2024-2025 Season Start

Équipe: 2024-25 Blue Jackets de Columbus

Date de création initiale: 2 avr. 2024

Publié: 2 avr. 2024

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

I'll discuss this ACGM in parts.

Part 1. The Signings

KJ: Injured and may not be ready for the start of the season next year. He will 100% sign a bridge deal and I think the value is good at 2.25mil

Marchenko: I do not think management will be convinced that Marchenko is a core piece yet so he signs a bridge deal. 2 year at 3.5mil may be a little rich but I was trying to be conservative.

Cole Sillinger: I think Cole WILL be a part of the core for this team going forward and I think we sign him to a longer term contract at the value similar to what Jesperi Kotkaniemi signed at with Carolina. 6 years gets him to 28 and in his prime to sign another way higher priced contract for 8 years when he solidifies himself as one of the best 2Cs in the league.

Tex: I love Tex and I think he signs a bridge deal with us. We were patient why he went back to Europe to play and he sticks it out here for 2 more years.

Nylander: This is a hard contract to judge. Since he was a cap dumb piece of a trade to us I think he signs a 1 year prove it deal like Chinny signed this year with us. If he competes again and plays well he can sign a longer term contract next off season with us.

Chinny: I think Chinny has also solidified himself as a part of the core but on the cheaper side which is why we sign him for only 4 years.

Hanifin: Our only UFA signing. I do not know if Vegas can keep him now that they traded for Hertl. I think we bid for him in Free Agency to again help our defense figure their **** out.

Misc.: I think we shop Provorov around but the offers aren't great so he stays for his contract year and we ship him at the deadline. Once he leaves then Mateychuk takes his place.

2. The Prospects

This is a hard thing to predict. I think Jiricek is not progressing like we had hoped... He starts the year in Cleveland as does Mateychuk and Dumais. These top prospects fill in as needed if injuries arise.

Brindley stays at Michigan for another year and runs it back after he wins the championship this season. IF he were to go pro and sign with us he would play most of the season in Cleveland and probs only get called up at the end of the season once we are eliminated from the playoffs and have injuries.

3. The Draft

Didn't want to sign any 2024 drafted players since I don't think any would make the opening day roster minus MAYBE Celebrini.

4. Misc.

Elvis is shopped around but there are no takers and we are forced to make a decision on buying him out or sticking with him as the backup next season behind Tarasov. I think we keep him for one more season then buy him out in 2025.

Young prospects fill in as depth throughout the season and hopefully continue to develop up in Cleveland with another very successful AHL campaign in 2024-2025.

This is a very basic ACGM and doesn't really make any crazy moves... I definitely think the new GM that comes in does a lot more than what is done here. a complete rethink of the team like Trotz did in Nashville may happen this offseason, I just didn't any idea of how to predict that so I kept it simple.

The end.

Let me know your thoughts. I was bored today at work since half the office left early to try and dodge the storms. Stay safe if you are in Ohio!