Columbus Blue Jackets

Franchise Date: 2001
Address: 200 W. Nationwide Blvd. Suite Level Columbus, OH 43215
Website: http://www.bluejackets.com/
Arena: Nationwide Arena
Capacity: 18,500

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General Manager - BagoPucks (BagoPucks) -


Avg. CPHL Salary: $2.51 mill
Avg. AHL Salary: $0.11 mill
Avg. CPHL Age: 29.59 yrs
Avg. AHL Age: 23.12 yrs
# of CPHLers: 17 players
# of AHLers: 26 players
# of ECHLers: 19 players


CPHL Player Name Pos. Age Salary Contract
Phillip Danault C 32 $6.00 (10%) 2 Year(s) 1W
Cody Glass C 26 $0.75 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Barrett Hayton C 25 $2.00 (10%) 2 Year(s) 2W
Mason McTavish C 22 $1.35 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Lars Eller LW 36 $4.00 (10%) 2 Year(s) 1W
Marcus Foligno LW 33 $2.77 (10%) 2 Year(s) 1W
Gustav Nyquist LW 35 $6.29 (10%) 2 Year(s) 1W
Evan Rodrigues LW 31 $3.25 (10%) 1 Year(s) 1W
Cole Smith LW 29 $0.50 (10%) 1 Year(s) 1W
Michael McCarron RW 30 $0.65 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Simon Benoit D 26 $2.10 (10%) 2 Year(s) 1W
Zach Bogosian D 34 $0.55 (10%) 1 Year(s) 1W
Derek Forbort D 33 $2.77 (10%) 1 Year(s) 1W
Mattias Samuelsson D 25 $3.50 (10%) 2 Year(s) 2W
Jonas Siegenthaler D 28 $3.25 (10%) 3 Year(s) 2W
Parker Wotherspoon D 27 $1.00 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Elvis Merzlikins G 31 $2.00 (10%) 2 Year(s) 1W

Salary Cap: $ 59.81 mill

Payroll: $ 42.73 mill

Cap Left: $ 17.08 mill


Terms

Team Sending Team Receiving Amount ($) (in millions) Other
Columbus Blue Jackets League $ 0.15 Releasing Nemeth, Patrik (D) NHL (0.50 for 1 yr)
Columbus Blue Jackets League $ 0.30 Releasing Thomas, Akil (C) NHL (0.50 for 2 yrs)
Columbus Blue Jackets League $ 0.04 Releasing Perreault, Jacob (RW) AHL (1.25 for 1 yr)
Columbus Blue Jackets League $ 0.03 Releasing Juulsen, Noah (D) AHL (0.50 for 2 yrs)
Columbus Blue Jackets League $ 3.96 Releasing Kane, Evander (LW) NHL (5.65 for 1 yr)
Columbus Blue Jackets League $ 0.30 Releasing Anderson, Joey (RW) NHL (0.50 for 2 yrs)
Columbus Blue Jackets Tampa Bay Lightning $ 1.56 2025-26
Columbus Blue Jackets New Jersey Devils $ 2.15 2025-26
Columbus Blue Jackets Toronto Maple Leafs $ 2.20 2025-26
Columbus Blue Jackets Calgary Flames $ 2.50 2025-26
Columbus Blue Jackets Carolina Hurricanes $ 2.00 2025-26
League Columbus Blue Jackets $ 5.00 2025-26


Special:  2026 1st OTT is top 5 protected. If the pick is top 5, 2026 1st is returned to OTT and the CBJ recieve the 2027 1st OTT

Cheese Rule

2025-26 Net
Net Money transfered to & from other teams (Max: $18.00 mill) -10.41 mill


Injury Reserve List

Player Name Pos. Age CPHL Salary

RFA Holdouts

Player Name Pos. Age Date of Holdout

Entry Draft Selections

Year

Picks (Original Team in Brackets)

