Columbus Blue Jackets (CBJ)
Est. 1997
Current Cap Hit: $82,834,164
Projected Cap Hit:
$82,834,164
Projected Cap Space:
$21,165,836
Contracts: 27
Roster: 30
Injuries: 1
Retained Contracts: 0
Team logo history
Draft Picks
| Season | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 |
| 2025-2026 |
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| 2027-2028 |
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| 2028-2029 |
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NHL Roster
| # | Offense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 8 | Conor Garland | NMC | RW | 30 | UFA | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | |
| 3 | Charlie Coyle | NMC | C | 34 | UFA | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | |
| 23 | Sean Monahan | NMC, M-NTC | C | 31 | UFA | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | ||||
| 10 | Dmitri Voronkov | LW | 25 | RFA | $4,175,000 | |||||||
| 86 | Kirill Marchenko | RW | 25 | RFA | $3,850,000 | |||||||
| 24 | Mathieu Olivier | M-NTC | RW | 29 | UFA | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | ||
| 11 | Miles Wood | M-NTC | LW | 30 | UFA | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | ||||
| 91 | Kent Johnson | C | 23 | RFA | $1,800,000 | |||||||
| 21 | Isac Lundeström | C | 26 | UFA | $1,300,000 | |||||||
| 83 |
Oiva Keskinen
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C | 22 | RFA | $960,000 | $960,000 | ||||||
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Joshua Eernisse
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C,RW | 24 | RFA | $952,500 | ||||||||
| 53 |
Luca Pinelli
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C | 21 | RFA | $934,166 | $934,166 | ||||||
| 93 |
Max McCue
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C | 23 | RFA | $932,500 | |||||||
| 22 |
Jordan Dumais
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RW | 22 | RFA | $860,000 | |||||||
| 65 |
Luca Del Bel Belluz
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C | 22 | RFA | $860,000 | |||||||
| 67 |
James Malatesta
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LW | 23 | RFA | $850,000 | |||||||
| # | Defense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 8 | Zach Werenski | NMC | D | 28 | UFA | $9,583,333 | $9,583,333 | |||||
| 9 | Ivan Provorov | NMC | D | 29 | UFA | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | |
| 78 | Damon Severson | NTC | D | 31 | UFA | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | ||
| 15 | Dante Fabbro | D | 28 | UFA | $4,125,000 | $4,125,000 | $4,125,000 | |||||
| Boston Buckberger | D | 23 | RFA | $1,050,000 | $1,050,000 | |||||||
| 2 | Jake Christiansen | D | 26 | UFA | $975,000 | |||||||
| 57 |
Charlie Elick
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D | 20 | RFA | $965,000 | $965,000 | $965,000 | |||||
| 84 |
Guillaume Richard
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D | 23 | RFA | $942,500 | |||||||
| 54 |
Luca Marrelli
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D | 20 | RFA | $931,666 | $931,666 | $931,666 | |||||
| 94 |
Caleb MacDonald
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D | 23 | RFA | $922,500 | |||||||
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Denton Mateychuk
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D | 21 | RFA | $886,666 | |||||||
| # | Goaltending | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 90 | Elvis Merzļikins | M-NTC | G | 32 | UFA | $5,400,000 | ||||||
| 35 |
Evan Gardner
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G | 20 | RFA | $963,333 | $963,333 | $963,333 | |||||
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Nolan Lalonde
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G | 22 | RFA | $865,000 | |||||||
| # | Free Agents | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 19 | Adam Fantilli | C | 21 | RFA | ||||||||
| 4 | Cole Sillinger | C | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| 73 | Jet Greaves | G | 25 | RFA | ||||||||
| 43 | Danton Heinen | LW | 30 | UFA | ||||||||
| 38 | Boone Jenner | C | 33 | UFA | ||||||||
| 17 | Mason Marchment | LW | 31 | UFA | ||||||||
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Brendan Smith
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D | 37 | UFA | ||||||||
| 6 | Egor Zamula | D | 26 | UFA | ||||||||
| 44 | Erik Gudbranson | D | 34 | UFA |
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Non-Roster
Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit
| Non-roster | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | ||
| Hunter McKown | C | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Jack Williams | RW | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| Mikael Pyyhtiä | LW | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| Corson Ceulemans | D | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Stanislav Svozil | D | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Hudson Fasching | RW | 30 | UFA | ||||||||
| Owen Sillinger | C | 28 | UFA | ||||||||
| Zach Aston-Reese | C | 31 | UFA | ||||||||
| Brendan Gaunce | C | 32 | UFA | ||||||||
| Dysin Mayo | D | 29 | UFA | ||||||||
| Zach Sawchenko | G | 28 | UFA | ||||||||
| Ivan Fedotov | G | 29 | UFA | ||||||||
Reserve Rights
| Player | Age | Position | Expiration | Draft | Pick | |
| Adam Fantilli | 21 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2023 | 3 OA (round 1) |
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| Cole Sillinger | 23 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 12 OA (round 1) |
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| Corson Ceulemans | 23 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 25 OA (round 1) |
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| Hunter McKown | 23 | C | Qualifying Offer | Undrafted | N/A | |
| Jack Williams | 24 | RW | Qualifying Offer | Undrafted | N/A | |
| Jet Greaves | 25 | G | Qualifying Offer | Undrafted | N/A | |
| Mikael Pyyhtiä | 24 | LW | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 114 OA (round 4) |
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| Stanislav Svozil | 23 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 69 OA (round 3) |
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| 2027 Expiration | ||||||
| Jackson Smith | 19 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 14 OA (round 1) |
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| Melvin Strahl | 21 | G | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 156 OA (round 5) |
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| Owen Griffin | 19 | C | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 160 OA (round 5) |
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| James Fisher | 22 | RW | 2027-08-15 | 2022 | 203 OA (round 7) |
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| William Whitelaw | 21 | RW | 2027-08-15 | 2023 | 66 OA (round 3) |
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| 2028 Expiration | ||||||
| Cayden Lindstrom | 20 | C | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 4 OA (round 1) |
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| Andrew Strathmann | 21 | D | 2028-08-15 | 2023 | 98 OA (round 4) |
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| Luke Ashton | 21 | D | 2028-08-15 | 2024 | 165 OA (round 6) |
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| 2029 Expiration | ||||||
| Jérémy Loranger | 19 | C | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 198 OA (round 7) |
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| Malte Vass | 19 | D | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 76 OA (round 3) |
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| Pyotr Andreyanov | 19 | G | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 20 OA (round 1) |
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| Victor Hedin Raftheim | 18 | D | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 173 OA (round 6) |
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| Tanner Henricks | 19 | D | 2029-08-15 | 2024 | 101 OA (round 4) |
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| Other Expiration | ||||||
| Kirill Dolzhenkov | 22 | RW | Indefinite | 2022 | 109 OA (round 4) |
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| Nikolai Makarov | 23 | D | Indefinite | 2021 | 132 OA (round 5) |
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| Peter Quenneville | 32 | C | Indefinite | 2013 | 195 OA (round 7) |
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| Sergei Ivanov | 22 | G | Indefinite | 2022 | 138 OA (round 5) |
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| Sergei Mozyakin | 45 | RW | Indefinite | 2002 | 263 OA (round 9) |
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