Columbus Blue Jackets Multi-Year Salary Cap Table

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

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Active Roster

Full No-Trade
Modified No-Trade
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Player (24) Pos Age 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30 2030-31 2031-32
Werenski Zachary Werenski D 28
$9,583,333
10.0%
$9,583,333
9.2%
$9,583,333
8.4%
UFA
Provorov Ivan Provorov D 29
$8,500,000
8.9%
$8,500,000
8.2%
$8,500,000
7.5%
$8,500,000
6.9%
$8,500,000
$8,500,000
$8,500,000
Severson Damon Severson D 31
$6,250,000
6.5%
$6,250,000
6.0%
$6,250,000
5.5%
$6,250,000
5.1%
$6,250,000
$6,250,000
UFA
Monahan Sean Monahan C 31
$5,500,000
5.8%
$5,500,000
5.3%
$5,500,000
4.8%
$5,500,000
4.5%
UFA
Merzlikins Elvis Merzlikins G 31
$5,400,000
5.7%
$5,400,000
5.2%
UFA
Coyle Charlie Coyle C 33
$5,250,000
5.5%
UFA
Voronkov Dmitri Voronkov LW 25
$4,175,000
4.4%
$4,175,000
4.0%
RFA
Fabbro Dante Fabbro D 27
$4,125,000
4.3%
$4,125,000
4.0%
$4,125,000
3.6%
$4,125,000
3.4%
UFA
Gudbranson Erik Gudbranson D 34
$4,000,000
4.2%
UFA
Marchenko Kirill Marchenko LW 25
$3,850,000
4.0%
$3,850,000
3.7%
RFA
Jenner Boone Jenner C 32
$3,750,000
3.9%
UFA
Olivier Mathieu Olivier RW 28
$3,000,000
3.1%
$3,000,000
2.9%
$3,000,000
2.6%
$3,000,000
2.4%
$3,000,000
$3,000,000
UFA
Marchment Mason Marchment LW 30
$2,765,625
4.7%
UFA
Wood Miles Wood LW 30
$2,500,000
2.6%
$2,500,000
2.4%
$2,500,000
2.2%
$2,500,000
2.0%
UFA
Sillinger Cole Sillinger C 22
$2,250,000
2.4%
RFA
Johnson Kent Johnson C 23
$1,800,000
1.9%
$1,800,000
1.7%
RFA
Lundestrom Isac Lundestrom C 26
$1,300,000
1.4%
$1,300,000
1.3%
UFA
Heinen Danton Heinen C 30
$1,253,385
2.4%
UFA
Garland Conor Garland RW 29
$1,082,802
5.2%
$6,000,000
5.8%
$6,000,000
5.3%
$6,000,000
4.9%
$6,000,000
$6,000,000
$6,000,000
Christiansen Jacob Christiansen D 26
$975,000
1.0%
$975,000
0.9%
UFA
Fantilli Adam Fantilli C 21
$950,000
1.0%
RFA
Mateychuk Denton Mateychuk D 21
$886,666
0.9%
$886,666
0.9%
RFA
Greaves Jet Greaves G 24
$812,500
0.9%
RFA
Zamula Yegor Zamula D 25
$520,833
1.0%
RFA

Injured List

Player (1) Pos Age 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30 2030-31 2031-32
Smith Brendan Smith
D 36
$595,833
0.8%
UFA

Buyout

Player (3) Pos Age 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30 2030-31 2031-32
Chinakhov Yegor Chinakhov
TRADED
 RW 24
$907,812
1.0%
Wennberg Alexander Wennberg
C 31
$891,668
0.9%
Boqvist Adam Boqvist
D 25
$533,334
0.6%

Summary

    2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30 2030-31 2031-32
Cap Maximum
$95,500,000
$104,000,000
$113,500,000
$123,000,000
 
 
 
