A tight squeeze and wishful thinking

Created by: Bobcat205

Team: 2024-25 Columbus Blue Jackets

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 19, 2023

Published: Jan. 19, 2023

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

This is a sequel to a previous post, which you can look at here: https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/3870603

- This is operating under the assumption that we have a playoff-bubble-caliber season in 2023-24, which would entail:

-A new defensive scheme/coach
-Minimal injuries
-Elvis bouncing back from his awful season
-Great chemistry between players

- Unfortunately, Eric Robinson is let go to make room for Sean Kuraly moving to his wing.

- Guddy's gone. It's a very manageable buyout over four years.

-JT Compher is let walk as well. It was a one-year deal to give him something to do, and to fill a roster spot. Go and contribute somewhere else, Gangsta.

- The Young Guns are signed. Marchy gets a bridge deal, and Kenny and Silli all get their big boy big money clips. I don't know if the cap would end up this high in 2024-25, but this is operating under the assumption that it does.

- David Jiricek, Jordan Dumais and Dmitri Voronkov all make the team coming out of preseason. Give 'em hell, boys.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Ceulemans, Corson	2	$923,333
Voronkov, Dmitri	2	$918,333
Hjorth, Eric	2	$850,333
Ivanov, Sergei	2	$923,333
Fisher, James	3	$850,333
Dolzhenkov, Kirill	3	$923,333
Boyd, Ben	3	$903,333
Rysavy, Martin	3	$903,333

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Chinakhov, Yegor	2	$2,750,000
Olivier, Mathieu	1	$975,000
Berni, Tim	1	$975,000
Bjork, Marcus	1	$975,000
Christiansen, Jake	1	$975,000
Fix-Wolansky, Trey	1	$975,000
Meyer, Carson	1	$975,000
Marchenko, Kirill	3	$2,500,000
Blankenburg, Nick	4	$3,250,000
Greaves, Jet	2	$850,000
Angle, Tyler	2	$850,000
Johnson, Kent	7	$7,500,000
Sillinger, Cole	4	$6,250,000
Foudy, Liam	3	$850,333

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Danforth, Justin	3	$1,250,000
Roslovic, Jack	5	$3,500,000
Gavrikov, Vladislav	5	$5,500,000
Sherwood, Kiefer	1	$775,000
Sherwood, Kole	1	$775,000
Sandin, Linus	1	$775,000
Sikura, Dylan	1	$775,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Fantilli, Adam		3	$950,000

Trades

CBJ

2024 2nd round pick (FLA)
2024 4th round pick (SJS)

ARI

Boqvist, Adam

CBJ

A one-way ticket to Somewhere™

ARI

Bean, Jake [RFA Rights]
Bemström, Emil [RFA Rights]

Buyouts

Alexander Wennberg: $891,667
Erik Gudbranson: $1,666,667

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$86,500,000	$85,170,000	$0	$1,000,000	$1,330,000

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Gaudreau, Johnny $9,750,000$9,750,000 LW NMC UFA - 5	Sillinger, Cole $6,250,000$6,250,000 C RFA	Laine, Patrik $8,700,000$8,700,000 C, RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2
Johnson, Kent $7,500,000$7,500,000 LW, C RFA	Jenner, Boone $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Dumais, Jordan $891,667$891,667 RW RFA - 2
Chinakhov, Yegor $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, LW RFA	Roslovic, Jack $3,500,000$3,500,000 C, RW UFA	Marchenko, Kirill $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW RFA
Kuraly, Sean $2,500,000$2,500,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Voronkov, Dmitri $918,333$918,333 LW, C, RW RFA - 1	Danforth, Justin $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Werenski, Zachary $9,583,333$9,583,333 LD NMC UFA - 4	Jiricek, David $918,333$918,333 ($1,000,000$1M) RD RFA - 2	Merzlikins, Elvis $5,400,000$5,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 3
Gavrikov, Vladislav $5,500,000$5,500,000 LD UFA - 1	Peeke, Andrew $2,750,000$2,750,000 RD UFA - 2	Tarasov, Daniil $1,050,000$1,050,000 G RFA - 1
Berni, Tim $975,000$975,000 LD RFA	Blankenburg, Nick $3,250,000$3,250,000 LD/RD UFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bjork, Marcus $975,000$975,000 RD RFA
Fix-Wolansky, Trey $975,000$975,000 RW RFA - 1
Olivier, Mathieu $975,000$975,000 RW UFA - 1

Special Teams

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

Power Play 2
Johnson, K.		Jenner, B.		Marchenko, K.
	Dumais, J.		Berni, T.

Penalty Kill 1
	Kuraly, S.	Danforth, J.
	Gavrikov, V.	Peeke, A.

Penalty Kill 2
	Voronkov, D.	Roslovic, J.
	Jiricek, D.	Blankenburg, N.

Top Comments

Jan. 19, 2023 at 2:35 p.m.

Ajp_18

Joined: Mar. 2018

Posts: 9,851

Likes: 6,441

If Roslovic wants that much he can walk, we should have a center from this draft that’s ready to be the 2c or at least 3c by 2024.

Though honestly I feel like this is more wishful thinking then anything to have minimal injuries.

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