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Head Coach Brad Larsen
Assistant Coach Pascal Vincent
Assistant Coach Steve McCarthy
Playoff Odds 0%
Projected Cap Hit $81,296,102
Projected Cap Space $2,635,339
Current Cap Space $27,085,427
LTIR Pool $9,522,995
Roster 23/23
Contracts 43/50
Transactions
Nolan Lalonde | Lalonde was assigned AHL Cleveland on Sunday. Mar 26
Jon Gillies | Gillies was recalled from AHL Cleveland on Sunday. Mar 26
Andrew Peeke | Peeke recorded an assist to complement three blocked shots in Saturday's 8-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens. Mar 26
Lane Pederson | Pederson scored a goal on three shots in the Columbus Blue Jackets' 8-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. Mar 26
Kirill Marchenko | Marchenko scored a goal on four shots in the Columbus Blue Jackets' 8-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. Mar 26

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Injury Report
Elvis Merzlikins
Expected Return Tue Mar 28, 2023
Elvis Merzlikins - DAY-TO-DAY - Leg
Sat Mar 25, 2023
Elvis Merzlikins | Merzlikins will guard the road goal versus the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday, Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets' official site reports.

Sat Mar 25, 2023
Elvis Merzlikins | Merzlikins left Saturday's game versus the Montreal Canadiens favoring his right leg, Brian Hedger of The Columbus Dispatch reports.
Mathieu Olivier
Expected Return Tue Mar 28, 2023
Mathieu Olivier - DAY-TO-DAY - Lower Body
Fri Mar 24, 2023
Mathieu Olivier | Olivier suffered a lower-body injury and won't return to Friday's game versus the New York Islanders.

Fri Mar 24, 2023
Mathieu Olivier | Olivier (lower body) will not travel to Montreal on Saturday, Brian Hedger of The Columbus Dispatch reports.
Erik Gudbranson
Expected Return Sat Apr 1, 2023
Erik Gudbranson - OUT - Upper Body
Fri Mar 24, 2023
Erik Gudbranson | Gudbranson (upper body) will not return to Friday's game against the New York Islanders, Aaron Portzline of The Athletic reports.

Fri Mar 24, 2023
Erik Gudbranson | Gudbranson (upper body) will not travel to Montreal on Saturday and could be dealing with a "longer-term" injury, Brian Hedger of The Columbus Dispatch reports.
Patrik Laine
Expected Return Sat Apr 8, 2023
Patrik Laine - OUT - Triceps
Fri Mar 24, 2023
Patrik Laine | Laine suffered a triceps strain at practice Thursday and is expected to miss 2-4 weeks, as reports.
Justin Danforth
Expected Return Mon May 1, 2023
Justin Danforth - IR - Shoulder
Surgery

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Performance Bonuses
Movement Clauses
35+ Over 35 Contract
IR - Injured Reserve
Entry Level Contract
Slide Eligible
Has Arbitration Rights
Two-way contract
(14) Forwards $37,987,500 46.0% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Jenner, Boone C 29
$3,750,000
M-NTC
$3,750,000
M-NTC
$3,750,000
M-NTC
$3,750,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2026)
Gaudreau, Johnny LW 29
$9,750,000
NMC
$9,750,000
NMC
$9,750,000
NMC
$9,750,000
NMC
$9,750,000
NMC
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2029)
Kuraly, Sean C 30
$2,500,000
M-NTC
$2,500,000
M-NTC
$2,500,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA
Roslovic, Jack C 26
$4,000,000
$4,000,000
$0
UFA
Pederson, Lane C 25
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Robinson, Eric LW 27
$1,600,000
$1,600,000
$0
UFA
Laine, Patrik RW 24
$8,700,000
$8,700,000
M-NTC
$8,700,000
M-NTC
$8,700,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2026)
Texier, Alexandre
SUSP
C 23
$1,525,000
Bemstrom, Emil RW 23
$900,000
$900,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Foudy, Liam C 23
$762,500
$762,500
$0
RFA
Marchenko, Kirill RW 22
$925,000
$925,000
$0
RFA
Fix-Wolansky, Trey RW 23
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Olivier, Mathieu RW 26
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Danforth, Justin
IR
RW 30
$975,000
$975,000
$0
UFA
Johnson, Kent C 20
$925,000
$925,000
$0
RFA
McKown, Hunter C 20
$950,000
$950,000
$950,000
$0
RFA
TOTALS
$37,987,500
$37,262,500
$25,650,000
$22,200,000
$9,750,000
(7) Defence $22,729,166 27.6% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Gudbranson, Erik D 31
$4,000,000
M-NTC
$4,000,000
M-NTC
$4,000,000
M-NTC
$4,000,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2026)
Werenski, Zach
LTIR
D 25
$9,583,333
$9,583,333
NMC
$9,583,333
NMC
$9,583,333
NMC
$9,583,334
NMC
$0
UFA

