Columbus Blue Jackets | Salary cap and contracts

Cap Hit	Cap Space	LTIR	Roster	Contracts	Carryover Bonuses
$74,980,834	$20,519,166	$0	21/23	37/50	$0

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

forwards (16 - $33,025,000)	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	30	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
Marchenko, Kirill	2 RFA			NHL	Draft	24	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		29	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	22	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	20	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	30	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Labanc, Kevin	-				Signed	29	-		UFA
Voronkov, Dmitri	-			NHL	Draft	24	-		RFA
Fischer, Christian	-			Inactive	Waivers	28	-		UFA
Kunin, Luke	-			Inactive		27	-		UFA
TOTAL						26.7		0.0 %	$33,025,000	$17,950,000	$11,000,000	$11,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000

defense (9 - $35,130,833)	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	27	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		NHL		30	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	25	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
MacDonald, Caleb	2 RFA	ELC	LD	NHL	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
Jaros, Christian	1 UFA		RD	NHL	Signed	29	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Johnson, Jack	-			Inactive	Signed	38	-		UFA
TOTAL						28.8		0.0 %	$35,130,833	$30,355,833	$28,458,333	$18,875,000	$14,750,000	$14,750,000

goalies (1 - $5,400,000)	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
TOTAL						31.0		0.0 %	$5,400,000	$5,400,000	$0	$0	$0	$0

dead cap

buyout history (2 - $1,425,001)	Years Remaining	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Wennberg, Alexander	1 UFA	NHL	Signed	30	-		$891,667 $891,667 $891,667 $891,667 $891,667 $891,667 $891,667 $891,667	UFA
Boqvist, Adam	1 UFA	NHL	Signed	24	2.7		$533,334 $533,334 $533,334 $533,334 $533,334 $533,334 $533,334 $533,334	UFA
TOTAL				27.0		0.0 %	$1,425,001	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

retained salary (1 - $0)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Gaudreau, Johnny	4 UFA	NMC		Deceased	Signed	31	10.2		$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	UFA
TOTAL						31.0		0.0 %	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Season

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non-roster

forwards (12 - $8,400,417)	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
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
Del Bel Belluz, Luca	2 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	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
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	22	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	27	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
Gambrell, Dylan	-		C	Inactive	Signed	28	-		UFA
Pyyhtia, Mikael	-			Minor	Draft	23	-		RFA
TOTAL						23.4		0.0 %	$8,400,417	$4,285,000	$1,706,667	$0	$0	$0

defense (9 - $5,250,001)	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
Elick, Charlie	3 RFA	ELC	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
Mateychuk, Denton	2 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Draft	20	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
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
Marrelli, Luca	3 RFA	ELC	RD	Minor	Draft	19	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
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
Knazko, Samuel	-		LD	Inactive	Draft	22	-		UFA (No QO)
Bjorgvik-Holm, Ole Julian	-		LD	Inactive	Draft	23	-		UFA (No QO)
Hunt, Daemon	-			Minor		23	-		RFA
TOTAL						21.3		0.0 %	$5,250,001	$3,500,001	$1,745,834	$0	$0	$0

goalies (4 - $3,243,889)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Gardner, Evan	3 RFA	ELC	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
Greaves, Jet	1 UFA		G	Minor	Signed	24	0.9		$812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500 $812,500	UFA (Group 6)
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						22.8		0.0 %	$3,243,889	$1,656,389	$870,833	$0	$0	$0

Legend

Waivers-Exempt

Slide Candidate

Injured

Unconfirmed Info

50SPC Exempt

Potential Perf. Bonuses

Contract Start

Contract Continues

🟥Unrestricted Free Agent

🟦Restricted Free Agent

$775Two-way Contract

35+35+ Contract

ELCEntry-Level Contract

RSRetained Salary Transaction

NMCNo Move Clause

NTCNo Trade Clause

Unsigned Players

These are players whose rights are held by the team until the date listed.

Reserve List (18)	AGE	POS	DRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEAR	ROUND	OVERALL	MUST 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	17	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	18	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	-
Hreschuk, Aidan	22	LD	CAR	2021	3	94	Aug. 15, 2025
Makarov, Nikolai	22	LD	CBJ	2021	5	132	-
Berni, Tim	25	LD	CBJ	2018	6	159	Feb. 11, 2027

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