Too early but its worth a shot

Created by: Bobcat205

Team: 2023-24 Columbus Blue Jackets

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 19, 2022

Published: Sep. 19, 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

Preseason hasn't even started yet, and i felt it's time to predict how opening day will look next season.

- This is operating under the assumption that Alexandre Texier doesn't return this year. I'm not sure if we'd sign him to a lower deal, or he just doesn't sign.

- Erik Badbranson gets bought out. $1.2M-ish won't kill us, even if it's over 6 years.

- Andy signs a bridge deal, and Gavi gets a shorter extension. I don't know about you, but i don't necessarily like the idea of giving a 26 year old a 6 year deal.

- Mateychuk and Jiricek play most (if not all) of 2022-23 in the AHL (or WHL in the case of Mateychuk) and do the Entry-Level Slide (my favorite move to bust out on the dance floor). I even did the calculations for what their cap hit would be! Both will probably end up on the NHL roster at some point in 2023-24.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Ceulemans, Corson	3	$925,000
Dumais, Jordan	3	$925,000
Del Bel Belluz, Luca	3	$925,000
Malatesta, James	3	$850,333
Ivanov, Sergei	3	$850,333
Stucker, Robbie	3	$850,333
Richard, Guillaume	3	$850,333

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Peeke, Andrew	3	$2,750,000
Chinakhov, Yegor	4	$3,750,000
Christiansen, Jake	2	$975,000
Meyer, Carson	2	$850,000
Fix-Wolansky, Trey	2	$925,000
Bjork, Marcus	2	$925,000
Luoto, Joona	1	$775,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Gavrikov, Vladislav	3	$4,500,000
Drozg, Jan	2	$775,000
Sedlak, Lukas	2	$775,000

CREATED	YEARS	CAP HIT
Cajan, Pavel	1	$775,000
Sillinger, Owen	1	$775,000
Jiricek, David	3	$913,333
Mateychuk, Denton	3	$913,333

Buyouts

Alexander Wennberg: $891,667
Erik Gudbranson: $1,222,222

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$77,894,721	$0	$3,607,500	$4,605,279

Roster

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
Voracek, Jakub $8,250,000$8,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Roslovic, Jack $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Chinakhov, Yegor $3,750,000$3,750,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
Marchenko, Kirill $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RW RFA - 1	Johnson, Kent $925,000$925,000 ($1,850,000$2M) LW, C RFA - 1	Jenner, Boone $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
	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 $2,750,000$2,750,000 RD UFA - 3	Merzlikins, Elvis $5,400,000$5,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
Gavrikov, Vladislav $4,500,000$4,500,000 LD UFA - 2	Boqvist, Adam $2,600,000$2,600,000 RD RFA - 2	Tarasov, Daniil $1,050,000$1,050,000 G RFA - 2
Bean, Jake $2,333,333$2,333,333 LD/RD RFA - 1	Jiricek, David $913,333$913,333

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Blankenburg, Nick $825,000$825,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Fix-Wolansky, Trey $925,000$925,000 RW RFA - 2
Angle, Tyler $850,833$850,833 ($57,500$58K) C RFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Jiricek, David $918,333$918,333 ($0$0$0$0) ($1,000,000$1M) RD RFA - 3

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Gaudreau, J.		Johnson, K.		Laine, P.
	Chinakhov, Y.		Werenski, Z.

Power Play 2
Voracek, J.		Sillinger, C.		Kuraly, S.
	Marchenko, K.		Boqvist, A.

Penalty Kill 1
	Roslovic, J.	Danforth, J.
	Gavrikov, V.	Peeke, A.

Penalty Kill 2
	Jenner, B.	Robinson, E.
	Bean, J.	Blankenburg, N.

Top Comments

Sep. 19, 2022 at 1:14 p.m.

BJ_Lover

Joined: Jul. 2021

Posts: 962

Likes: 787

Texier's contract just slides so thats no issue.

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Sep. 19, 2022 at 1:15 p.m.

drambui

Joined: Feb. 2022

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how much do you want to bet gudbrandson wont get bought out.

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Sep. 19, 2022 at 1:22 p.m.

Bobcat205

cautious optimism

Joined: Mar. 2021

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Quoting: drambui

how much do you want to bet gudbrandson wont get bought out.

Maybe he will, maybe he won't. I certainly hope he will (as calloused as that sounds) because we don't need an anchor like that when Kent, Silli and Marchenko will all need their big boy deals before the beginning of 2024-25.

Sep. 19, 2022 at 1:25 p.m.

drambui

Joined: Feb. 2022

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Quoting: Bobcat205

i think he would be the first in history to sign a multiyear contract with a team and gets bought out before season starts. its also literraly impossible because the buyout out window is long gone.

Sep. 19, 2022 at 1:27 p.m.

Bobcat205

cautious optimism

Joined: Mar. 2021

Posts: 3,004

Likes: 5,753

Quoting: drambui

i think he would be the first in history to sign a multiyear contract with a team and gets bought out before season starts. its also literraly impossible because the buyout out window is long gone.

I should have specified: Gudbranson gets bought out at the end of the 2022-23 season (this year). My mistake.

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