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Head Coach Pascal Vincent
Assistant Coach Mark Recchi
Assistant Coach Steve McCarthy
Goalie Coach Niklas Backstrom
Playoff Odds %
Projected Cap Hit $78,533,333
Projected Cap Space $4,966,667
Current Cap Space $4,966,667
LTIR Pool $0
Roster 23/23
Contracts 50/50
Transactions
Spencer Martin | Martin was claimed off waivers by the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday, Aaron Portzline of The Athletic reports. Sep 29
Patrik Laine | Laine skated at center between Johnny Gaudreau and Kirill Marchenko during Wednesday's practice and hasn't been ruled out as an option up the middle during the season, Aaron Portzline of The Athletic reports. Sep 29
Ivan Provorov | Provorov (soreness) returned to practice Friday after missing a couple of days, Brian Hedger of The Columbus Dispatch reports. Sep 29
Kirill Marchenko | Marchenko (back) returned to practice Tuesday and feels good go, per Brian Hedger of The Columbus Dispatch. Sep 26
Adam Fantilli | Fantilli collected two assists, one shorthanded, in a 4-3 overtime win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in preseason action Sunday. Sep 25

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Injury Report
Yegor Chinakhov
Expected Return unknown
Yegor Chinakhov - DAY-TO-DAY - Back
Strain
Sat Sep 23, 2023
Yegor Chinakhov | Chinakhov missed his third straight day of training camp Saturday because of a back strain, per Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets' official site.
Mathieu Olivier
Expected Return Wed Oct 4, 2023
Mathieu Olivier - OUT - Lower Leg
Fri Sep 29, 2023
Mathieu Olivier | Olivier (lower leg) is practicing Friday, Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets' official site reports.

Wed Sep 20, 2023
Mathieu Olivier | Olivier (lower leg) is considered to be week-to-week going into training camp, according to Aaron Portzline of The Athletic.
Jake Bean
Expected Return Wed Oct 4, 2023
Jake Bean - OUT - Shoulder
Wed Sep 20, 2023
Jake Bean | Bean (shoulder) is regarded as week-to-week as training camp begins, per Aaron Portzline of The Athletic.
Jon Gillies
Expected Return Tue Oct 10, 2023
Jon Gillies - OUT - Lower Body

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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
(13) Forwards $37,362,500 44.7% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Jenner, Boone C 30
$3,750,000
M-NTC
$3,750,000
M-NTC
$3,750,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2026)
Gaudreau, Johnny LW 30
$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
$0
UFA
Roslovic, Jack C 26
$4,000,000
$0
UFA
Robinson, Eric LW 28
$1,600,000
$0
UFA
Laine, Patrik RW 25
$8,700,000
M-NTC
$8,700,000
M-NTC
$8,700,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2026)
Texier, Alexandre C 24
$1,525,000
$0
RFA
Bemstrom, Emil RW 24
$900,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Foudy, Liam C 23
$762,500
$0
RFA
Marchenko, Kirill RW 23
$925,000
$0
RFA
Olivier, Mathieu RW 26
$1,100,000
$1,100,000
$0
UFA
Sillinger, Cole C 20
$925,000
$0
RFA
Johnson, Kent C 20
$925,000
$0
RFA
TOTALS
$37,362,500
$25,800,000
$22,200,000
$9,750,000
(8) Defence $33,066,666 39.6% of cap
Player POS Age 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
$0
UFA

(2026)
Severson, Damon D 29
$6,250,000
NTC
$6,250,000
NTC
$6,250,000
NTC
$6,250,000
NTC
$0
UFA

(2031)
Provorov, Ivan D 26
$4,725,000
$4,725,000
$0
UFA
Werenski, Zach D 26
$9,583,333
NMC
$9,583,333
NMC
$9,583,333
NMC
$9,583,334
NMC
$0
UFA

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

(2026)
Boqvist, Adam D 23
$2,600,000
$2,600,000
$0
RFA
Berni, Tim D 23
$0
RFA
Blankenburg, Nick D 25
$825,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
TOTALS
$33,066,666
$29,908,333
$22,583,333
$15,833,334
(2) Goalies $7,212,500 8.6% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Gillies, Jon G 29
$0
UFA
Martin, Spencer G 28
$762,500
$0
UFA
Merzlikins, Elvis G 29
$5,400,000
M-NTC
$5,400,000
M-NTC
$5,400,000
M-NTC
$5,400,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2027)
Tarasov, Daniil
IR
G 24
$1,050,000
$1,050,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
TOTALS
$7,212,500
$6,450,000
$5,400,000
$5,400,000
(0) Buried $0 0.0% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
TOTALS
(1) Buyout & Retained Salary $891,667 1.1% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Wennberg, Alexander
Buyout
C 29
$891,667
$891,667
$891,667
TOTALS
$891,667
$891,667
$891,667
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2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Roster Size

