Columbus Blue Jackets (Official Thread)

[JCOSU86]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNDDDDD they blew it. Congrats, chokers.

 

[ScriptOhio]

The Lightning selected Point in the third round, 79th overall in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.

He was probably the "steal" of the 2014 draft.

 

[JCOSU86]

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Turds gonna turd. Not a fun way to go out.

But I’m not too upset....Tampa is a damn good team and they got everything they could handle from the CBJ. The failures on the PP were just killer through games 3-4.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Turds.

Well positioned for 2021...

But.. still turds.

 

[Thump]

Turds

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

 

[TooTall]

 

[ScriptOhio]

Turds.

Well positioned for 2021...

But.. still turds.

Seattle 2021 NHL Expansion Draft rules same as Golden Knights followed

Kraken will select one player from each team, excluding Vegas

Seattle was granted an expansion franchise by the NHL on Dec. 4, 2018 and will begin play in 2021-22. The Seattle Kraken will be in the Pacific Division with the Arizona Coyotes moving to the Central Division.

The 2021 NHL Expansion Draft will be under the same rules for Seattle as the Vegas Golden Knights in 2017. Seattle will select one player from each team excluding the Golden Knights for a total of 30 (14 forwards, nine defensemen and three goalies) not including additional players who may be acquired as the result of violations of the Expansion Draft rules.

Seattle must choose a minimum of 20 players under contract for the 2021-22 regular season and those with an aggregate Expansion Draft value that is between 60-100 percent of the prior season's upper limit for the salary cap. Seattle cannot buy out players chosen in the Expansion Draft earlier than the summer following its first season.

Current NHL teams can protect seven forwards, three defensemen and one goalie, or eight skaters (forwards/defensemen) and one goalie, under the following conditions.

* All players with no movement clauses at the time of the draft, and who decline to waive those clauses, must be protected and will be counted toward their team's applicable protection limits.

* All first- and second-year NHL players, and all unsigned draft choices, will be exempt from selection (and will not be counted toward protection limits.

In addition, all NHL teams must meet the following minimum requirements regarding players exposed for selection in the draft:

* One defenseman who is a) under contract in 2021-22 and b) played in at least 40 NHL games the prior season or played in at least 70 NHL games in the prior two seasons.

* Two forwards who are a) under contract in 2021-22 and b) played at least 40 NHL games the prior season or played in at least 70 NHL games in the prior two seasons.

* One goalie who is under contract in 2021-22 or will be a restricted free agent at the end of his current contract immediately prior to 2021-22. If a team elects to make a restricted free agent goalie available to meet this requirement, that goalie must have received his qualifying offer prior to the submission of the team's protected list.

* Players with potential career-ending injuries who have missed more than the previous 60 consecutive games (or who otherwise have been confirmed to have a career-threatening injury) may not be used to satisfy a team's player exposure requirements unless approval is received from the NHL. Such players also may be deemed exempt from selection.

Entire article: https://www.nhl.com/news/seattle-kr...-as-vegas-golden-knights-followed/c-302586918

Just sayin': They need to make sure their roster is "well positioned" such that they can protect their good, young core players from being drafted by Seattle after next season (i.e. 2020/2021).

The Blue Jackets and Vegas Golden Knights connected on a significant deal surrounding the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft, one that saw center William Karlsson and forward David Clarkson (his contract, at least) become members of the NHL’s newest club.

You don't want to have to give up 2 draft picks just to dump high dollar (i.e. like Clarkson's) contract, etc.


https://www.nhl.com/news/seattle-kr...-as-vegas-golden-knights-followed/c-302586918

 

[Thump]

Take Anderson.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Take Anderson.

He's a RFA, so the Jackets will probably have to match some other team's offer to keep him.

Entire list of Blue Jackets' contracts: https://www.spotrac.com/nhl/columbus-blue-jackets/

 

[Mike80]

He's a RFA, so the Jackets will probably have to match some other team's offer to keep him.

Entire list of Blue Jackets' contracts: https://www.spotrac.com/nhl/columbus-blue-jackets/

I wouldn't do it. I also wouldn't expect any flashy signings this offseason. Another guy like Goose would be great IF Foudy/Tex/Bemstrom develop along with it.

"It's going to have to be that balance. I don't believe in the July 1 signings to be the answer or recipe for success", Kekalainen said in his postseason press conference. "That's been shown very many times. It's going to be a different date, obviously, this offseason. But growing from within is going to be a key for us. I think we have some really good young players that have taken that big step in the right direction, and they'll take another one or two in the near future with Liam Foudy, Alex Texier, Emil Bemstrom, those guys."

https://www.1stohiobattery.com/colu...kalainen-Has-Built-A-Sustainable-Playoff-Team

 

[ScriptOhio]

Re: Current NHL teams can protect seven forwards, three defensemen and one goalie, or eight skaters (forwards/defensemen) and one goalie

Rules back in 2000: teams existing in the league at the time of the draft were each allowed to protect either one goaltender, five defensemen, and nine forwards or two goaltenders, three defensemen, and seven forwards.

What pisses me off ...

...is that teams could protect a lot more players when the Wild and Blue Jackets were the expansion teams and you had 2 teams picking from the unprotected list. Look how good Vegas was in their first year.

 

[ScriptOhio]

I wouldn't do it. I also wouldn't expect any flashy signings this offseason. Another guy like Goose would be great IF Foudy/Tex/Bemstrom develop along with it.

Just sayin': Anybody know what's going on with Elvis Merzlikins? They usually announce the state/severity of a player's injury; this isn't college where they keep the nature of injuries secret (i.e. privacy concerns), etc. If he isn't 100% for the 2020/2021 season, the Blue Jackets might have to sign another goalie. I don't think Matiss Kivlenieks is ready for "prime time" yet.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Just sayin': Anybody know what's going on with Elvis Merzlikins? They usually announce the state/severity of a player's injury; this isn't college where they keep the nature of injuries secret (i.e. privacy concerns), etc. If he isn't 100% for the 2020/2021 season, the Blue Jackets might have to sign another goalie. I don't think Matiss Kivlenieks is ready for "prime time" yet.

I read that it was groin injury. Injured in game 3, played through it game 4. Should not be anything to affect next season.