Stop Panicking good lord people

Team: 2023-24 Columbus Blue Jackets

Initial Creation Date: Nov. 19, 2023

Published: Nov. 19, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Not really CBJ fans I see panicking but the rest of the NHL's fans... Good Lord.

This teams main core(Gaudreau, Laine,Werenski, Jiricek, Fantilli) is 23.8 years old on average.

Include Johnson to that mix they're even younger.

On top of that they have loads of depth in the system. They're currently on a slide but they are still a really young team.

Just because they added guys this summer like Provorov/Severson does not mean they rushed a rebuild. They gave a cumlative 1st, 2nd, 3rd for guys that make up half of their top 4, and one is leading them in Points. Plus they still have all but one of their own picks in the next 3 years, and a top 3 prospect pool.

They have 20 mil in cap, and about 7.5m can be freed by moving on from Boqvist, Bean, Peeke, who don't seem essential too the future for CBJ atm.

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I'm sure they'd like to be doing better but sky is not falling. Another top pick just gives them a chance them to add another potential star.

Jarmo essentially said Playoffs weren't main priority for the year, it was mostly growth, and with growth comes pains.

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