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Created by: Jacketsman61

Team: 2024-25 Columbus Blue Jackets

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 25, 2024

Published: Feb. 29, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

The Jackets may not be as far off from contending as people think. With a few moves the Jackets could be a very formidable opponent as soon as next year.

SJ needs young talent. They could use a blue liner and could use another really promising young winger. This trade hurts the CBJ but addresses the C position that has plagued this organization since inception.

Laine needs a change of scenery and Montreal could use a proven goal scorer. Montreal needs to take the next step forward. The price is high but they do get him for 2 years.

I think signing Duchene would be absolutely worth 5 mil a year. Duchene’s face off ability would help take pressure off Fantilli and allow Fantilli to play more and continue to develop.

Note: I would say Laine could go to any team depending on who is willing to give up the right value but Montreal just seems like a team that could actually do it.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Chinakhov, Yegor	3	$3,500,000
Marchenko, Kirill	2	$4,000,000
Sillinger, Cole	2	$2,000,000
Blankenburg, Nick	1	$900,000
Texier, Alexandre	4	$2,250,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Duchene, Matt		3	$5,000,000

Trades

CBJ

Hertl, Tomas

SJS

CBJ

Beck, Owen
Fowler, Jacob [Reserve List]
Mesar, Filip
2024 1st round pick (WPG)

MTL

Laine, Patrik

CBJ

2025 3rd round pick (TBL)
2026 5th round pick (TBL)

Additional Details:

From the Bean deal at TDL

TBL

CBJ

2024 2nd round pick (VGK)
2026 4th round pick (VGK)

Additional Details:

From the Roslovic deal at TDL

VGK

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

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$87,500,000	$78,211,666	$0	$4,950,000	$9,288,334

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Gaudreau, Johnny $9,750,000$9,750,000 LW NMC UFA - 5	Hertl, Tomas $6,750,000$6,750,000 C NMC UFA - 6	Marchenko, Kirill $4,000,000$4,000,000 RW RFA
Chinakhov, Yegor $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW, LW RFA	Fantilli, Adam $950,000$950,000 ($3,200,000$3M) C RFA - 2	Duchene, Matt $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C UFA
Jenner, Boone $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Sillinger, Cole $2,000,000$2,000,000 C RFA	Texier, Alexandre $2,250,000$2,250,000 LW, C, RW RFA
Kuraly, Sean $2,500,000$2,500,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Voronkov, Dmitri $925,000$925,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 1	Danforth, Justin $1,100,000$1,100,000 RW, C UFA - 1
		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
Mateychuk, Denton $918,333$918,333 ($750,000$750K) LD RFA - 2	Gudbranson, Erik $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2
	Blankenburg, Nick $900,000$900,000 LD/RD UFA

Feb. 29 at 10:06 p.m.

Burnout

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If Montreal was paying that price for a change of scenery guy, it sure as hell wont be for Laine.

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Feb. 29 at 10:08 p.m.

Md02

The real Bergevin

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Habs don’t go near that

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Feb. 29 at 10:09 p.m.

Black61

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You must have a time machine to go that far back to when laine had that kind of value

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Feb. 29 at 10:09 p.m.

MitchJr

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Quoting: Burnout

If Montreal was paying that price for a change of scenery guy, it sure as hell wont be for Laine.

Do teams ever go from 29th place to becoming a ‘formidable opponent’ in one year 🧐. I have my doubts

Feb. 29 at 10:16 p.m.

GuyGuyGuy

Prime Primeau

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Remove Fowler, Mesar and Beck than still no

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Feb. 29 at 10:23 p.m.

dk325

Dolzhenkov Is Coming

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Quoting: MitchJr

Do teams ever go from 29th place to becoming a ‘formidable opponent’ in one year 🧐. I have my doubts

It has happened within the same season before. Not that I think the Jackets are anywhere near that though.

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Feb. 29 at 11:01 p.m.

jpsnow13

You know nothing JS

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3x1st+ for a guy who can't even play. Get out of here.