(2028)
Bean, Jake
IR
D 24
$2,333,333
$2,333,333
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Peeke, Andrew D 25
$787,500
$2,750,000
$2,750,000
$2,750,000
$0
UFA

(2026)
Bayreuther, Gavin D 28
$750,000
$0
UFA
Boqvist, Adam D 22
$2,600,000
$2,600,000
$2,600,000
$0
RFA
Berni, Tim D 23
$925,000
$0
RFA
Christiansen, Jake D 23
$925,000
$0
RFA
Blankenburg, Nick D 24
$825,000
$825,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
TOTALS
$22,729,166
$22,091,666
$18,933,333
$16,333,333
$9,583,334
(2) Goalies $6,150,000 7.5% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Hutchinson, Michael G 33
$750,000
$0
UFA
Merzlikins, Elvis G 28
$5,400,000
M-NTC
$5,400,000
M-NTC
$5,400,000
M-NTC
$5,400,000
M-NTC
$5,400,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2027)
TOTALS
$6,150,000
$5,400,000
$5,400,000
$5,400,000
$5,400,000
(0) Buried $0 0.0% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
TOTALS
(3) Buyout & Retained Salary $6,091,667 7.4% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Nyquist, Gustav
Retained Salary
RW 33
$2,750,000
Quick, Jonathan
Retained Salary
G 37
$2,900,000
Wennberg, Alexander
Buyout
C 28
$441,667
$891,667
$891,667
$891,667
TOTALS
$6,091,667
$891,667
$891,667
$891,667
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2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026
Roster Size

Number of players on the Active Roster. Cannot exceed 23 players. Excludes players on IR and LTIR.

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23 20 10 7
Standard Player Contracts

Number of players signed to Standard Player Contracts (SPC's). Cannot exceed 50 players. Some players do not count towards this, such as 18/19 Year-Old players in Junior with less than 10 NHL Games Played in Season.

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43 38 23 15
Upper Limit

The maximum Salary Cap Hit of all players counting towards the active roster. Often referred to as "Salary Cap". This is determined in the summer and is based on the previous season's revenues, per the CBA.

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$82,500,000 $83,500,000 $83,500,000 $83,500,000
Projected Cap Hit

Anticipated Season-End Cap Hit based on the current roster, calculated by summing all Cap Hits of players currently counting towards the Salary Cap. Assumes current roster is in effect for the remainder of season.

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$81,296,102 $65,645,833 $50,875,000 $44,825,000
Projected Cap Space

Amount of Cap Space projected to be available at end of year. Calculated as Annual Salary Cap minus Projected Cap Hit.

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$2,635,339 $17,854,167 $32,625,000 $38,675,000
Current Cap Space

Amount of Annual Cap Hit that can be added to the roster without exceeding the Upper Limit (Salary Cap Maximum) based on the current roster. For teams using LTIR, Current Cap Space is the amount of annual cap hit that can be added without exceeding the Salary Cap by more than the team's LTIR Pool.

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$27,085,427 $17,854,167 $32,625,000 $38,675,000
Maximum LTIR Pool

The maximum amount of Long Term Injured Reserve space potentially available. This is the Cap Hit of player on LTIR less the Cap Space available for team at time player was on LTIR. A player can go on LTIR when they expect to miss 10 games and 24 days in the season. A player on LTIR does not come off of the salary cap, instead a team is allowed to exceed the cap by the LTIR amount.

