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   $97,028,278 $78,377,777 $58,057,777 $31,841,666 $25,583,333
Signed Players   53 31 19 5 3
Forwards   $25,148,027 $28,800,000 $26,725,001 $9,750,000 $9,750,000
Defensemen   $29,491,666 $29,655,833 $22,494,999 $15,833,333 $15,833,333
Goaltending   $6,450,000 $6,450,000 $6,196,111 $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-
Gavin Brindley C $14,922 $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-
Yegor Chinakhov RW $762,216 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
Carson Meyer RW $210,000 0RFA 0- 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-
 
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 - -
PyyhtiäMikael Pyyhtiä C $164,465 $897,500 RFA - -
Del Bel BelluzLuca Del Bel Belluz C $9,336 $891,667 $891,667 RFA -
DumaisJordan Dumais RW $891,667 $891,667 $891,667 RFA -
AngleTyler Angle C $13,365 RFA - - -
MalatestaJames Malatesta LW $118,534 $841,667 $841,667 RFA -
Fix-WolanskyTrey Fix-Wolansky RW $425,000 $775,000 RFA - -
DunneJoshua Dunne C $775,000 RFA - - -
ButlerCameron Butler RW $4,058 $858,333 $858,333 RFA -
 

Non-Roster Defensemen Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
ZborilJakub Zboril D $1,137,500 UFA - - -
CeulemansCorson Ceulemans D $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 RFA -
JiricekDavid Jiricek D $572,010 $918,333 $918,333 RFA -
MateychukDenton Mateychuk D $918,333 $918,333 $918,333 RFA -
KnazkoSamuel Knazko D $847,500 $847,500 RFA - -
SvozilStanislav Svozil D $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 RFA -
BlankenburgNick Blankenburg D $263,459 RFA - - -
Bjørgvik HolmOle Julian Bjørgvik Holm D $825,000 $825,000 RFA - -
ChristiansenJacob Christiansen D $97,392 RFA - - -
BjorkMarcus Bjork D $775,000 RFA - - -
SweezeyBilly Sweezey D $762,500 UFA - - -
 

Non-Roster Goaltenders Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
LalondeNolan Lalonde G $796,111 $796,111 $796,111 RFA -
SubbanMalcolm Subban G $36,522 UFA - - -
GreavesJet Greaves G $91,310 RFA - - -