Columbus Blue Jackets (CBJ)
Est. 1997
Current Cap Hit: $68,161,662
Projected Cap Hit:
$57,010,831
Projected Cap Space:
$38,489,169
Contracts: 30
Roster: 33
Injuries: 1
Retained Contracts: 0
Team logo history
Draft Picks
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NHL Roster
| # | Offense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 23 | Sean Monahan | NMC | C | 30 | UFA | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | |||
| 86 |
Kirill Marchenko
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RW | 24 | RFA | $3,850,000 | $3,850,000 | ||||||
| 38 | Boone Jenner | M-NTC | C | 32 | UFA | $3,750,000 | ||||||
| 24 | Mathieu Olivier | M-NTC | RW | 28 | UFA | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | |
| 4 | Cole Sillinger | C | 22 | RFA | $2,250,000 | |||||||
| 59 | Yegor Chinakhov | RW | 24 | RFA | $2,100,000 | |||||||
| 91 |
Kent Johnson
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C | 22 | RFA | $1,800,000 | $1,800,000 | ||||||
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Jack Williams
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RW | 23 | RFA | $975,000 | ||||||||
| 19 |
Adam Fantilli
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C | 20 | RFA | $950,000 | |||||||
| 45 |
Gavin Brindley
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C | 20 | RFA | $950,000 | |||||||
| 69 |
Jordan Dumais
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RW | 21 | RFA | $860,000 | $860,000 | ||||||
| 65 |
Luca Del Bel Belluz
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C | 21 | RFA | $860,000 | $860,000 | ||||||
| Oiva Keskinen | C | 21 | RFA | $860,000 | $860,000 | $860,000 | ||||||
| 37 |
Cameron Butler
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RW | 23 | RFA | $857,500 | |||||||
| 93 |
Max McCue
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C | 22 | RFA | $857,500 | $857,500 | ||||||
| 53 |
Luca Pinelli
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C | 20 | RFA | $846,666 | $846,666 | $846,666 | |||||
| 67 |
James Malatesta
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LW | 22 | RFA | $841,666 | |||||||
| 27 | Zach Aston-Reese | C | 30 | UFA | $775,000 | |||||||
| # | Defense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 8 | Zach Werenski | NMC | D | 27 | UFA | $9,583,333 | $9,583,333 | $9,583,333 | ||||
| 78 | Damon Severson | NTC | D | 30 | UFA | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | |
| 44 | Erik Gudbranson | M-NTC | D | 33 | UFA | $4,000,000 | ||||||
| 2 | Jake Christiansen | D | 25 | UFA | $975,000 | $975,000 | ||||||
| 74 |
Corson Ceulemans
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D | 22 | RFA | $925,000 | |||||||
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Caleb MacDonald
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D | 22 | RFA | $922,500 | $922,500 | |||||||
| 57 |
Charlie Elick
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D | 19 | RFA | $906,666 | $906,666 | $906,666 | |||||
| 5 |
Denton Mateychuk
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D | 20 | RFA | $886,666 | $886,666 | ||||||
| Guillaume Richard | D | 22 | RFA | $867,500 | $867,500 | |||||||
| 54 |
Luca Marrelli
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D | 19 | RFA | $838,333 | $838,333 | $838,333 | |||||
| 81 |
Stanislav Svozil
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D | 22 | RFA | $825,000 | |||||||
| # | Goaltending | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 90 | Elvis Merzļikins | M-NTC | G | 31 | UFA | $5,400,000 | $5,400,000 | |||||
| 35 |
Evan Gardner
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G | 19 | RFA | $870,833 | $870,833 | $870,833 | |||||
| 73 |
Jet Greaves
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G | 24 | RFA | $812,500 | |||||||
| 31 |
Nolan Lalonde
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G | 21 | RFA | $790,000 | $790,000 | ||||||
| # | Free Agents | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 10 |
Dmitri Voronkov
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LW | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| 15 | Dante Fabbro | D | 26 | RFA | ||||||||
| 22 | Jordan Harris | D | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| 40 | Daniil Tarasov | G | 26 | RFA | ||||||||
| 62 |
Kevin Labanc
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RW | 29 | UFA | ||||||||
| 21 | James van Riemsdyk | LW | 36 | UFA | ||||||||
