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Created by: squashmaple

Team: 2023-24 Columbus Blue Jackets

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 9, 2024

Published: Jan. 9, 2024

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The point of this post is the Zegras trade. Was talking to @Caufield and decided that yes, I would very strongly consider 5OA for Zegras, whom I love as a player and who would have more impact with where the Columbus roster is than whichever prospect they’d take in this draft. Would also consider something like Zegras+Moore for the first alone, just trying other things for this post to reduce roster size and or cap hit (hence the Elvis trade, which please do not read too much into)

I think these are four very solid lines.

Trades

CBJ

2024 2nd round pick (NYR)

NYR

Bemström, Emil
Roslovic, Jack ($2,000,000 retained)

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I know the Rangers desperately need some forward depth

CBJ

Vanecek, Vitek

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And whatever to balance, this isn’t the point of this post.

NJD

Merzlikins, Elvis

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Elvis > Vitek. Whatever is required to balance, assume it’s in this trade. Devils need a goalie, and Elvis behind a real defense can be excellent (see: his rookie year in a Torts system)

CBJ

Zegras, Trevor

ANA

Peeke, Andrew
Texier, Alexandre
2024 1st round pick (CBJ)

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Yep, unprotected and likely top five.

Buyouts

Alexander Wennberg: $891,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Jack Roslovic: $2,000,000 (100%)

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
23	$83,500,000	$77,314,166	$0	$7,750,000	$6,185,834

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	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	Zegras, Trevor $5,750,000$5,750,000 C, LW RFA - 3	Laine, Patrik $8,700,000$8,700,000 C, RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Chinakhov, Yegor $800,000$800,000 RW, LW RFA - 1	Sillinger, Cole $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C RFA - 1	Voronkov, Dmitri $925,000$925,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 2
Jenner, Boone $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Kuraly, Sean $2,500,000$2,500,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Danforth, Justin $975,000$975,000 RW, C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Werenski, Zachary $9,583,333$9,583,333 LD NMC UFA - 5	Boqvist, Adam $2,600,000$2,600,000 RD RFA - 2	Tarasov, Daniil $1,050,000$1,050,000 G RFA - 2
Provorov, Ivan $4,725,000$4,725,000 LD UFA - 2	Severson, Damon $6,250,000$6,250,000 RD NTC UFA - 8	Vanecek, Vitek $3,400,000$3,400,000 G UFA - 2
Gudbranson, Erik $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Jiricek, David $918,333$918,333 ($1,000,000$1M) RD RFA - 3	Martin, Spencer $762,500$762,500 G UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bean, Jake $2,333,333$2,333,333 LD/RD RFA - 1	Blankenburg, Nick $825,000$825,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Olivier, Mathieu $1,100,000$1,100,000 RW UFA - 2

Jan. 9 at 9:41 p.m.

sens65

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Or...you can just keep the pick.

Jan. 9 at 9:42 p.m.

pretzelcoatl

n.1 Topias Vilen fan

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I would not dream of trading a top 5 pick for Zegras

Jan. 9 at 9:45 p.m.

squashmaple

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Quoting: sens65

Or...you can just keep the pick.

Okay, but consider a line of Kent Johnson-Zegras-Laine, though. I like that more now than the 2026 of whichever draftee Columbus would get (zero chance of the puck being first overall, the NHL would never allow that)

Jan. 9 at 9:58 p.m.

Rags21

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I’d do that rangers trade right now if I were Drury

Jan. 9 at 10:01 p.m.

sens65

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Quoting: squashmaple

Picks 2-5 are all more valuable than Zegras.

Jan. 9 at 10:05 p.m.

dgibb10

I Love J Boqvist

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Quoting: squashmaple

Sounds like a line that gets caved in defensively every night

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Jan. 9 at 10:27 p.m.

NHLfan10506

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Keep the pick..send Chinakov

Jan. 10 at 12:00 a.m.

GiggywithGibby

Future Ducks legend

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Quoting: squashmaple

Was meaning to pick your brain, it seems like CBJ is starting to turn things around and has lines with good chemistry forming in Laine's absence, wondering if he is going to be sold off this season to give CBJ a shot at someone like Reinhart who might be a better fit.

Jan. 10 at 8:20 a.m.

squashmaple

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Quoting: GiggywithGibby

That would be ideal. A big part of Florida's turnaround a few years ago was acuiring snarl like Sam Bennett. I like Laine, and when he's healthy he's vital... but he's never healthy, and he's expensive. I wouldn't be surprised to see him somewhere else next season, especially with the likely front office change.

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