Columbus Blue Jackets | Salary cap and contracts

Cap HitCap	Cap SpaceSpace	Playoff CapPlayoffs	LTIRLTIR	RosterRoster	ContractsCont.
$82,121,66882.1M	$13,378,33213.4M	$77,807,50177.8M	$00	22/2322/23	42/5042/50

Year	R1Round 1	R2Round 2	R3Round 3	R4Round 4	R5Round 5	R6Round 6	R7Round 7
2026
2027
2028

forwards (13 - $37,200,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Monahan, Sean	4 UFA	NMC		NHL	Signed	31	5.8		$5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000	$5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000	$5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000	$5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000	UFA
Coyle, Charlie	1 UFA	M-NTC, NMC		NHL		33	5.5		$5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000	UFA
Voronkov, Dmitri	2 RFA			NHL	Draft	25	4.4		$4,175,000 $4,175,000 $4,175,000 $4,175,000 $4,175,000 $4,175,000 $4,175,000 $4,175,000	$4,175,000 $4,175,000 $4,175,000 $4,175,000 $4,175,000 $4,175,000 $4,175,000 $4,175,000	RFA
Marchenko, Kirill	2 RFA			NHL	Draft	25	4.0		$3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000	$3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000	RFA
Jenner, Boone "C"	1 UFA	M-NTC		NHL	Draft	32	3.9		$3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000	UFA
Olivier, Mathieu	6 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		28	3.1		$3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000	$3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000	$3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000	$3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000	$3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000	$3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000
Wood, Miles	4 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		30	2.6		$2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000	$2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000	$2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000	$2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000	UFA
Sillinger, Cole	1 RFA			NHL	Draft	22	2.4		$2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000	RFA
Chinakhov, Yegor	1 RFA			NHL	Draft	24	2.2		$2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000	RFA
Johnson, Kent	2 RFA		, C	NHL	Draft	23	1.9		$1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000	$1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000	RFA
Lundestrom, Isac	2 UFA			NHL	Draft	25	1.4		$1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000	$1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000	UFA
Fantilli, Adam	1 RFA	ELC		NHL	Draft	21	1.0		$950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000	RFA
Aston-Reese, Zach	1 UFA		, C	NHL	Signed	31	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						26.9		0.0 %	$37,200,000	$22,125,000	$11,000,000	$11,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000

defense (8 - $35,159,167)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Werenski, Zach "A"	3 UFA	NMC		NHL	Draft	28	10.0		$9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333	$9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333	$9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333 $9,583,333	UFA
Provorov, Ivan	7 UFA	NMC		NHL		28	8.9		$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000	$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000	$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000	$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000	$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000	$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,500,000
Severson, Damon	6 UFA	NTC	, LD	NHL		31	6.5		$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000
Fabbro, Dante	4 UFA	NTC		NHL	Signed	27	4.3		$4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000	$4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000	$4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000	$4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000 $4,125,000	UFA
Gudbranson, Erik "A"	1 UFA	M-NTC		NHL	Signed	33	4.2		$4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000	UFA
Christiansen, Jake	2 UFA			NHL	Signed	26	1.0		$975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000	$975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000	UFA
Mateychuk, Denton	2 RFA	ELC		NHL	Draft	21	0.9		$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667	$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667	RFA
Marrelli, Luca	3 RFA	ELC50	RD	IR	Draft	20	0.9		$839,167 $839,167 $839,167 $839,167 $839,167 $839,167 $839,167 $839,167	$839,167 $839,167 $839,167 $839,167 $839,167 $839,167 $839,167 $839,167	$839,167 $839,167 $839,167 $839,167 $839,167 $839,167 $839,167 $839,167	RFA
TOTAL						26.8		0.0 %	$35,159,167	$31,159,167	$29,297,500	$18,875,000	$14,750,000	$14,750,000

goalies (2 - $6,212,500)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Merzlikins, Elvis	2 UFA	M-NTC	G	NHL	Draft	31	5.7		$5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000	$5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000	UFA
Greaves, Jet	1 UFA		G	NHL	Signed	24	0.9		$812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500	UFA (Group 6)
TOTAL						27.5		0.0 %	$6,212,500	$5,400,000	-	-	-	-

dead cap

buyout history (2 - $1,425,001)	Years Remaining	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Wennberg, Alexander "A"	1 UFA		NHL	Signed	31	-		$891,667 $891,667 $891,667 $891,667 $891,667 $891,667 $891,667 $891,667	UFA
Boqvist, Adam	1 UFA	, LD	NHL	Signed	25	2.7		$533,334 $533,334 $533,334 $533,334 $533,334 $533,334 $533,334 $533,334	UFA
TOTAL					28.0		0.0 %	$1,425,001	-	-	-	-	-

buried penalty (1 - $2,125,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Fedotov, Ivan	1 UFA		G	Minor		28	3.4		$2,125,000 $2,125,000 $2,125,000 $2,125,000 $2,125,000 $2,125,000 $2,125,000 $2,125,000	UFA
TOTAL						28.0		0.0 %	$2,125,000	-	-	-	-	-

