After the first two preseason games

Created by: Bobcat205

Team: 2022-23 Columbus Blue Jackets

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 27, 2022

Published: Sep. 27, 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

Gaudreau, Johnson and Laine have shown they have good chemistry, That could be our first line for opening day.

"THE REAL DEAL" James Neal gets a proper contract, as does Victor Rask. Neal goes to Cleveland to be a mentor to the kids, and Rask is our 13th forward for the time being.

Kirill Marchenko notched an assist on the Blankenburg goal in Game 1, and had a few good scoring opportunities. Having Silli and Captain Boone feed him the puck would be good for him.

Free Agent Signings

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Rask, Victor		1	$925,000
Neal, James		1	$750,000

Buyouts

Alexander Wennberg: $441,667

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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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$74,720,833	$0	$2,200,000	$7,779,167

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Gaudreau, Johnny $9,750,000$9,750,000 LW NMC UFA - 7	Johnson, Kent $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) LW, C RFA - 2	Laine, Patrik $8,700,000$8,700,000 C, RW, LW UFA - 4
Voracek, Jakub $8,250,000$8,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	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	Marchenko, Kirill $925,000$925,000 ($425,000$425K) RW RFA - 2
Robinson, Eric $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW UFA - 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

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	Boqvist, Adam $2,600,000$2,600,000 RD RFA - 3	Tarasov, Daniil $1,050,000$1,050,000 G RFA - 3
Bean, Jake $2,333,333$2,333,333 LD/RD RFA - 2	Gudbranson, Erik $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 4

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Rask, Victor $925,000$925,000 C UFA		Texier, Alexandre $1,525,000$1,525,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 2
Christiansen, Jake $925,000$925,000 LD/RD RFA - 1		Korpisalo, Joonas $1,300,000$1,300,000 G UFA - 1
Blankenburg, Nick $825,000$825,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Gaudreau, J.		Sillinger, C.		Voracek, J.
	Laine, P.		Werenski, Z.

Power Play 2
Marchenko, K.		Johnson, K.		Roslovic, J.
	Bean, J.		Boqvist, A.

Penalty Kill 1
	Kuraly, S.	Danforth, J.
	Gavrikov, V.	Gudbranson, E.

Penalty Kill 2
	Jenner, B.	Nyquist, G.
	Bean, J.	Peeke, A.

Top Comments

Sep. 27, 2022 at 9:41 a.m.

zachjohnston

Zach Johnston

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I've never heard of Daniil Tarasov. What are your thoughts on him?

Sep. 27, 2022 at 9:45 a.m.

Bobcat205

cautious optimism

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Quoting: zachjohnston

I've never heard of Daniil Tarasov. What are your thoughts on him?

He's a big dude (6'5", 196 lbs), and has shown his potential to be a starter in the KHL (.925 SV% and 2.07 GAA in 16 games for Ufa in the KHL back in 2020-21). I'd argue he's better at the current moment than Joonas Korpisalo, and now that Korpi's confirmed to be out indefinitely, he'll take that backup spot behind Elvis.

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Sep. 27, 2022 at 9:46 a.m.

zachjohnston

Zach Johnston

Joined: May 2021

Posts: 124

Likes: 27

Cool, thanks!

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Sep. 27, 2022 at 10:04 a.m.

Hockey_Soul

Be formless

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Neither Jenner nor Sillinger are good facilitators of the puck. I’m not sure having three goal scorers on a line will work. Maybe Marchenko can develop the ability to carry the puck and be a playmaker, but that isn’t his game now and it shouldn’t be expected in his rookie season. I think Roslovic would be better between those two.

Sep. 27, 2022 at 11:17 a.m.

NDoody

Joined: Aug. 2019

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Quoting: Hockey_Mind

Besides Roslovic that C line up is weak, Johnson and Sillinger are really good, but I do not think either one is ready physically and defensively to play full time top 6 C minutes and matchups.

Roslovic with the Top line makes a lot of sense he can shield them physically and make up for the lack of D from the other two.

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