2026

1st, 1st(nj), 1st(ott), 2nd(col), 2nd, 2nd(edm), 2nd(nyi), 2nd(was), 3rd(nj), 3rd(tb), 3rd(tor), 5th

2027

1st, 1st(was), 2nd, 3rd, 3rd(tor), 4th, 4th(tor), 5th

2028

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th

2028

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th


Sponsorships


Awards/Accomplishments

2007-2008 Dwayne Hay Award - Least Effective Player - Joni Pitkanen
2011/2012 Cliff Fletcher Award (top GM): MJK
2011/2012 Western Conference Champions
2013/2014 Metropolitan Division Champions
2014 Sergei Priakin award (most underrated player): Vern Fiddler
2009/2010 Tim Hunter Award (Best CPHL Goon): Chris Pronger
2017 Darryl Sutter Award (top first-year GM): Inufie


Syracuse Crunch

AHL Player Name Pos. Age Salary Contract
Thomas Bordeleau C 23 $0.075 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
David Goyette C 21 $0.075 (10%) 2 Year(s) 2W
Collin Graf C 22 $0.15 (10%) 3 Year(s) 2W
Stephen Halliday C 22 $0.075 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Justin Hryckowian C 24 $0.075 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C 24 $0.35 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Jakub Lauko C 25 $0.075 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Ryan McAllister C 23 $0.075 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Connor McMichael C 24 $0.15 (10%) 2 Year(s) 2W
Tanner Jeannot LW 28 $0.275 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Ayrton Martino LW 22 $0.05 (10%) 2 Year(s) 2W
Jake Neighbours LW 23 $0.1 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Lukas Reichel LW 23 $0.15 (10%) 3 Year(s) 2W
Antonio Stranges LW 23 $0.075 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Brandon Duhaime RW 28 $0.075 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Oliver Wahlstrom RW 25 $0.175 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Sean Behrens D 22 $0.075 (10%) 2 Year(s) 2W
Michael Benning D 23 $0.05 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Samuel Bolduc D 24 $0.075 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Francis Dell elce D 20 $0.1 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
C.J. Foley D 21 $0.1 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
William Trudeau D 22 $0.05 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
William Villeneuve D 23 $0.075 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Jet Greaves G 24 $0.05 (10%) 2 Year(s) 2W
Isaac Poulter G 23 $0.075 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W
Petteri Rimpinen G 19 $0.1 (10%) 1 Year(s) 2W

Total Salary Cap: $ 3 mill

Cap Remaining: $ 0.06 mill



Dayton Bombers

ECHL Player Name Pos. Age Salary Contract
Max Curran C 18 $0.01 2 Year(s) to sign
James Hagens C 17 $0.01 2 Year(s) to sign
Markus Loponen C 19 $0.01 2 Year(s) to sign
Cole McKinney C 18 $0.01 3 Year(s) to sign
Tomas Mrsic C 19 $0.01 2 Year(s) to sign
Kaden Pitre C 19 $0.01 2 Year(s) to sign
Petr Sikora C 19 $0.01 2 Year(s) to sign
Kieron Walton C 19 $0.01 2 Year(s) to sign
Tanner Howe LW 19 $0.01 2 Year(s) to sign
Lynden Lakovic LW 18 $0.01 2 Year(s) to sign
Bill Zonnon LW 18 $0.01 2 Year(s) to sign
Viktor Eklund RW 18 $0.01 2 Year(s) to sign
Miguel Marques RW 19 $0.01 2 Year(s) to sign
Ilya Pautov RW 19 $0.01 2 Year(s) to sign
Joona Saarelainen RW 19 $0.01 2 Year(s) to sign
Tyler Thorpe RW 19 $0.01 2 Year(s) to sign
Blake Fiddler D 17 $0.01 3 Year(s) to sign
William McIssac D 19 $0.01 2 Year(s) to sign
Evan Gardner G 19 $0.01 2 Year(s) to sign