Season

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non-roster

forwards (12 - $9,950,417)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Williams, Jack	1 RFA	ELC	, RW	Minor	Signed	23	1.0		$923,750 $923,750 $923,750 $923,750 $923,750 $923,750 $923,750 $923,750	RFA
Del Bel Belluz, Luca	2 RFA	ELC		Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000	$860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000	RFA
Keskinen, Oiva	3 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000	$860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000	$860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000	RFA
Dumais, Jordan	2 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000	$860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000	RFA
McCue, Max	2 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Signed	22	0.9		$858,333 $858,333 $858,333 $858,333 $858,333 $858,333 $858,333 $858,333	$858,333 $858,333 $858,333 $858,333 $858,333 $858,333 $858,333 $858,333	RFA
Pinelli, Luca	3 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	20	0.9		$846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667	$846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667	$846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667 $846,667	RFA
Malatesta, James	1 RFA	ELC		Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$841,667 $841,667 $841,667 $841,667 $841,667 $841,667 $841,667 $841,667	RFA
McKown, Hunter	1 RFA		C	Minor	Signed	23	0.8		$800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000	RFA
Sillinger, Owen	1 UFA		C	Minor	Signed	28	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Gaunce, Brendan	1 UFA			Minor		31	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Fasching, Hudson	1 UFA			Minor	Signed	30	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Pyyhtia, Mikael	1 RFA			Minor	Draft	23	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
TOTAL						23.8		0.0 %	$9,950,417	$4,285,000	$1,706,667	-	-	-

defense (6 - $5,221,667)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Ceulemans, Corson	1 RFA	ELC	RD	Minor	Draft	22	1.0		$925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000	RFA
MacDonald, Caleb	2 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Signed	22	1.0		$922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500	$922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500 $922,500	RFA
Elick, Charlie	3 RFA	ELC50	RD	Minor	Draft	19	0.9		$906,667 $906,667 $906,667 $906,667 $906,667 $906,667 $906,667 $906,667	$906,667 $906,667 $906,667 $906,667 $906,667 $906,667 $906,667 $906,667	$906,667 $906,667 $906,667 $906,667 $906,667 $906,667 $906,667 $906,667	RFA
Richard, Guillaume	2 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500	$867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500	RFA
Svozil, Stanislav	1 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000	RFA
Mayo, Dysin	1 UFA		RD	Minor		29	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						22.7		0.0 %	$5,221,667	$2,696,667	$906,667	-	-	-

goalies (4 - $4,556,389)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Fedotov, Ivan	1 UFA		G	Minor		28	3.4		$2,125,000 $2,125,000 $2,125,000 $2,125,000 $2,125,000 $2,125,000 $2,125,000 $2,125,000	UFA
Gardner, Evan	3 RFA	ELC50	G	Minor	Draft	19	0.9		$870,833 $870,833 $870,833 $870,833 $870,833 $870,833 $870,833 $870,833	$870,833 $870,833 $870,833 $870,833 $870,833 $870,833 $870,833 $870,833	$870,833 $870,833 $870,833 $870,833 $870,833 $870,833 $870,833 $870,833	RFA
Lalonde, Nolan	2 RFA	ELC	G	Junior	Signed	21	0.8		$785,556 $785,556 $785,556 $785,556 $785,556 $785,556 $785,556 $785,556	$785,556 $785,556 $785,556 $785,556 $785,556 $785,556 $785,556 $785,556	RFA
Sawchenko, Zach	1 UFA		G	Minor	Signed	27	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						23.8		0.0 %	$4,556,389	$1,656,389	$870,833	-	-	-

Legend

Waivers-Exempt

Slide Candidate

Injured

Unconfirmed Info

50SPC Exempt

Potential Perf. Bonuses

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$775Two-way Contract

35+35+ Contract

ELCEntry-Level Contract

RSRetained Salary Transaction

NMCNo Move Clause

NTCNo Trade Clause

Unsigned Players

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Reserve List (17)	AGEAGE	POSPOS	DRAFTED BYDRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEARDRAFT YEAR	ROUNDROUND	OVERALLOVERALL	MUST SIGN BYMUST SIGN BY
Smith, Jackson	18	LD	CBJ	2025	1	14	Jun. 1, 2027
Andreyanov, Pyotr	18	G	CBJ	2025	1	20	-
Vass, Malte	18	LD	CBJ	2025	3	76	Jun. 1, 2029
Griffin, Owen	18	C	CBJ	2025	5	160	Jun. 1, 2027
Hedin Raftheim, Victor	18	D	CBJ	2025	6	173	Jun. 1, 2029
Loranger, Jérémy	18	C	CBJ	2025	7	198	Aug. 15, 2029
Ashton, Luke	20	LD	CBJ	2024	6	165	Aug. 15, 2028
Henricks, Tanner	19	RD	CBJ	2024	4	101	Aug. 15, 2029
Lindstrom, Cayden	19	C	CBJ	2024	1	4	Jun. 1, 2026
Strahl, Melvin	20	G	CBJ	2023	5	156	Jun. 1, 2027
Strathmann, Andrew	20	LD	CBJ	2023	4	98	Aug. 15, 2028
Whitelaw, William	20	RW	CBJ	2023	3	66	Aug. 15, 2027
Dolzhenkov, Kirill	21	RW	CBJ	2022	4	109	-
Fisher, James	21	RW	CBJ	2022	7	203	Aug. 15, 2027
Ivanov, Sergei	21	G	CBJ	2022	5	138	-
Makarov, Nikolai	22	LD	CBJ	2021	5	132	-
Berni, Tim	25	LD	CBJ	2018	6	159	Feb. 11, 2027

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