Fantilliplan - Roslovic Kept

Team: 2023-24 Columbus Blue Jackets

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 29, 2023

Published: Jun. 29, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Sign Compher, another Michigan boy, as he's an offseason training partner with Werenski and Fantilli. He plays on a line with Fantilli to get him acclimated. If Fantilli can move up, Compher can be a 2/3C but is going to be a bit overpaid. $5.7 million is too much, but the JT Compher contract is an EvolvingHockey projection.

Ideally, Roslovic+ is traded for a righty winger(or C) that can be a long term fit with Laine. In this scenario, we are trying to maximize the value for Roslovic, who is a pending UFA winger and whose signing preferences are unknown. We are going to play him in favorable situations in a hope to inflate his numbers and move him at the TDL where there will be a bigger market for his services at a very small cap-hit.

Wishlist:
Schmaltz/Necas
Reinhart/Konecny
Dach/Evangelista
Arvidsson

Ideally, we get a veteran play connector to insulate Sillinger. That can be Danforth, but we would need a lot of shuffling in the bottom 6 to make it work. For my money, Kuraly can go. Ideally, he moves up to the NHL after Roslovic and/or Kuraly are moved at the TDL. Boqvist, Bean (or Peeke if not traded) can then be moved at the TDL if Jiricek/Svozil look ready.

The following offseason we make a bigger move for an RW/C when Fantilli/Sillinger are closer to ready for Top 6 spots and/or we'll know if Laine is a C.

Chinakov, Sillinger, Bemstrom, Jiricek are all starting in the AHL in this scenario. Chinakov, Sillinger both feel like they should be playing in the NHL, but I just have a hard time finding room for them on the roster.

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