Columbus Blue Jackets Active Financial Summary

A summary of financial breakdowns for the Columbus Blue Jackets, including multi-year cap totals, player cap hits, top earnings, contracts, & free agents.

 

Salary Cap Breakdown Totals

A current & future look at the signed players & cap dollars allocated by position group.

    2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Total Cap Allocations   $96,324,665 $74,229,998 $50,166,666 $30,983,333 $25,583,333
Signed Players   52 27 11 5 3
Forwards   $24,999,384 $27,850,000 $23,150,000 $9,750,000 $9,750,000
Defensemen   $29,653,986 $27,158,333 $19,833,333 $15,833,333 $15,833,333
Goaltending   $6,450,000 $6,450,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000
Injured Reserve   $925,000
Suspended  
Buried/Buyout/Dead Cap   $891,666 $891,668 $891,668


 

Roster Cap Figures

Current & future salary payroll figures for players on the active roster. For more view the complete Blue Jackets Salary Payroll Table

Forward Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Johnny Gaudreau LW $9,750,000 NMC $9,750,000 NMC $9,750,000 NMC $9,750,000 M-NTC $9,750,000 M-NTC
Patrik Laine RW $8,700,000 M-NTC $8,700,000 M-NTC $8,700,000 M-NTC 0UFA 0-
Boone Jenner C $3,750,000 M-NTC $3,750,000 M-NTC $3,750,000 M-NTC 0UFA 0-
Sean Kuraly C $2,500,000 M-NTC $2,500,000 M-NTC 0UFA 0- 0-
Alexandre Texier C $1,525,000 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
Mathieu Olivier RW $1,100,000 $1,100,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Justin Danforth RW $975,000 $1,100,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Adam Fantilli C $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 0RFA 0-
Kirill Marchenko LW $925,000 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
Kent Johnson C $779,723 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
Cole Sillinger C $925,000 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
Dmitri Voronkov LW $857,211 $925,000 0RFA 0- 0-
Mikael Pyyhtiä C $164,465 $897,500 0RFA 0- 0-
Yegor Chinakhov RW $762,216 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
Carson Meyer RW $154,204 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
Trey Fix-Wolansky RW $182,610 $775,000 0RFA 0- 0-
Alexander Nylander RW $223,190 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
Brendan Gaunce C $255,488 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
 
Defenseman Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Zachary Werenski D $9,583,333 NMC $9,583,333 NMC $9,583,333 NMC $9,583,333 NMC $9,583,333 M-NTC
Ivan Provorov D $4,725,000 $4,725,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Damon Severson D $6,250,000 Full-NTC $6,250,000 Full-NTC $6,250,000 Full-NTC $6,250,000 Full-NTC $6,250,000 M-NTC
Erik Gudbranson D $4,000,000 M-NTC $4,000,000 M-NTC $4,000,000 M-NTC 0UFA 0-
Adam Boqvist D $2,600,000 $2,600,000 0RFA 0- 0-
Jake Bean D $2,333,333 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
Jacob Christiansen D $162,320 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
 
Goaltending Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Elvis Merzlikins G $5,400,000 M-NTC $5,400,000 M-NTC $5,400,000 M-NTC $5,400,000 M-NTC 0UFA
Daniil Tarasov G $1,050,000 $1,050,000 0RFA 0- 0-
   

Dead Cap Figures

Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Jack Roslovic C $2,000,000 0- 0- 0- 0-
Alexander Wennberg C $891,666 $891,668 $891,668 0- 0-
Emil Bemstrom C $537,168 0- 0- 0- 0-
Eric Robinson LW 0- 0- 0- 0- 0-
Spencer Martin G 0- 0- 0- 0- 0-
Liam Foudy C 0- 0- 0- 0- 0-
 

 

Non-Roster Forwards Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
McKownHunter McKown C $950,000 $950,000 RFA - -
Del Bel BelluzLuca Del Bel Belluz C $923,333 $923,333 RFA - -
DumaisJordan Dumais RW $923,333 $923,333 RFA - -
MalatestaJames Malatesta LW $870,833 $870,833 RFA - -
AngleTyler Angle C $850,833 RFA - - -
ButlerCameron Butler RW $775,000 $858,333 $858,333 RFA -
DunneJoshua Dunne C $775,000 RFA - - -
 

Non-Roster Defensemen Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
ZborilJakub Zboril D $1,137,500 UFA - - -
MateychukDenton Mateychuk D $950,000 $950,000 RFA - -
JiricekDavid Jiricek D $492,426 $950,000 RFA - -
CeulemansCorson Ceulemans D $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 RFA -
SvozilStanislav Svozil D $870,000 RFA - - -
KnazkoSamuel Knazko D $870,000 RFA - - -
Bjørgvik HolmOle Julian Bjørgvik Holm D $845,833 RFA - - -
BlankenburgNick Blankenburg D $211,631 RFA - - -
BjorkMarcus Bjork D $775,000 RFA - - -
SweezeyBilly Sweezey D $762,500 RFA - - -
 

Non-Roster Goaltenders Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
LalondeNolan Lalonde G $798,333 $798,333 RFA - -
SubbanMalcolm Subban G $775,000 UFA - - -
GreavesJet Greaves G $23,820 RFA - - -