| 17 | Justin Danforth | RW | 32 | UFA | ||||||||
| 36 | Christian Fischer | RW | 28 | UFA | ||||||||
| 11 | Luke Kunin | C | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| 7 | Sean Kuraly | C | 32 | UFA | ||||||||
| 3 | Jack Johnson | D | 38 | UFA | ||||||||
| 9 | Ivan Provorov | D | 28 | UFA |
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Non-Roster
Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit
| Buyouts | Position | Age | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |||
| Alex Wennberg | C | 30 | $891,666 | ||||||||
| Adam Boqvist | D | 24 | $533,333 | ||||||||
| Non-roster | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | ||
| Hunter McKown | C | 22 | RFA | ||||||||
| Mikael Pyyhtiä | LW | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Cole Clayton | D | 25 | RFA | ||||||||
| Daemon Hunt | D | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Ole Julian Bjørgvik Holm | D | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Samuel Kňažko | D | 22 | RFA | ||||||||
| Dylan Gambrell | C | 28 | UFA | ||||||||
| Joseph LaBate | C | 32 | UFA | ||||||||
| Owen Sillinger | C | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| Trey Fix-Wolansky | RW | 26 | UFA | ||||||||
| Zach Sawchenko | G | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
Reserve Rights
| Player | Age | Position | Expiration | Draft | Pick | |
| Cole Clayton | 25 | D | Qualifying Offer | Undrafted | N/A | |
| Daemon Hunt | 23 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 65 OA (round 3) |
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| Daniil Tarasov | 26 | G | Qualifying Offer | 2017 | 86 OA (round 3) |
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| Dante Fabbro | 26 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2016 | 17 OA (round 1) |
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| Dmitri Voronkov | 24 | LW | Qualifying Offer | 2019 | 114 OA (round 4) |
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| Hunter McKown | 22 | C | Qualifying Offer | Undrafted | N/A | |
| Jordan Harris | 24 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2018 | 71 OA (round 3) |
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| Mikael Pyyhtiä | 23 | LW | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 114 OA (round 4) |
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| Ole Julian Bjørgvik Holm | 23 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 145 OA (round 5) |
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| Samuel Kňažko | 22 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 78 OA (round 3) |
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| 2025 Expiration | ||||||
| Tyler Peddle | 20 | LW | 2025-06-01 | 2023 | 224 OA (round 7) |
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| 2026 Expiration | ||||||
| Cayden Lindstrom | 19 | C | 2026-06-01 | 2024 | 4 OA (round 1) |
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| 2027 Expiration | ||||||
| Melvin Strahl | 20 | G | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 156 OA (round 5) |
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| James Fisher | 21 | RW | 2027-08-15 | 2022 | 203 OA (round 7) |
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| William Whitelaw | 20 | RW | 2027-08-15 | 2023 | 66 OA (round 3) |
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| 2028 Expiration | ||||||
| Andrew Strathmann | 20 | D | 2028-08-15 | 2023 | 98 OA (round 4) |
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| Luke Ashton | 20 | D | 2028-08-15 | 2024 | 165 OA (round 6) |
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| 2029 Expiration | ||||||
| Tanner Henricks | 18 | D | 2029-08-15 | 2024 | 101 OA (round 4) |
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| Other Expiration | ||||||
| Kirill Dolzhenkov | 21 | RW | Indefinite | 2022 | 109 OA (round 4) |
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| Nikolai Makarov | 22 | D | Indefinite | 2021 | 132 OA (round 5) |
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| Peter Quenneville | 31 | C | Indefinite | 2013 | 195 OA (round 7) |
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| Sergei Ivanov | 21 | G | Indefinite | 2022 | 138 OA (round 5) |
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| Sergei Mozyakin | 44 | RW | Indefinite | 2002 | 263 OA (round 9) |
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