How I would set the team up for Opening Day

Created by: Bobcat205

Team: 2023-24 Columbus Blue Jackets

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 30, 2023

Published: Aug. 30, 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

I understand that it's *entirely* too early for this, but i've gotten rusty with making ACGMs, and want some feedback on how i did on my first post in months.

The taxi squad constitutes a "waiver wire" of sorts: players that would jump up and down from Cleveland to Columbus, pending injuries and such.

Free Agent Signings

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Dell, Aaron	1	$800,000
Schnarr, Nathan	1	$800,000
Meloche, Nicolas	1	$800,000

Trades

CBJ

2025 1st round pick (WPG)
2026 4th round pick (WPG)

WPG

Boqvist, Adam

Additional Details:

Gotta make a bit of room for Jiricek

CBJ

2024 2nd round pick (NJD)
2025 6th round pick (SJS)

SJS

Peeke, Andrew

Additional Details:

I have more of an attachment to Andy than i do Bo, but moves need to be made. It'll hurt, but maybe he'll break out there.

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

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$72,501,666	$0	$7,750,000	$10,998,334

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Gaudreau, Johnny $9,750,000$9,750,000 LW NMC UFA - 6	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
Johnson, Kent $925,000$925,000 ($1,850,000$2M) LW, C RFA - 1	Roslovic, Jack $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Marchenko, Kirill $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RW RFA - 1
Chinakhov, Yegor $800,000$800,000 RW, LW RFA - 1	Jenner, Boone $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Danforth, Justin $975,000$975,000 RW, C 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	Texier, Alexandre $1,525,000$1,525,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 1

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	Jiricek, David $918,333$918,333 ($1,000,000$1M) RD RFA - 3	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

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Olivier, Mathieu $1,100,000$1,100,000 RW UFA - 2
Sillinger, Cole $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C RFA - 1
Voronkov, Dmitri $925,000$925,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 2

Taxi Squad
Bemström, Emil $900,000$900,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW, LW RFA - 1
Foudy, Liam $762,500$762,500 ($0$0$0$0) LW, C RFA - 1
Fix-Wolansky, Trey $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW RFA - 2
Gaunce, Brendan $762,500$762,500 ($0$0$0$0) LW, C UFA - 1
Blankenburg, Nick $825,000$825,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD/RD UFA - 1
Christiansen, Jake $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD/RD RFA - 1
Meloche, Nicolas $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) RD UFA
Bjork, Marcus $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) RD RFA - 1
Dell, Aaron $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Gaudreau, J.		Johnson, K.		Texier, A.
	Laine, P.		Werenski, Z.

Power Play 2
Robinson, E.		Fantilli, A.		Marchenko, K.
	Bean, J.		Severson, D.

Penalty Kill 1
	Kuraly, S.	Roslovic, J.
	Provorov, I.	Gudbranson, E.

Penalty Kill 2
	Chinakhov, Y.	Danforth, J.
	Gudbranson, E.	Jiricek, D.

Top Comments

Aug. 30, 2023 at 12:18 p.m.

dopplsan

Nah.

Joined: Sep. 2020

Posts: 4,472

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I still want to trade Roslovic, give Fantilli 2C/3C and let him work his way up the lineup. Sillinger should either be playing M6 C, or be in CLE.

I don't think Peeke and Boqvist are going to get that much...

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Aug. 30, 2023 at 12:22 p.m.

Windjammer

Joined: Jul. 2020

Posts: 15,776

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I don't see Winnipeg or any other team giving up a 1st for an average bottom pairing defenseman.

Aug. 30, 2023 at 12:23 p.m.

hopefullynextyear

Joined: Jul. 2021

Posts: 145

Likes: 130

Send Chinakov to Cleveland, move Tex to his spot, Sillinger slots in at 3 C putting Boone or Roslovic on the wing and Danforth goes to the 4th line.

I think the Boqvist return is a little optimistic even if the first is down the road. I don't see us moving both defensemen before the season. I think at least one if not both is a deadline deal to limit the cap hit for a contender that is close to maxed out. Gives Jiricek more time to prove he is ready if management has any doubt.

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Aug. 30, 2023 at 12:38 p.m.

goodfella

Grierless Sharks Fan

Joined: Dec. 2017

Posts: 2,962

Likes: 927

Sharks aren't buying. Certainly aren't buying with a potential 1st.

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Aug. 30, 2023 at 12:39 p.m.

Rob32sjsharks

Joined: Apr. 2020

Posts: 11,202

Likes: 4,659

Quoting: goodfella

Sharks aren't buying. Certainly aren't buying with a potential 1st.

Ultra as much as I like Peeke’s potential… sharks just aren’t in the market to give up a potential 1st (even with trade conditions pushing this pick to the sharks 2nd that’s still a top 40 pick!

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