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The Marchenko Shoe Drops, the Knies Fit (opens the original)
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Don Waddell, ever motivated by deadlines, cleared the ever present pall that was Marchenko trade rumors. Much of the “cap manipulation shenanigans” turned out to be for naught, partially because the trade was completed in consideration of this sort of money.I have written plenty about the context leading up to this point that was avoidable, and though I think it’s vitally important to the conversation at large, won’t really go into it here. Instead, we’ll stick to the more direct implications an
Making the Blue Jackets Cap Compliant, Looking Towards Marchenko (opens the original)
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Adding Fantilli’s $13.75 million to this club has some significant implications for this season’s cap picture. In fact, as things were listed it means the Blue Jackets are over the salary cap. There are plenty of alarming implications for a team that hasn’t made the playoffs being completely capped out, Waddell once again being punished for making mistakes albeit to a degree that was difficult to predict.At the closing of the Fantilli signing press conference, Waddell suggested the Blue Jackets
Fantilli Contract Breakdown: Celebrate the Term (opens the original)
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Don Waddell has finally concluded his off-season business by signing Adam Fantilli to a $13.75m x 6 year deal. We should allow ourselves to be excited that the player is finally signed, that this isn’t going to get any worse and that, to some degree, we can now focus purely on the drama that comes from on-ice events. Or at least, shortly we’ll be able to get into the realities and away from the hypotheticals.This past offseason was a whirlwind of market changes, absolutely spearheaded by the Leo
CBJ 2026-27 Systems and Structures Primer (opens the original)
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If you, dear reader, are anything like me, you have likely grown tired of the endless drama of this past offseason. Consider this space, then, a brief respite. A return to the comforting realness of talking hypothetical NHL systems and structures.While the Blue Jackets have returned basically the same group of players, to say that we should expect the team to be entirely the same coming into 2026-27 would be incorrect. Midway through last season, Rick Bowness landed and immediately brought some
History Repeating with Marchenko? (opens the original)
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The noise of the offseason has somewhat settled down but Don Waddell has done little to quash direct fears for those who are eager to read into the situation. In a spate of media availability over the past week (always published just after I decide to stop waiting for more information) the Blue Jackets, or us fans, got plenty more information about the status of the two best players and offseason drama magnets Zach Werenski and Kirill Marchenko. The insight couldn’t be more different.From Werens
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