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Feb. 29 at 11:21 p.m.

Boltsradynasty

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That's a no in Bean

Feb. 29 at 11:26 p.m.

BorisBagel

Boris Bagel

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Maybe for Anderson …

Mar. 1 at 12:48 a.m.

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Jacketsman61

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Quoting: Boltsradynasty

That's a no in Bean

Bean is a low cost guy. Without Sergachev, the Bolts will be looking for a LD with some offensive talent. This is exactly the kind of trade TB would make. Plus, Bean is a RFA, which means they could keep him if he works out.

Mar. 1 at 12:53 a.m.

#11

Jacketsman61

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Quoting: Burnout

If Montreal was paying that price for a change of scenery guy, it sure as hell wont be for Laine.

Laine still has a lot of value. His season was interrupted by some pretty bad circumstances. He started fast until Andersson of Calgary decided to cheap shot him, he came back and was starting get back in a rhythm until he got slew foot and broke his collar bone. I think Montreal seriously looks at this. A guy that is proven over players who are not proven.

Mar. 1 at 1:49 a.m.

#12

Andy_Dick

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Laine career may be done. You are selling low not high in the offseason. No one wants him in Montreal and he goes against everything they've preached in the org. Justify it all you want but unless he rebuilds his value with consistent production, you'll be looking at a Jesse Puljujarvi situation.

Mar. 1 at 10:18 a.m.

#13

Burnout

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Quoting: Jacketsman61

You're asking for one of the top goalie prospects from last draft (and a top NCAA goalie), a 1st, a former 1st prospect/young NHLer and an early 2nd prospect. For a guy who can't stay healthy, and is paid too much money for not a lot of term. From a team that started rebuilding after Columbus. I won't get into issues of trading a guy who has struggled with mental health to one of the toughest markets in the NHL. Or that Laine probably has Montreal on his NTC list. Or that Montreal has a ton of right shot wingers.

Montreal's interest in Laine would at best be doing Columbus the favour of taking the last two years of his contract in the hopes that he bounces back. If you want those kind of futures, its going to cost a lot.

Mar. 1 at 1:38 p.m.

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Jacketsman61

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Quoting: Burnout

The don’t have to move him. The point is the Jackets won’t trade him on the cheap.

Mar. 1 at 1:41 p.m.

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Burnout

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Quoting: Jacketsman61

The don’t have to move him. The point is the Jackets won’t trade him on the cheap.

Then they shouldn't move him. Most teams can't afford his cap hit anyways and there's no chance they get a positive return until he gets back and stays productive in the lineup.

Mar. 1 at 1:54 p.m.

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JacketsComrade

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we acquire hertl why? this doesn't make us anywhere near contending and jams fantilli further down the depth for the short and medium term, which is not where he needs to be to develop.

acquiring duchene as well takes any opportunity to keep voronkov in the top 6 when he's one of the league's best rookies and showing that he's got as much skill as size.

so now the cbj are gonna be a team in the wild card hunt for the next 3-5 years and when it would be time for all the young kids to pop and the old folks have worked their way out of the lineup, all of our young forwards are underdeveloped and we haven't had any more high draft picks.

Mar. 1 at 3:06 p.m.

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Boltsradynasty

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Quoting: Jacketsman61

Think they going big game hunting

Mar. 1 at 9:12 p.m.

#18

Jacketsman61

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Quoting: JacketsComrade

Actually it makes a lot of sense. Hertl gives the Jackets a C with experience gives the Jackets a true 1-2 punch at C. This also gives the Jackets some sort of structure to find parts of the team that need to be fixed. Hertl can be moved down to 2C once Fantilli is ready to grab the 1C.

As far as Voronkov goes, if we can play him at 4C, this really gives the Jackets a huge advantage. He create scoring from the 4th line which just makes this team deeper. Duchene is just a great way for Fantilli to learn face offs while also getting a skilled player to play with.

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