Starting Lines

Created by: Civil_Eng_PE

Team: 2023-24 Columbus Blue Jackets

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 5, 2023

Published: Jul. 5, 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

If no moves are made by Jarmo this is how I see it going for NHL and AHL lines.

Notes:

1.) Cole and Voronkov are interchangeable, whoever shows up in camp gets the 3C spot. The loser comes up first when an injury happens.

2.) DBB and Dumais come to the AHL or NHL after their CHL seasons are over if they don't go far in the playoffs, similar to how Svozil came to Columbus to play a few games after his CHL season ended.

3.) There are way too many players who deserve to be on an NHL team. The order on player call-ups go as below:

Forwards
1.) Cole/Voronkov
2.) Chinny
3.) Bemstrom
4.) Malatesta

Defenders
1.) Blanks
2.) Jiricek (Probably controversial but I see Jiricek needing more time in the AHL to see how he bounces back from his injury late last season)
3.) Svozil
4.) Christiansen

Feel like a trade or 2 are going to happen but we will see. The season cannot come soon enough lol

Free Agent Signings

CREATED	YEARS	CAP HIT
LW, AHL	1	$775,000
RW, AHL	1	$775,000
Center, AHL	1	$775,000
LD, AHL	1	$775,000
RD, AHL	1	$775,000
Goalie, AHL	1	$775,000

Buyouts

Alexander Wennberg: $891,667

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
49	$83,500,000	$97,401,943	$0	$8,235,000	-$13,901,943

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Gaudreau, Johnny $9,750,000$9,750,000 LW NMC UFA - 6	Jenner, Boone $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, LW 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	Fantilli, Adam $950,000$950,000 ($3,200,000$3M) C RFA - 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	Voronkov, Dmitri $925,000$925,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 2	Roslovic, Jack $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW UFA - 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 $1,100,000$1,100,000 RW UFA - 2
LW, AHL $775,000$775,000	Center, AHL $775,000$775,000	RW, AHL $775,000$775,000
Malatesta, James $841,667$841,667 ($12,500$12K) LW RFA - 3	Sillinger, Cole $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C RFA - 1	Chinakhov, Yegor $800,000$800,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
Bemström, Emil $900,000$900,000 RW, LW RFA - 1	McKown, Hunter $950,000$950,000 ($250,000$250K) C RFA - 2	Fix-Wolansky, Trey $775,000$775,000 RW RFA - 2
Gaunce, Brendan $762,500$762,500 LW, C UFA - 1	Angle, Tyler $850,833$850,833 ($57,500$58K) C RFA - 1	Meyer, Carson $775,000$775,000 RW UFA - 1
Pyyhtiä, Mikael $897,500$897,500 C RFA - 2	Dunne, Joshua $775,000$775,000 C UFA - 1	Butler, Cameron $858,333$858,333 RW RFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Werenski, Zachary $9,583,333$9,583,333 LD NMC UFA - 5	Severson, Damon $6,250,000$6,250,000 RD NTC UFA - 8	Merzlikins, Elvis $5,400,000$5,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
Provorov, Ivan $4,725,000$4,725,000 LD UFA - 2	Boqvist, Adam $2,600,000$2,600,000 RD RFA - 2	Tarasov, Daniil $1,050,000$1,050,000 G RFA - 2
Bean, Jake $2,333,333$2,333,333 LD/RD RFA - 1	Gudbranson, Erik $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Goalie, AHL $775,000$775,000
LD, AHL $775,000$775,000	RD, AHL $775,000$775,000	Greaves, Jet $758,333$758,333 G RFA - 1
Svozil, Stanislav $825,000$825,000 ($82,500$82K) LD RFA - 3	Jiricek, David $918,333$918,333 ($1,000,000$1M) RD RFA - 3	Lalonde, Nolan $796,111$796,111 G RFA - 3
Christiansen, Jake $775,000$775,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	Blankenburg, Nick $825,000$825,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Knazko, Samuel $847,500$847,500 ($82,500$82K) LD RFA - 2	Ceulemans, Corson $925,000$925,000 RD RFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Danforth, Justin $975,000$975,000 RW, C UFA - 1		Del Bel Belluz, Luca $891,667$891,667 ($80,000$80K) C RFA - 3
Peeke, Andrew $2,750,000$2,750,000 RD UFA - 3		Dumais, Jordan $891,667$891,667 ($80,000$80K) RW RFA - 3
Foudy, Liam $762,500$762,500 LW, C RFA - 1

Top Comments

Jul. 5, 2023 at 10:17 a.m.

Friendly_Cannon

Joined: Aug. 2019

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I don’t hate it.these are really solid.
Personally I’m ready to move on from Robinson, but that’s just me and I don’t know if voronkov is ready to play 3c. Maybe a 4th line role or winger on that line.

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Jul. 5, 2023 at 10:22 a.m.

Civil_Eng_PE

Yegor bomb

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Quoting: The_Cannon

Yeah... Robinson was horrible last year and thats probs being generous. I think a lot of players like him or Olivier could be beat out for their current 4th line starting spots in camp.

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Jul. 5, 2023 at 10:36 a.m.

Friendly_Cannon

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Quoting: Civil_Eng_PE

Yeah... Robinson was horrible last year and thats probs being generous. I think a lot of players like him or Olivier could be beat out for their current 4th line starting spots in camp.

Yeah I agree, Olivier is a 13th forward on a good team. I use him as my goalpost. If you can’t beat out Olivier in a bottom 6 role, shouldn’t be playing in the nhl.
I think chinakhov surprises us this year. Makes the team out of camp and plays in the top 9 for the first 6 games then is out until January. As is tradition. But in all seriousness, I do think chinaknov is ready to take on a consistent role on the team. He looked good before his injuries last year.

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Jul. 6, 2023 at 7:46 a.m.

Prison_Goalie_Rick

A-toad-a-so

Joined: Jun. 2015

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NHL lines are perfect. I’m also leaning towards Vronk at the 3C over Sillinger.

LDBB will actually be turning pro this year and playing in Cleveland, so I suspect the lines will be more like:

Angle-Sillinger-Chinakhov
Pyythia-LDBB-TFW
Maletesta-McKown-Meyer
Gaunce-Dunne-Butler

Berni-Jiricek
Svozil-Bjork
Christiansen-Ceulemans

I think Bemstrom gets claimed this year, if not he slots in at 2-3RW and pushes Butler out of the lineup.

I agree Jiricek needs a bit more time. He just needs that experience and to improve his conditioning a bit. No doubt he’s going to be an absolute stud though, and I’m sure he’ll get 40ish NHL games this year with injury callups. Same with Chinakhov and Sillinger.

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Jul. 6, 2023 at 8:05 a.m.

Civil_Eng_PE

Yegor bomb

Joined: Apr. 2022

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Quoting: Prison_Goalie_Rick

That's great news on LDBB. I think he can be a stud and he'll development a ton this year in the AHL vs better competition. I think Cleveland should be top 2 in their division this year if the NHL squad stays healthy.

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