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

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23 13 8 4
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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50 29 18 4
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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$83,500,000 $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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$78,533,333 $63,050,000 $51,075,000 $30,983,334
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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$4,966,667 $20,450,000 $32,425,000 $52,516,666
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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$4,966,667 $20,450,000 $32,425,000 $52,516,666
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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$0 $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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$78,533,333 $63,050,000 $51,075,000 $30,983,334
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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$3,550,000 $0 $0 $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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3 3 3 3
(26) Non-Roster
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Gaunce, Brendan C 29
$762,500
$0
UFA
Matteau, Stefan C 29
$0
UFA
Dell, Aaron G 34
$0
UFA
Meloche, Nicolas D 26
$0
UFA-Group6
$0
UFA
Vainio, Veeti D 26
$0
$0
UFA
Thome, Peter G 26
$0
$0
UFA
Thurkauf, Calvin C 26
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Meyer, Carson RW 26
$775,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Stucker, Robbie D 25
$0
$0
UFA
MacIntyre, Bobby LW 27
$0
$0
UFA
Kulbakov, Ivan G 27
$0
$0
UFA
Karlberg, Marcus RW 23
$0
Fix-Wolansky, Trey RW 24
$775,000
$775,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Christiansen, Jake D 24
$775,000
$0
RFA
Raaymakers, Joseph G 25
$0
$0
UFA
Voronkov, Dimitri LW 23
$950,000
$950,000
$0
RFA
Angle, Tyler C 23
$850,833
$0
RFA
Barach, Derek C 28
$0
$0
UFA
Chinakhov, Yegor RW 22
$800,000
$0
RFA
Knazko, Samuel D 21
$847,500
$847,500
$0
RFA
Pyyhtia, Mikael C 21
$897,500
$897,500
$0
RFA
Bjorgvik-Holm, Ole Julian D 21
$825,000
$825,000
$0
RFA
Johannesson, Samuel D 22
$0
$0
UFA
Dunne, Joshua C 24
$775,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Danforth, Justin RW 30
$975,000
$0
UFA
Ceulemans, Corson D 20
$925,000
$925,000
$925,000
$0
RFA

(2026)
Svozil, Stanislav D 20
$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 20
$841,666
$841,666
$841,666
$0
RFA

(2026)
Boyd, Ben C 20
$0
$0
UFA
Rysavy, Martin LW 20
$0
$0
UFA
Greaves, Jet G 22
$758,333
$0
RFA
Sweezey, Billy D 27
$762,500
$0
UFA
Bjork, Marcus D 25
$775,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Mateychuk, Denton D 19
$918,333
$918,333
$918,333
$0
RFA

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

(2026)
Dumais, Jordan RW 19
$891,666
$891,666
$891,666
$0
RFA

(2026)
Jiricek, David D 19
$918,333
$918,333
$918,333
$0
RFA

(2026)
Dolzhenkov, Kirill RW 19
$0
$0
UFA
Ivanov, Sergei G 19
$0
$0
UFA
Fisher, James C 19
$0
$0
UFA
Lalonde, Nolan G 19
$796,111
$796,111
$796,111
$0
RFA

(2026)
Butler, Cameron RW 21
$858,333
$858,333
$858,333
$0
RFA

(2026)
McKown, Hunter C 21
$950,000
$950,000
$0
RFA
Fantilli, Adam C 18
$950,000
$950,000
$950,000
$0
RFA

(2026)
$0
UFA
Brindley, Gavin RW 18
$0
$0
UFA
Whitelaw, William C 18
$0
$0
UFA
Strathmann, Andrew D 18
$0
$0
UFA
Pinelli, Luca C 18
$0
$0
UFA
Strahl, Melvin G 18
$0
$0
UFA
Keskinen, Oiva C 19
$0
$0
UFA
Peddle, Tyler C 18
$0
$0
UFA
TOTALS
$22,070,274
$14,061,108
$8,816,108