2017–18 Columbus Blue Jackets season

2017–18 Columbus Blue Jackets
2017–18 Columbus Blue Jackets
Division	TBD Metropolitan
Conference	TBD Eastern
Team information
General manager	Jarmo Kekalainen
Coach	John Tortorella
Captain	Nick Foligno
Alternate captains	TBD; TBD
Arena	Nationwide Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cleveland Monsters (AHL)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Columbus Blue Jackets season will be the 18th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.^[1]

Roster

Updated December 22, 2024^[2]^[3]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
27	Zach Aston-Reese	C	L	30	2024	Staten Island, New York
59	Yegor Chinakhov	RW	L	23	2020	Omsk, Russia
2	Jake Christiansen	D	L	25	2020	West Vancouver, British Columbia
17	Justin Danforth	RW	R	31	2021	Oshawa, Ontario
15	Dante Fabbro	D	R	26	2024	Coquitlam, British Columbia
19	Adam Fantilli	C	L	20	2023	Nobleton, Ontario
44	Erik Gudbranson (A)	D	R	32	2022	Ottawa, Ontario
22	Jordan Harris	D	L	24	2024	Haverhill, Massachusetts
38	Boone Jenner (C)	C	L	31	2011	London, Ontario
3	Jack Johnson	D	L	37	2024	Indianapolis, Indiana
91	Kent Johnson	C	L	22	2021	Port Moody, British Columbia
7	Sean Kuraly (A)	C	L	31	2021	Dublin, Ohio
62	Kevin Labanc	RW	R	29	2024	Staten Island, New York
67	James Malatesta	LW	L	21	2021	Montreal, Quebec
86	Kirill Marchenko	RW	R	24	2018	Barnaul, Russia
5	Denton Mateychuk	D	L	20	2022	Winnipeg, Manitoba
90	Elvis Merzlikins	G	L	30	2014	Riga, Latvia
23	Sean Monahan	C	L	30	2024	Brampton, Ontario
24	Mathieu Olivier	RW	R	27	2022	Biloxi, Mississippi
9	Ivan Provorov	D	L	27	2023	Yaroslavl, Russia
82	Mikael Pyyhtia	LW	L	23	2020	Turku, Finland
78	Damon Severson	D	R	30	2023	Brandon, Manitoba
4	Cole Sillinger	C	L	21	2021	Columbus, Ohio
40	Daniil Tarasov	G	L	25	2017	Novokuznetsk, Russia
21	James van Riemsdyk	LW	L	35	2024	Middletown, New Jersey
10	Dmitri Voronkov	C	L	24	2019	Angarsk, Russia
8	Zach Werenski (A)	D	L	27	2015	Grosse Pointe, Michigan

Transactions

The Blue Jackets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)	To Vegas Golden Knights David Clarkson 1st round pick in 2017 2nd round pick in 2019	To Columbus Blue Jackets Expansion Draft considerations^[a]	^[4]
June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23)	To Chicago Blackhawks Brandon Saad Anton Forsberg 5th round pick in 2018	To Columbus Blue Jackets Artemi Panarin Tyler Motte 6th round pick in 2017	^[5]
June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23)	To Minnesota Wild Dante Salituro	To Columbus Blue Jackets Jordan Schroeder	^[6]
June 24, 2017 (2017-06-24)	To Vegas Golden Knights Keegan Kolesar	To Columbus Blue Jackets TBL's 2nd round pick in 2017	^[7]

Notes

^[a] The Vegas Golden Knights will not select Josh Anderson, Jack Johnson, or Joonas Korpisalo in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Cameron Gaunce	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year, $650,000	^[8]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Andre Benoit	Malmö Redhawks	1 year, $800,000	^[9]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
May 7, 2016 (2016-05-07)	Daniel Zaar	Malmö Redhawks	2 years
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Ryan Stanton	Edmonton Oilers	2 years, $1.4 million	^[10]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Kyle Quincey	Minnesota Wild	1 year, $1.25 million	^[11]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Sam Gagner	Vancouver Canucks	3 years, $9.45 million	^[12]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	T.J. Tynan	Vegas Golden Knights	2 years, $1.3 million	^[13]
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)	Oscar Dansk	Vegas Golden Knights	1 year, $650,000	^[14]
July 13, 2017 (2017-07-13)	Jaime Sifers	Utica Comets	2 years	^[15]

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date	Ref

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref

Lost via retirement

Date	Player	Ref

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23)	Alex Broadhurst	1 year, $650,000	^[16]
June 27, 2017 (2017-06-27)	Jordan Schroeder	2 years	^[17]

Draft picks

Below are the Columbus Blue Jackets' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	45^[a]	Alexandre Texier	C	France	Brûleurs de Loups (Ligue Magnus)
3	86	Daniil Tarasov	G	Russia	Tolpar Ufa (MHL)
4	117	Emil Bemstrom	C	Sweden	Leksands IF (J20 SuperElit)
5	148	Kale Howarth	C	Canada	Trail Smoke Eaters (BCHL)
6	170^[b]	Jonathan Davidsson	RW	Sweden	Djurgårdens IF (SHL)
6	179	Carson Meyer	RW	USA	Miami RedHawks (NCHC)
7	210	Robbie Stucker	D	USA	Saint Thomas Academy (USHS)

Draft notes^[18]

The Columbus Blue Jackets' first-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on June 21, 2017 that sent a first-round pick in 2017, a third-round pick in 2019 to Vegas and ensured that Vegas selected Chris Thorburn in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft from Winnipeg in exchange for this pick.^[19]