Overage              
Active Cap $80,480,144 $63,844,999 $45,458,333 $35,875,000 $23,750,000 $23,750,000 $14,500,000
Injured Cap $595,833            
Dead Cap $2,332,814            
Retained Cap              
Total Cap $86,602,140 $63,844,999 $45,458,333 $35,875,000 $23,750,000 $23,750,000 $14,500,000
Cap Space $8,897,860 $40,155,001 $68,041,667 $87,125,000 $-23,750,000 $-23,750,000 $-14,500,000
Potential Bonuses $3,802,500 $397,500 $80,000
Active Contracts 24 / 23 15 / 23 8 / 23 7 / 23 4 / 23 4 / 23 2 / 23
Retained Salaries 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3
Standard Contracts 52 / 50 26 / 50 13 / 50 7 / 50 4 / 50 4 / 50 2 / 50

Minor

Player (24) Pos Age 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30 2030-31 2031-32
Fedotov Ivan Fedotov G 29 2125000
$2,125,000
 4
RFA
 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10
Aston-Reese Zach Aston-Reese C 31 452032
$452,032
 5
UFA
 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10
Gaunce Brendan Gaunce C 31 262340
$262,340
 5
UFA
 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10
Mayo Dysin Mayo D 29 149332
$149,332
 5
UFA
 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10
Del Bel Belluz Luca Del Bel Belluz C 22 120933
$120,933
 0
$0
 4
RFA
 -10 -10 -10 -10
Pyyhtiä Mikael Pyyhtiä C 24 48432
$48,432
 4
RFA
 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10
Pinelli Luca Pinelli C 20 35280
$35,280
 0
$0
 0
$0
 4
RFA
 -10 -10 -10
Dumais Jordan Dumais RW 21 0
$0
 0
$0
 4
RFA
 -10 -10 -10 -10
Ceulemans Corson Ceulemans D 22 0
$0
 4
RFA
 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10
Svozil Stanislav Svozil D 23 0
$0
 4
RFA
 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10
MacDonald Caleb MacDonald D 23 0
$0
 0
$0
 4
RFA
 -10 -10 -10 -10
Malatesta James Malatesta LW 22 0
$0
 4
RFA
 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10
McKown Hunter McKown C 23 0
$0
 4
RFA
 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10
Elick Charlie Elick D 20 0
$0
 0
$0
 0
$0
 4
RFA
 -10 -10 -10
Fasching Hudson Fasching RW 30 0
$0
 5
UFA
 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10
Gardner Evan Gardner G 20 0
$0
 0
$0
 0
$0
 4
RFA
 -10 -10 -10
Keskinen Oiva Keskinen C 21 0
$0
 0
$0
 0
$0
 4
RFA
 -10 -10 -10
Lalonde Nolan Lalonde G 21 0
$0
 0
$0
 4
RFA
 -10 -10 -10 -10
Marrelli Luca Marrelli D 20 0
$0
 0
$0
 0
$0
 4
RFA
 -10 -10 -10
McCue Max McCue C 22 0
$0
 0
$0
 4
RFA
 -10 -10 -10 -10
Richard Guillaume Richard D 22 0
$0
 0
$0
 4
RFA
 -10 -10 -10 -10
Sawchenko Zach Sawchenko G 28 0
$0
 5
UFA
 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10
Sillinger Owen Sillinger C 28 0
$0
 5
UFA
 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10
Williams Jack Williams RW 23 0
$0
 4
RFA
 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10

TRANSACTIONS

Mar 06, 2026
Conor Garland, RW

Traded to Columbus (CBJ) from Vancouver (VAN) for 2028 2nd round pick and 2026 3rd round pick

Jan 29, 2026
Brendan Gaunce, C

Demoted to the Minors by Columbus (CBJ)

Jan 28, 2026
Zach Aston-Reese, C

Demoted to the Minors by Columbus (CBJ)

Jan 19, 2026
Mikael Pyyhtiä, C

Demoted to the Minors by Columbus (CBJ)

Jan 15, 2026
Dysin Mayo, D

Demoted to the Minors by Columbus (CBJ)

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