2016-17 Sorta Retro Blue Jackets

Created by: Trevor31lv

Team: 2022-23 Columbus Blue Jackets

Initial Creation Date: May 19, 2023

Published: May 20, 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 the team that got me into hockey. Prior to this, I'd played a lot of NHL with my brother, he'd taken me to a few games, I'd watched a bit around the league and semi regularly watched CBJ hockey.

I remember sitting down after school and watching opening night against Boston on the old LCD tv, not missing a game all year, saving up money from my part time HS job to get season tickets for the next year.

Lotta great memories from this team: 16 game win streak, first time going to a game on my own, being in attendance the only playoff win that year, super fun 3rd line.

Now for the roster: I'm aware this isn't perfect. I tried to do my best to get a picture of the whole year. Bjorkstrand was playing a fair bit at the end of the year, but his time was split between the 4th line and 2nd line so, I felt it was better to leave the 2nd and 4th line that people remember from the team together and leave Bjorkstrand as the extra forward. Murray was hurt come playoffs, but he was pretty clearly 3LD if not. Tried to get the PP units as accurate as possible for the whole year, but I can't fully remember how correct they are.

Vezina
Jack Adams
3rd place Hart (Bob deserved 2nd imo)
3rd place Calder
Most points in franchise history
2nd longest win streak in NHL history

Unfortunately nothing came in the playoffs. Not that this team was quite cup worthy, but it was kinda tough that 3 of the top 4 teams in the standings were stuck in the metro bracket in the playoffs.

Super fun team I had some fun reminiscing about

Free Agent Signings

CREATED	YEARS	CAP HIT
Calvert, Matt	1	$1,000,000
Hartnell, Scott	1	$1,000,000
Dubinsky, Brandon	1	$1,000,000
Sedlak, Lukas	1	$1,000,000

Trades

CBJ

Jones, Seth

CHI

CBJ

Foligno, Nick

BOS

CBJ

Atkinson, Cam

PHI

CBJ

Saad, Brandon

STL

CBJ

Wennberg, Alexander

SEA

CBJ

MTL

CBJ

Johnson, Jack

COL

CBJ

Gagner, Sam

WPG

10.

CBJ

Karlsson, William

VGK

11.

CBJ

Murray, Ryan

EDM

12.

CBJ

Nutivaara, Markus

SJS

13.

CBJ

Bjorkstrand, Oliver

SEA

14.

CBJ

Harrington, Scott

ANA

15.

CBJ

Bobrovsky, Sergei

FLA

16.

CBJ

Korpisalo, Joonas

LAK

Buyouts

Alexander Wennberg: $441,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Jonathan Quick: $2,900,000 (50%)
Gustav Nyquist: $2,750,000 (50%)

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
22	$82,500,000	$85,650,000	$0	$250,000	-$3,150,000

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Saad, Brandon $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 4	Wennberg, Alexander $2,250,000$2,250,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Foligno, Nick $3,800,000$3,800,000 LW, C, RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Jenner, Boone $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 4	Dubinsky, Brandon $1,000,000$1,000,000	Atkinson, Cam $5,875,000$5,875,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Calvert, Matt $1,000,000$1,000,000	Karlsson, William $5,900,000$5,900,000 C M-NTC UFA - 5	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 5
Hartnell, Scott $1,000,000$1,000,000	Sedlak, Lukas $1,000,000$1,000,000	Gagner, Sam $750,000$750,000 RW, C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Werenski, Zachary $9,583,333$9,583,333 LD UFA - 6	Jones, Seth $9,500,000$9,500,000 RD NMC UFA - 8	Bobrovsky, Sergei $10,000,000$10,000,000 G NMC UFA - 4
Johnson, Jack $950,000$950,000 LD UFA - 1	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 3	Korpisalo, Joonas $1,300,000$1,300,000 G UFA - 1
Murray, Ryan $750,000$750,000 LD UFA - 1	Nutivaara, Markus $1,500,000$1,500,000 ($250,000$250K) LD/RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bjorkstrand, Oliver $5,400,000$5,400,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Harrington, Scott $750,000$750,000 LD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Atkinson, C.		Gagner, S.		Hartnell, S.
	Werenski, Z.		Foligno, N.

Power Play 2
Saad, B.		Wennberg, A.		Dubinsky, B.
	Johnson, J.		Jones, S.

Penalty Kill 1
	Dubinsky, B.	Atkinson, C.
	Werenski, Z.	Jones, S.

Penalty Kill 2
	Karlsson, W.	Calvert, M.
	Johnson, J.	Savard, D.

Top Comments

May 20, 2023 at 12:35 a.m.

matt59

Go Jackets

Joined: Jan. 2016

Posts: 8,049

Likes: 1,712

This was a hell of a trip down memory lane...

2016-17 definitely had the most fun regular season in franchise history. Aside from Game 3 vs Boston in 2019, I'd say the other 4 favorite in person games I've attended were all 16-17 games. Was lucky enough to snag student rush tix to the 10-0 habs game, the Matt Calvert headbandage shorthanded winner vs NYR, and the 7-1 shellacking of the pens before christmas. Game 4 will always hold a special place in the heart as well. Just a fun, young, and scrappy team that had no quit.

Props for putting this together!

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May 20, 2023 at 12:52 a.m.

Trevor31lv

Joined: Mar. 2019

Posts: 976

Likes: 835

Quoting: matt59

It was so nostalgic going through and putting this together for me. My brother and I had been a bit distant (him going off to college, being 5 years older, normal growing up stuff) the few years prior to this, but CBJ hockey got us spending a lot more time together that's continued through now. You're dead on with all the core memories from this year. 8-4 domination of the Blues in November was my first NHL game that I truly had some knowledge around the league, everything you mentioned, watching that 3rd line I loved go absolutely ham in game 4 vs Pittsburgh.

I didn't really regularly attend games considering I was a kid w barely any money at the time, but that started the next year and man, I can think of so many great times in person like you just rattled off.

Huge win in 18-19 against the Habs during the run at the end of the season
Both TBL games, but especially game 4 of course
Same game 3 vs Boston you mentioned, probably the best atmosphere I've ever seen in NWA (A bigtime core memory for me is TNT playing during a stoppage near the end of the 2nd and crowd chanting Bob's name with the song)
Z hat trick in Bob's return on New Year's
8 goal opening night against Arizona
Rookie Chinakov and Sillinger combining to beat the Avs in the final minute early last season
Sillinger and Marchenko hat tricks as rookies the past 2 years (I seem to have pretty good luck attending games someone pots 3 haha)

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May 20, 2023 at 9:19 a.m.

matt59

Go Jackets

Joined: Jan. 2016

Posts: 8,049

Likes: 1,712

Quoting: Trevor31lv

I wound up leaving for college shortly after the 16-17 but lots of great memories watching games from the dorm those next two years. Panarins game 1 OT winner vs the caps, and every moment after the first period of the Tampa series were truly special to watch even from a distance. Game 3 vs Boston was actually our exam week but we found a way back to Columbus for the night without missing an exam 😂

Thinking about these teams definitely makes me wish even more that the current incarnation of this team can see some positive growth this year and return to contender status year in and year out, definitely miss seeing winning hockey in Columbus!

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May 21, 2023 at 9:28 p.m.

AndrewPawlack

18 lotteries, 0 wins

Joined: Oct. 2017

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Likes: 750

the ol' time of finishing 4th in the NHL while being 3rd in the division...
Up until the win streak ended we had the best PP in the league, made Gagner a 50 point player on a vet minimum deal. Then it fell off.

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