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Potential look ahead to next year - 530 AM Hiding from Tornadoes Edition

Created by: Indy

Team: 2024-25 Columbus Blue Jackets

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 28, 2024

Published: Feb. 28, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

RFA signing based on https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R0mzG_2auhSGxLZ_LoiE9EwK8enxbNbw0BGqDVmKlu0/edit#gid=1228449332

Removed Roslovic, which is a pending UFA, as expecting their current contract status being overvalued will be moved on from even if he's not traded.

Personally I think Texier will not be on this team next year but I included them into this roster for completeness. Based on the enclosed databook Texier right now is not even worth his current contract as a 4th line player.

Peeke is a strong possibility for a U26 buyout if not traded in March.

Jiricek has a strong possibility of being an NHL regular next year so a move might be made for Boqvist during the summer but until it happens he remains on the team.

Provorov is just here to keep the seat warm for Mateychuk, which will probably be seasoned next year in Cleveland to start. When the trade comes for Provorov, which potentially could come this year, expect half his salary to be retained at $2,376,250, with the role being swapped to Mateychuk, Svozil or Christiansen.

-Malatesta has a game/"skill set" that could potentially get him on the Jacket's next year as an annoying 4th line player. I can see him being Tex's replacement.

-Keep an eye on Dumais, most likely spend his entire time in Cleveland next year but just a player to watch,

If we remove the salaries of Texier/Provorov/Boqvist, Columbus could potentially have a free agent signing up to $6,480,000

Potential salary coming off the books in 25-26: $4,700,000
Kuraly
Olivier
Danforth

RFAs coming up in 25-26:
Voronkov
Tarasov (maybe)

*Final note* After the past two seasons and a new GM coming in I expect alot of changes but this is just a snapshot of the "right now" heading into next year.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Bean, Jake	3	$2,500,000
Chinakhov, Yegor	2	$2,500,000
Johnson, Kent	2	$2,500,000
Marchenko, Kirill	6	$6,500,000
Sillinger, Cole	2	$2,250,000
Texier, Alexandre	1	$1,525,000

Buyouts

Alexander Wennberg: $891,667
Andrew Peeke: $916,667

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
23	$87,675,000	$83,726,667	$0	$4,212,500	$3,948,333

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Gaudreau, Johnny $9,750,000$9,750,000 LW NMC UFA - 5	Jenner, Boone $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Laine, Patrik $8,700,000$8,700,000 C, RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2
Johnson, Kent $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA	Fantilli, Adam $950,000$950,000 ($3,200,000$3M) C RFA - 2	Marchenko, Kirill $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW RFA
Voronkov, Dmitri $925,000$925,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 1	Sillinger, Cole $2,250,000$2,250,000 C RFA	Chinakhov, Yegor $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW RFA
Texier, Alexandre $1,525,000$1,525,000 LW, C, RW RFA	Kuraly, Sean $2,500,000$2,500,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Danforth, Justin $1,100,000$1,100,000 RW, C UFA - 1
Malatesta, James $841,667$841,667 ($12,500$12K) LW RFA - 2		Olivier, Mathieu $1,100,000$1,100,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Werenski, Zachary $9,583,333$9,583,333 LD NMC UFA - 4	Severson, Damon $6,250,000$6,250,000 RD NTC UFA - 7	Merzlikins, Elvis $5,400,000$5,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 3
Provorov, Ivan $4,725,000$4,725,000 LD UFA - 1	Jiricek, David $918,333$918,333 ($1,000,000$1M) RD RFA - 2	Tarasov, Daniil $1,050,000$1,050,000 G RFA - 1
Bean, Jake $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD/RD RFA	Gudbranson, Erik $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2
Boqvist, Adam $2,600,000$2,600,000 RD RFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Mateychuk, Denton $918,333$918,333 ($0$0$0$0) ($750,000$750K) LD RFA - 2
Svozil, Stanislav $825,000$825,000 ($0$0$0$0) ($82,500$82K) LD RFA - 2
Dumais, Jordan $891,667$891,667 ($0$0$0$0) RW RFA - 2

Feb. 28 at 5:57 a.m.

squashmaple

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I’ll come back with more thoughts later when I’m not tornado siren groggy, but I’ve got to say one thing:

Svo-ZIL. Not Svoliz.

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Feb. 28 at 6:09 a.m.

Indy

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Edited Feb. 28 at 6:20 a.m.

Quoting: squashmaple

I’ll come back with more thoughts later when I’m not tornado siren groggy, but I’ve got to say one thing:

Svo-ZIL. Not Svoliz.

Noted. Sorry about that just working on this because I couldn't sleep then ALL HELL DECIDED TO BREAK LOOSE! Nothing like seeing a spinning cloud out your window at 5:30 in the morning.

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Feb. 28 at 8:21 a.m.

Civil_Eng_PE

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Edited Feb. 28 at 9:36 a.m.

This morning was ROUGH.

I would be very surprised if both Bean and Provorov were on this team next season. Peeke needs to go so I agree that he is a buyout candidate. I'm interested to see what a new GM decides to do with our goalie situation. I know we'll be testing the waters on shipping Elvis out but no idea if anyone would want him. I do think if no one wants him we'll keep him tho and not buy him out.

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Feb. 28 at 9:32 a.m.

squashmaple

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The Monsters are going to be stacked next season, especially if Brindley goes pro instead of back to Michigan for a junior year. Mateychuk and Dumais will be joining Malatesta, LDBB, Svozil, Ceulemans, etc.

Then my thoughts turn to the top-6 pick (as of right now, it cannot be worse). If first overall, obviously Celebrini starts in Columbus. If one of the other top juniors players (Lindstrom, Catton, Dickinson), I think they probably get sent back to junior for another year. Silayev or Demidov the decision is made for you since they're both under contract in Russia, and Helenius probably stays in Liiga another year. Then there's the college guys. If it's Levshunov or Buium, do they go back to MSU/Denver or go pro? Probably not quite ready for the NHL, so that would mean Cleveland--imagine Mateychuk and Levshunov on a pairing together. Eiserman just doesn't feel like a Columbus pick, but who knows with a new GM and if the scouting/front office staff leave, and I highly doubt they do more than give Parekh a cursory look since his skillset is pretty well represented in the org already.

This should be a very interesting, exciting summer and next few years even if the Blue Jackets on ice product isn't playoff-caliber.

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Feb. 28 at 1:31 p.m.

Viqsi

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Peeke isn't eligible for a U26 buyout; he turns 26 in March.

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