7,500,000
Gavrikov, Vladislav		6	$5,500,000

Trades

CBJ

VAN

Boqvist, Adam
Roslovic, Jack
2024 1st round pick (CBJ)

Additional Details:

Return for Miller during current off-season

Buyouts

Alexander Wennberg: $891,667

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$84,000,000	$83,751,666	$0	$4,550,000	$248,334

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Gaudreau, Johnny $9,750,000$9,750,000 LW NMC UFA - 6	Sillinger, Cole $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C RFA - 1	Laine, Patrik $8,700,000$8,700,000 C, RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Johnson, Kent $925,000$925,000 ($1,850,000$2M) LW, C RFA - 1	Miller, J.T. $7,500,000$7,500,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 7	Marchenko, Kirill $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RW RFA - 1
Texier, Alexandre $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 1	Jenner, Boone $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Voracek, Jakub $8,250,000$8,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
	Kuraly, Sean $2,500,000$2,500,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Danforth, Justin $975,000$975,000 RW, C UFA - 1
Robinson, Eric $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Werenski, Zachary $9,583,333$9,583,333 LD NMC UFA - 5	Peeke, Andrew $2,250,000$2,250,000 RD UFA - 3	Merzlikins, Elvis $5,400,000$5,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
Gavrikov, Vladislav $5,500,000$5,500,000 LD UFA - 2	Jiricek, David $918,333$918,333 ($1,000,000$1M) RD RFA - 3	Tarasov, Daniil $1,050,000$1,050,000 G RFA - 2
Blankenburg, Nick $825,000$825,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Gudbranson, Erik $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Olivier, Mathieu $850,000$850,000 RW UFA - 2
Bemström, Emil $850,000$850,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
Bean, Jake $2,333,333$2,333,333 LD/RD RFA - 1

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Jul. 31, 2022 at 4:32 p.m.

Knuckl3s

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I certainly don't mind that return package, but I'm still struggling to understand why Miller to Columbus makes sense

Jul. 31, 2022 at 4:38 p.m.

dk325

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Quoting: Knuckl3s

I certainly don't mind that return package, but I'm still struggling to understand why Miller to Columbus makes sense

I think it works in this scenario. Pretty much solidifies their top 6 centers for the remainder of his contract and makes it so they don't have to rely on Johnson being more than the playmaker we already know he is. The lineup is solid all the way through as it matures and the choice between Jiricek, Ceulemans and Boqvist is made. The only other scenarios I would prefer to this are acquiring Larkin or Barzal and those just don't seem nearly as likely.

Jul. 31, 2022 at 4:40 p.m.

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Quoting: dk325

If the Canucks had their choice, they'd definitely pick Jiricek out of the three, but if the Jackets are only offering Boqvist, I'm sure they won't be complaining

Jul. 31, 2022 at 4:51 p.m.

dk325

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Quoting: Knuckl3s

If the Canucks had their choice, they'd definitely pick Jiricek out of the three, but if the Jackets are only offering Boqvist, I'm sure they won't be complaining

Boqvist is more about making the money work. His contract is great, but they'll need almost every dollar they can get to extend Miller.

Jul. 31, 2022 at 4:55 p.m.

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Quoting: dk325

Boqvist is more about making the money work. His contract is great, but they'll need almost every dollar they can get to extend Miller.

Good point

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