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$9,522,995 $0 $0 $0
Current Roster Annual Cap Hit

Anticipated Cap Hit based on the current roster, calculated by summing all Cap Hits of players currently counting towards the Salary Cap + retained salary + buyouts.

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$72,958,333 $65,645,833 $50,875,000 $44,825,000
Carryover Bonus Overages

Teams can exceed the salary cap due to players receiving performance bonuses. If a team exceeds the salary cap due to performance bonuses, they carryover to the previous season and reduce the cap space a team has.

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$0 $0 $0 $0
Potential Bonuses

Performance Bonuses that players on the active roster are eligible to achieve. A team can exceed the salary cap due to performance bonuses, but they carry over to the following season.

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$1,350,000 $2,950,000 $1,000,000 $0
Retained Salary Remaining

Teams can retain salary/cap hit when they trade a player. A team can only have a maximum of 3 players that they retained salary on.

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1 3 3 3
(23) Non-Roster
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Gaunce, Brendan C 29
$762,500
$762,500
$0
UFA
Gillies, Jon G 29
$750,000
$0
UFA
Vainio, Veeti D 25
$0
$0
UFA
Thome, Peter G 25
$0
$0
UFA
Thurkauf, Calvin C 25
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Tarasov, Daniil G 24
$1,050,000
$1,050,000
$1,050,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Meyer, Carson RW 25
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Stucker, Robbie D 24
$0
$0
UFA
MacIntyre, Bobby LW 26
$0
$0
UFA
Kulbakov, Ivan G 26
$0
$0
UFA
Karlberg, Marcus RW 23
$0
Raaymakers, Joseph G 25
$0
$0
UFA
Hjorth, Eric D 22
$0
$0
UFA
Voronkov, Dimitri LW 22
$0
$0
UFA
Angle, Tyler C 22
$850,833
$850,833
$0
RFA
Luoto, Joona LW 25
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Barach, Derek C 28
$0
$0
UFA
Richards, Justin C 25
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Chinakhov, Yegor RW 22
$925,000
$0
RFA
Knazko, Samuel D 20
$847,500
$847,500
$847,500
$0
RFA
Pyyhtia, Mikael C 21
$897,500
$897,500
$897,500
$0
RFA
Bjorgvik-Holm, Ole Julian D 20
$825,000
$825,000
$825,000
$0
RFA
Johannesson, Samuel D 22
$0
$0
UFA
Dunne, Joshua C 24
$874,125
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Sillinger, Cole C 19
$925,000
$925,000
$0
RFA
Ceulemans, Corson D 19
$925,000
$925,000
$925,000
$0
UFA
Svozil, Stanislav D 20
$847,500
$825,000
$825,000
$825,000
$0
RFA

(2026)
Hreschuk, Aidan D 20
$0
$0
UFA
Richard, Guillaume D 20
$0
$0
UFA
Makarov, Nikolai D 20
$0
$0
UFA
Malatesta, James C 19
$870,833
$841,666
$841,666
$841,666
$0
RFA

(2026)
Boyd, Ben C 19
$0
$0
UFA
Rysavy, Martin LW 20
$0
$0
UFA
Greaves, Jet G 21
$758,333
$758,333
$0
RFA
Sweezey, Billy D 27
$762,500
$762,500
$0
UFA
Bjork, Marcus D 25
$925,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Mateychuk, Denton D 18
$950,000
$918,333
$918,333
$918,333
$0
RFA

(2026)
Del Bel Belluz, Luca C 19
$923,333
$891,666
$891,666
$891,666
$0
RFA

(2026)
Dumais, Jordan RW 18
$923,333
$891,666
$891,666
$891,666
$0
RFA

(2026)
Jiricek, David D 19
$950,000
$950,000
$950,000
$0
RFA
Dolzhenkov, Kirill RW 18
$0
$0
UFA
Ivanov, Sergei G 18
$0
$0
UFA
Fisher, James C 18
$0
$0
UFA
Lalonde, Nolan G 19
$798,333
$796,111
$796,111
$796,111
$0
RFA

(2026)
Butler, Cameron RW 20
$858,333
$858,333
$858,333
TOTALS
$19,666,623
$15,576,941
$11,517,775
$6,947,775