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Created by: Ajp_18

Team: 2021-22 Columbus Blue Jackets

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 15, 2021

Published: Apr. 15, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Step -1: fire torts (or let him walk at seasons end)

Step 2: extend Jones, Werenski and Merzlinkins (or agree to extensions to be signed July 1)

Step 2.5: expansion draft (Robinson or Kukan selected)

Step 3: draft; 1st pick (CBJ) - Center, 2nd pick (TOR) RHD, 3rd pick (TBL) BAP (best player)

Step 4: trade for Danault signing rights

Step 4: extend Laine (one season, still keeps him as an RFA)

Step 5: resign other RFAs; Peeke, Stenlund, and so on.

Step 6: don’t overreact and let the kids learn.

Columbus isn’t a rebuilder, they stumbled at the start due to the off ice (the turned on ice) issue with PLD, and the team never really go going. Laine was thrown into a whole new situation that he wasn’t 100% prepared for and was learning how to be the guy and the focal point of the offense thus the number one target defensively, something he’s never had to do in his professional career. This season was an adjustment period after the issues to start the season, to the entire team under performing (except Bjorkstrand who seems to be the only bright spot this year as he’s getting better and better each season), this team was just never a team, partly to blame on the Covid restrictions, they just never seemed to gel as a group.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Hofmann, Gregory		1	$800,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Laine, Patrik	1	$7,500,000
Peeke, Andrew	2	$1,100,000
Stenlund, Kevin	2	$1,100,000
Texier, Alexandre	2	$2,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Danault, Phillip	8	$6,500,000
Lehtonen, Mikko	2	$1,500,000
Del Zotto, Michael	2	$1,500,000

Trades

CBJ

Early Signing rights for Danault

MTL

2022 3rd round pick (TBL)

Additional Details:

3rd might be spends but Danault would be a great fit in Columbus and it’s likely to be a very late 3rd.

CBJ

Seattle selection

VAN

Kukan, Dean

CBJ

2021 3rd round pick (MTL)

BUF

Korpisalo, Joonas ($1,400,000 retained)

CBJ

To who ever for whatever

BUF

Harrington, Scott ($816,660 retained)

Buyouts

Alexander Wennberg: $441,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Joonas Korpisalo: $1,400,000 (50%)
Scott Harrington: $816,660 (50%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$67,490,856	$0	$1,250,000	$14,009,144

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Texier, Alexandre $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 3	Danault, Phillip $6,500,000$6,500,000 C UFA - 6	Bjorkstrand, Oliver $5,400,000$5,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 5
Laine, Patrik $7,500,000$7,500,000 C, RW, LW UFA - 1	Roslovic, Jack $1,838,362$1,838,362 C, RW UFA - 1	Atkinson, Cam $5,875,000$5,875,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Nyquist, Gustav $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Domi, Max $1,325,000$1,325,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Bemström, Emil $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 1
Foudy, Liam $894,167$894,167 ($400,000$400K) LW, C RFA - 1	Jenner, Boone $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Stenlund, Kevin $1,100,000$1,100,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Werenski, Zachary $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD UFA - 1	Jones, Seth $5,400,000$5,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1
Gavrikov, Vladislav $2,800,000$2,800,000 LD UFA - 2	Peeke, Andrew $1,100,000$1,100,000 RD UFA - 2	Merzlikins, Elvis $4,000,000$4,000,000 G UFA - 1
	Lehtonen, Mikko $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD UFA - 1	Kivlenieks, Matiss $725,000$725,000 G RFA - 1
Del Zotto, Michael $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Gerbe, Nathan $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Robinson, Eric $975,000$975,000 LW UFA - 1
Carlsson, Gabriel $725,000$725,000 LD UFA - 1

Apr. 15, 2021 at 1:14 p.m.

GetTuched

Joined: Jul. 2016

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Would Columbus be interested in doing one of their goalies for Ristolainen with maybe some salary retained?

Apr. 15, 2021 at 1:15 p.m.

Friendly_Cannon

Joined: Aug. 2019

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Do you think that’s all we can get for korpi. I see him as being a bigger asset than that but hey maybe not. He’s had a rough season.

Apr. 15, 2021 at 1:16 p.m.

Ajp_18

Thread Starter

Joined: Mar. 2018

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Quoting: Tank4McEichel

Would Columbus be interested in doing one of their goalies for Ristolainen with maybe some salary retained?

Possibly, though I’m not super high on Risto but he and Gavrikov would be a solid pair IMO. I just don’t want to guess on the price for Risto as most Buffalo fans love him and never want to trade him or hate him and trade him for nothing.

Apr. 15, 2021 at 1:18 p.m.

SevenLeg

Hop on the Slaftrain

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I can't think of a better fit for Danault, aside from the Habs of course, but there's no way we can offer him that much

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Apr. 15, 2021 at 1:18 p.m.

Ajp_18

Thread Starter

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Quoting: The_Cannon

Do you think that’s all we can get for korpi. I see him as being a bigger asset than that but hey maybe not. He’s had a rough season.

Potentially, he’s more of a 1b goalie imo and he’s had a rough season numbers wise, but someone might over pay for him if they lose their backup in expansion draft and don’t necessarily have a viable 3rd option.

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Apr. 15, 2021 at 1:20 p.m.

justaBoss

What in tarnation

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Think Korpi will net you more than Rittich did for the Flames.

I'd personally keep him. He's less likely to pull a Bobrovsky than Elvis is after 2021-22 season.

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Apr. 15, 2021 at 1:22 p.m.

MTLaveragefan

I post sometimes

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Quoting: SevenLeg

I can't think of a better fit for Danault, aside from the Habs of course, but there's no way we can offer him that much

Yeah, that's why I think MB will try to extend him before he hits the market. but 6.5 is a lot of money for Danault.

He is still needed in MTL, they might trade Drouin and Byron to clear cap space for Danault. KK and Suzy are not ready for yet.... they can't take the defensive assignment of Danault... and they don't produce offensively enough to compensate

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Apr. 15, 2021 at 1:25 p.m.

Ajp_18

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Quoting: justaBoss

Think Korpi will net you more than Rittich did for the Flames.

I'd personally keep him. He's less likely to pull a Bobrovsky than Elvis is after 2021-22 season.

Read description under step 2, resign the key UFAs or agree to the extension that will be signed on July 1.

Imo Elvis wants to be the undisputed number one, moving Korpisalo does that. Merzlinkins would stay to be that in Columbus, plus he has Kevleniks, the other Latvian as his backup.

Apr. 15, 2021 at 1:34 p.m.

Campabee

Joined: Nov. 2018

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Quoting: SevenLeg

I can't think of a better fit for Danault, aside from the Habs of course, but there's no way we can offer him that much

I don't think he leaves Montreal. I think he is happy to be playing near his home and will sign for slightly less money as long as the term and conditions (bonuses and NTC/NMC) he want are met to stay.

Apr. 15, 2021 at 1:59 p.m.

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justaBoss

What in tarnation

Joined: Oct. 2017

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Quoting: Ajp_18

I did.

I'm just skeptic about them doing so.

Apr. 15, 2021 at 2:15 p.m.

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dopplsan

Nah.

Joined: Sep. 2020

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Quoting: Campabee

Hasn't he turned down a $6Mil extension there, though?

Also, I think CBJ would only be able to sign him to a 7 year max contract.

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