Off-Season If We Lose The Lottery and Random Thoughts

Created by: goodjobbjs

Team: 2023-24 Columbus Blue Jackets

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 6, 2023

Published: Apr. 6, 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

Ignore the contract numbers, I didn't think through those.***
Also, not going to guess the draft pick, just assuming it's somebody who doesn't play next year. Hope I'm wrong!

I feel like it's worth keeping Sillinger in the AHL until he's show he can play top 6 in the NHL. I'd rather have him turn into a Dubinsky than a Gregory Campbell. Things aren't trending in the right direction.

I am sure one of the forwards gets hurt in camp the odds are against us.. I have Roslovic in the reserves I assume he will get moved.

Philly uses Columbus to dump the Hayes contract. He starts out on the top pair but becomes a middle 6 place holder as Johnson, Sillinger or the top 5 pick emerges. 4 mil a year for a middle 6 center is very reasonable, I think it would be decent value. Plus the Johnny connection. Haye's under 4 mil seems moveable

I think Voronkov will probably start in the AHL similar to what Marchenko did.

I could see a trade for Krug or Falk from St. Louis. They seem to be one of the few sellers. I think Orlov will probably get a similar contract to these guys and I don't think he's as talented so maybe there's a match. THE NTC would make it tough for though. I would also love for the Jackets to take a run at Girard from Colorado. I am not that interested in Provorov, anybody with less than 3 years remaining on their deal before UFA would be bad.

Also, shoutout Gavin Bayreuther, I bet he signs a 1 way to play a bottom pair role on a bad team but that guy has become pretty serviceable. I would love him as the 7th dman. Him and Berni have shown up this season. Neither should be in a top 4 but I think they can hold their own

After finishing this I can't see a world where Peeke, Blankenburg, Boqvist and Bean are playing together. Either one guy is getting injured or one guy is getting moved. Time will tell

I don't think any moves are made for goalies but I hope something changes there otherwise 2024 is going to be a bummer. Looking at this team assuming everyone stays healthy I could see them finishing 13th-7th in the east. Goaltending will determine everything.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Voronkov, Dmitri		2	$950,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Texier, Alexandre	1	$1,525,000
Berni, Tim	1	$925,000
Bjork, Marcus	1	$925,000
Christiansen, Jake	1	$925,000
Dunne, Joshua	1	$925,000
Fix-Wolansky, Trey	1	$775,000
Meyer, Carson	1	$775,000
Olivier, Mathieu	1	$775,000
Pederson, Lane	1	$775,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Bayreuther, Gavin		1	$850,000

Trades

CBJ

2024 4th round pick (FLA)

Additional Details:

Gudas and Staal are expiring on the back end, bring in a young guy who needs a fresh start

FLA

Bean, Jake

Additional Details:

Feel like it's time to move on

CBJ

Hayes, Kevin ($3,500,000 retained)

PHI

Bemström, Emil
2023 4th round pick (WPG)

CBJ

Krug, Torey

STL

Ceulemans, Corson
2023 1st round pick (LAK)

Buyouts

Alexander Wennberg: $891,667

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
24	$82,500,000	$70,527,262	$0	$3,700,000	$11,972,738

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Gaudreau, Johnny $9,750,000$9,750,000 LW NMC UFA - 6	Hayes, Kevin $71,429$71,429 C M-NTC UFA - 3	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	Laine, Patrik $8,700,000$8,700,000 C, RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Texier, Alexandre $1,525,000$1,525,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 1		Chinakhov, Yegor $800,000$800,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
Robinson, Eric $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW UFA - 1	Kuraly, Sean $2,500,000$2,500,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Olivier, Mathieu $775,000$775,000 RW UFA - 2
Foudy, Liam $762,500$762,500 LW, C RFA - 1	Danforth, Justin $975,000$975,000 RW, C UFA - 1
	Voronkov, Dmitri $950,000$950,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Werenski, Zachary $9,583,333$9,583,333 LD NMC UFA - 5	Jiricek, David $918,333$918,333 ($1,000,000$1M) RD RFA - 3	Merzlikins, Elvis $5,400,000$5,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
Krug, Torey $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD NTC UFA - 4	Boqvist, Adam $2,600,000$2,600,000 RD RFA - 2	Tarasov, Daniil $1,050,000$1,050,000 G RFA - 2
Gudbranson, Erik $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Peeke, Andrew $2,750,000$2,750,000 RD UFA - 3
Blankenburg, Nick $825,000$825,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Roslovic, Jack $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Top Comments

Apr. 6, 2023 at 12:55 p.m.

DirtyDangles

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You will have to give something of value if we are retaining $3.5 mil.

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Apr. 6, 2023 at 12:56 p.m.

Sicarius

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Blues take that deal all day long

Apr. 6, 2023 at 12:58 p.m.

Eharr0613

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$3.5mill retention for 3 years is gonna need a better return from Philly. Think of it as trading for 3 years at 3.5 for hayes. Teams would love that contract.

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Apr. 6, 2023 at 12:59 p.m.

goodjobbjs

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Quoting: DirtyDangles

You will have to give something of value if we are retaining $3.5 mil.

Yeah, I feel like 33% retention is more likely and I'm sure there will be an extra pick or something in there. What do you think it would realistically take?

Apr. 6, 2023 at 1:18 p.m.

Rob32sjsharks

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Quoting: goodjobbjs

Yeah, I feel like 33% retention is more likely and I'm sure there will be an extra pick or something in there. What do you think it would realistically take?

Even 33% seems unrealistic, while we all agree with more retention and for longer periods on this website, real GM’s typically don’t retain much more than 1-2 mil on contracts over 2 years. Burns to Carolina seems to be more an exception than the rule.

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