Salary Cap Situation – source Cap Friendly
Projected Cap Hit: $67,012,975
Projected Cap Space: $7,987,025
Projected LTIR Used: $0
Current Cap Space: $7,987,025
Deadline Cap Space: $37,139,666
Todays Cap Hit: $67,012,975
Roster: 22/23
Contracts: 43/50
Offseason Moves – In/Out – source Sports Forecaster
In
Doyle Somerby, D FA
Cameron Gaunce, D FA – Pit
Andre Benoit, D FA
Jordan Schroeder, C/RW T – Min
Artemi Panarin, LW T – Chi
Tyler Motte, W/C T – Chi
Matiss Kivlenieks, G FA
Out
Jaime Sifers, D FA-Minors
Oscar Dansk, G FA – VGK
Scott Hartnell, LW FA – Nas
Kyle Quincey, D FA – Min
Ryan Stanton, D FA – Edm
T.J. Tynan, C FA – VGK
Sam Gagner, W/C FA – Van
Keegan Kolesar, RW T – VGK
Dante Salituro, C T – Min
Brandon Saad, LW/RW T – Chi
Anton Forsberg, G T – Chi
David Clarkson, RW T – VGK
William Karlsson, C ED – VGK
Depth Chart – source Yahoo! Sports
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Artemi Panarin | Alexander Wennberg | Nick Foligno |
| Boone Jenner | Brandon Dubinsky | Cam Atkinson |
| Matt Calvert | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Josh Anderson |
| Tyler Motte | Lukas Sedlak | Oliver Bjorkstrand |
| Sonny Milano | Jordan Schroeder | |
| Markus Hannikainen | ||
| Defense | Defense | |
| Zach Werenski | Goaltender | Seth Jones |
| Jack Johnson | Sergei Bobrovsky | David Savard |
| Markus Nutivaara | Joonas Korpisalo | Ryan Murray |
| Scott Harrington | Gabriel Carlsson | |
2018 Free Agents
Unrestricted – Jack Johnson, Cam Atkinson, Matt Calvert, Andre Benoit, Cameron Gaunce, and John Ramage.
Restricted – Boone Jenner, Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Dean Kukan, Nick Moutrey, Oliver Bjorkstrand, and Alex Broadhurst.
2018 Draft Picks
1st – Columbus
2nd – Columbus
3rd – Columbus
4th – Columbus
5th –
6th – Columbus
7th – Columbus
Top 10 Columbus Blue Jackets Prospects – source The Hockey News
1. Pierre-Luc Dubois – Center
2. Oliver Bjorkstrand – Right Wing
3. Vitaly Abramov – Right Wing
4. Gabriel Carlsson – Defense
5. Sonny Milano – Left Wing
6. Tyler Motte – Left Wing
7. Andrew Peeke – Defense
8. Paul Bittner – Center
9. Alexandre Texier – Center
10. Calvin Thurkauf – Left Wing
