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Created by: Turbo_Duncan

Team: 2024-25 Columbus Blue Jackets

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 24, 2024

Published: Jun. 24, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Let’s get PHYSICAL!!!!

This is going to be a wild week and I think Waddell is going to be making some moves. Hire Todd McLellan and bring in some guys that play hard. McGroarty, Crouse and Kulikov will add nicely to the locker room and physical presence on the ice.

Svozil and Mateychuk don’t make the NHL roster to start but get called up after Provorov, Kulikov and Rutta get dealt at the deadline.

Malatesta, Pinelli and Brindley form the “honey badger line” that becomes Cleveland’s best line.

BPA at 4OA, which is one of Demidov, Levshunov, Silayev or Lindstrom. I’d also be fine with Parekh, Buium, or Dickinson, but really hoping Demidov falls to us because I think he’s going to be an elite top-line game breaker which we need.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
McGroarty, Rutger		3	$950,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Greaves, Jet	3	$910,000
Marchenko, Kirill	5	$5,000,000
Sillinger, Cole	3	$3,200,000
Nylander, Alexander	1	$1,500,000
Christiansen, Jake	1	$875,000
Angle, Tyler	1	$875,000
Bjork, Marcus	1	$875,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Kulikov, Dmitry		1	$1,500,000
Jost, Tyson		1	$1,000,000

Trades

CBJ

Crouse, Lawson

UTA

Laine, Patrik ($2,000,000 retained)

CBJ

2024 3rd round pick (TOR)

SEA

Boqvist, Adam

CBJ

2026 3rd round pick (COL)

SJS

Bean, Jake [RFA Rights]
2026 6th round pick (PIT)

CBJ

2024 2nd round pick (CBJ)

PHI

2025 2nd round pick (CBJ)

Buyouts

Alexander Wennberg: $891,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Patrik Laine: $2,000,000 (22.99%)

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	$88,000,000	$77,193,333	$0	$4,200,000	$10,806,667

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Gaudreau, Johnny $9,750,000$9,750,000 LW NMC UFA - 5	Fantilli, Adam $950,000$950,000 ($3,200,000$3M) C RFA - 2	Crouse, Lawson $4,300,000$4,300,000 LW, RW UFA - 3
Chinakhov, Yegor $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, LW RFA - 2	Voronkov, Dmitri $925,000$925,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 1	Marchenko, Kirill $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW RFA
Jenner, Boone $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Sillinger, Cole $3,200,000$3,200,000 C RFA	McGroarty, Rutger $950,000$950,000 LW, C RFA
Nylander, Alexander $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA	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

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

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Olivier, Mathieu $1,100,000$1,100,000 RW UFA - 1
Jost, Tyson $1,000,000$1,000,000 C UFA - 1
Rutta, Jan $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Mon. at 9:19 p.m.

njlaforte

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Any chance a Jiricek for McGroarty trade would work?

Mon. at 9:20 p.m.

Turbo_Duncan

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Quoting: njlaforte

Any chance a Jiricek for McGroarty trade would work?

**** no

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Mon. at 9:21 p.m.

MisstheWhalers

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Schmidt and Rutger for Laine and Ceulemans.

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Mon. at 9:24 p.m.

Turbo_Duncan

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Quoting: MisstheWhalers

Schmidt and Rutger for Laine and Ceulemans.

WPG isn’t going to bring back Laine. Waddell prefers a hockey trade.

Mon. at 9:26 p.m.

MisstheWhalers

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Quoting: Turbo_Duncan

WPG isn’t going to bring back Laine. Waddell prefers a hockey trade.

Winnipeg should bring back Laine.

Mon. at 9:41 p.m.

squashmaple

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Winnipeg adds on that, and Utah says absolutely not. I’m assuming Jost is for Cleveland?

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Mon. at 9:43 p.m.

Turbo_Duncan

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Edited Mon. at 9:53 p.m.

Quoting: squashmaple

Winnipeg adds on that, and Utah says absolutely not. I’m assuming Jost is for Cleveland?

Yeah I don’t know, WPG deal seems pretty fair to me and makes our team tougher, which is massively needed. We’re skilled but soft.

Utah is speculated to maybe want a big name franchise-type player that can sell some tickets. It’s a risk but he comes retained for two years so it’s a good opportunity to rehab him and maybe land a star.

I was thinking Jost would be a reclamation project and extra forward so the prospects can develop and earn their spot rather than just being given one.

Mon. at 10:07 p.m.

squashmaple

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Quoting: Turbo_Duncan

KJ had forty points as a rookie on the third worst team in the league. He is worth more than a middle-six bruiser who couldn't outscore Brindley on the same line, especially when Winnipeg has no leverage. They add.

I don't care about Laine at all, and neither does Utah. Crouse is Utah's Jenner. They're not moving him, period.

Jost is a waste of a roster spot and a million dollars. Just keep Nylander. Also, undermining your own point by putting McGroarty on the third line instead of making him "earn it."

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Mon. at 11:33 p.m.

CaseyFlyman

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Quoting: MisstheWhalers

Schmidt and Rutger for Laine and Ceulemans.

I'd prefer that to both the Rutger and Laine trades here.

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Mon. at 11:40 p.m.

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MisstheWhalers

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Quoting: CaseyFlyman

I'd prefer that to both the Rutger and Laine trades here.

I'd do it, think Laine could find his game back where it began and I'm not sure if McGroarty is gonna be as good as all the hype he's getting.

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