Vegas previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 21, 2017 that ensured that Vegas selected William Karlsson in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft from Columbus in exchange for David Clarkson, a second-round pick in 2019 and this pick.^[20]

^[a] The Tampa Bay Lightning's second-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 24, 2017 that sent Keegan Kolesar to Vegas in exchange for this pick.
Vegas previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 21, 2017 that ensured that Vegas selected Jason Garrison in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft from Tampa Bay in exchange for Nikita Gusev, Pittsburgh's fourth-round pick in 2018 and this pick.^[21]

The Columbus Blue Jackets' second-round pick will go to the Vancouver Canucks as compensation for Columbus hiring John Tortorella as their new head coach on October 21, 2015.^[22]

^[b] The New York Islanders' sixth-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 23, 2017 that sent Brandon Saad, Anton Forsberg and a fifth-round pick in 2018 to Chicago in exchange for Artemi Panarin, Tyler Motte and this pick.^[23]
Chicago previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent Columbus' fourth-round pick in 2016 to New York in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2016 and this pick.^[24]

References

^ National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.
^ "Columbus Blue Jackets Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
^ "Columbus Blue Jackets Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
^ "Columbus sends Clarkson, first rounder to Vegas". NHL.com. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
^ "Artemi Panarin traded to Blue Jackets by Blackhawks for Brandon Saad". NHL.com. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
^ "Wild trades centre Jordan Schroeder to Blue Jackets". NationalPost.com. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
^ "Vegas parlays second-round pick into prospect forward Keegan Kolesar". NBCSports.com. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
^ "Columbus Blue Jackets sign defenseman Cameron Gaunce". nhl.com. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
^ "Columbus Blue Jackets sign defenseman André Benoît". nhl.com. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
^ "PRESS RELEASE: Oilers sign seven". NHL. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
^ "Wild, Quincey Agree to Terms". nhl.com. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
^ "Sam Gagner signed to a three-year contract". Vancouver Canucks. July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Golden Knights Sign Six Free Agents; Trade Emelin To Nashville". NHL.com. July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
^ "Golden Knights' Oscar Dansk: Signs one-year agreement". CBS Sports. July 3, 2017.
^ "COMETS SIGN DEFENSEMAN JAIME SIFERS". Utica Comets. July 13, 2017.
^ "Jackets sign center Alex Broadhurst to one-year, two way extension". NHL.com. June 23, 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
^ "Columbus Blue Jackets sign center Jordan Schroeder to two-year contract". NHL.com. June 27, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
^ "2017 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved June 1, 2017. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Jets swap first-round picks with Golden Knights". June 21, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
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^ "Vegas selection of Jason Garrison frees up cap space for Lightning". June 21, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
^ "Blue Jackets send Canucks draft pick for hiring John Tortorella". ESPN. May 31, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
^ "Blackhawks send Artemi Panarin to Blue Jackets for Brandon Saad". June 23, 2017. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
^ "Blackhawks select nine players at 2016 NHL Draft". June 25, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2016.

[1] National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.

[2] "Columbus Blue Jackets Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved December 22, 2024.

[3] "Columbus Blue Jackets Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved December 22, 2024.

[4] "Columbus sends Clarkson, first rounder to Vegas". NHL.com. Retrieved June 26, 2017.

[5] "Artemi Panarin traded to Blue Jackets by Blackhawks for Brandon Saad". NHL.com. Retrieved June 26, 2017.

[6] "Wild trades centre Jordan Schroeder to Blue Jackets". NationalPost.com. Retrieved June 23, 2017.

[7] "Vegas parlays second-round pick into prospect forward Keegan Kolesar". NBCSports.com. Retrieved June 26, 2017.

[8] "Columbus Blue Jackets sign defenseman Cameron Gaunce". nhl.com. Retrieved July 2, 2017.

[9] "Columbus Blue Jackets sign defenseman André Benoît". nhl.com. Retrieved July 2, 2017.

[10] "PRESS RELEASE: Oilers sign seven". NHL. Retrieved July 1, 2017.

[11] "Wild, Quincey Agree to Terms". nhl.com. Retrieved July 1, 2017.

[12] "Sam Gagner signed to a three-year contract". Vancouver Canucks. July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[13] "Golden Knights Sign Six Free Agents; Trade Emelin To Nashville". NHL.com. July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.

[14] "Golden Knights' Oscar Dansk: Signs one-year agreement". CBS Sports. July 3, 2017.

[15] "COMETS SIGN DEFENSEMAN JAIME SIFERS". Utica Comets. July 13, 2017.

[16] "Jackets sign center Alex Broadhurst to one-year, two way extension". NHL.com. June 23, 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2017.

[17] "Columbus Blue Jackets sign center Jordan Schroeder to two-year contract". NHL.com. June 27, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2017.

[18] "2017 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved June 1, 2017. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[ThorburnPick-19] "Jets swap first-round picks with Golden Knights". June 21, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017.

[20] "Columbus sends Clarkson, first rounder to Vegas". June 21, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017.

[21] "Vegas selection of Jason Garrison frees up cap space for Lightning". June 21, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017.

[22] "Blue Jackets send Canucks draft pick for hiring John Tortorella". ESPN. May 31, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.

[23] "Blackhawks send Artemi Panarin to Blue Jackets for Brandon Saad". June 23, 2017. Retrieved June 23, 2017.

[BlackDay2-24] "Blackhawks select nine players at 2016 NHL Draft". June 25, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2016.

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