Columbus Blue Jackets And Don Waddell Re-Sign Yegor Chinakhov
we have the first Don woodell signed contract in Blue Jackets history uh the first UFA or RFA excuse me has uh has been signed to a new contract we’re talking about yigo chikov new contract and why this is perfect for both team and player on today’s locked on Blue Jackets you’re locked on Blue Jacket your daily podcast on the Columbus Blue Jackets part part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day hello and welcome to locked on Blue Jackets part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day today we’re talking about yigo chikov has a your brand new contract very exciting uh I want to take one second to be a little bit smug about this uh because I do believe I predicted two years at about two or 2.5 million uh and it has in fact come in two years 2.1 million so shout out out to me um shout out to Donell for getting this done with uh very little stress drama um there was rumors a couple of weeks ago or like last month maybe about um chinina C maybe going back over to the KHL which I didn’t put too much stock in because that kind of seems like it happens every single time a young Russian player needs a new contract especially in RFA uh but they got it done uh I really like this contract uh I think it’s like I said at the top of the show I think it’s perfect for both team and player um yo chikov gets a little bit of a bump uh from his his last contract which uh he was being paid um I believe he was coming off of a uh oneyear oh excuse me this was a three-year extension or three-year ENT travel contract excuse me um so coming off his ELC uh so he’s gone from 925k to 2 .1 million so pretty pretty good pay rise pay rise for him uh some important things uh that’s his total salary that’s his aav that’s his cap hit no bonuses no moving the money around no like more one way or the O more one year or the other it’s that’s what it is he gets 2.1 million this year he gets 2.1 million next year he’s going to be an RFA after this as well which is also important so he’s still under team control after this um I believe he will be he if it had been one more year he would have been a UFA so that’s really important as well so going to be an RFA at the end of this um hopefully going to continue uh going to continue developing going to continue um growing he hit uh career highs in uh I think everything this season um I’m just pulling up his his stats to look yeah 16 goals uh 13 assists for 29 Points in 53 games obviously he missed some time uh with with injury missed what 30 gamish 20 29 games um played the most ice time put uh on average of of any season so far had the most shots on goal the highest shooting percentage um only had six penalty minutes uh which is a career low which is always good to see um just the the exact season that we needed to see from a guy like iGo chikov who his position on the team was not necessarily in danger I don’t think but with guys like marenko coming in with guys like um ronov coming in guys like fantilli coming in Brindley Etc um it was important for chikov to kind of stand out in a in a crowded uh kind of middle six of this team and obviously some of those guys are not middle six some of those guys are top six Etc but he did enough to to earn this new contract it’s a step up from like the show the kind of show me contract that I think uh for example um Alex neander is going to get uh it’s that extra year um and I think it’s uh like I said I think it’s perfect it gives it’s it’s rewarding him for the season he had for the growth that he’s shown it’s not hamstringing the team to either a ton of money or a ton of term um it’s basically it’s it’s exactly what both the team needed and the player needed and like I said he is uh still an RFA at the end of it so still under team control um after after all of that uh the Blue Jackets still have uh just over 21 and a half million dollars of cap space that’s not including uh the presumed cap space from if a Patrick l trade uh goes off so that’ll be an extra 8.7 million so that’ll take them up to near enough 30 million dollars of cap Bas um players that still need contracts car marchenko Alex neander Cole singer Alexander texier uh Carson Meyer is on this list because he finished the season with the team but he’s only there because he’s still injured um and the monster season is is over now anyway so they don’t need to uh they don’t to send him back down he’s a UFA so he may or may not be back uh Jake Bean they don’t think he’s going to be back they think the qualifying offer is too expensive uh there’s a log Jam at at defense anyway and uh so I wonder if they either trade his rights or he just becomes a UFA maybe they signed him to to a cheaper cheaper deal um this is not the Jake Bean episode well we’ll talk about him in a little bit more detail um later on but his uh his contract was um 2 2.3 million um for for the cap hit and his qualifying offer is uh probably a little bit too rich because I believe it has to be 100 literally 100% of of the salary so his qualifying offer has to be at least 2.3 million it might be more than that um I’m just looking looking that up now um so it has to be 2.8 oh it it goes up it has to be $2.8 million um it has to be 120% of his uh aav maximum which was uh 2.3 um moving around uh the the cap hit blah blah blah um so $2.8 million for Jake Bean which is I think a little too rich for this team considering they’ve got you know they want to make space for EUR they want to potentially make space for B Shar um you know some other guys might be on the move they might be ringing in new guys they might be moving other guys out but Jake bean I think is uh is is not going to be one of the guys that gets a new contract from Don woodell um Kent Johnson needs a new contract just to kind of finish off of my list um I’ll go over them again manchenko neander singer texier potentially Caron meire but I’m not counting him h k Johnson needs a new contract those are all guys that are on the roster right now um in the system non-roster players uh Tylor angle Josh Dunn Brendan gauns J Christensen Nick blankenberg Billy Sweezy uh Jacob zoral I don’t think we’ll get resigned um Jack Greaves needs a new contract and malcol suan is also a UFA I think they probably move on from him as well uh so lots uh lots of do El still to do but good to see that he’s kind of chipping away at these I would expect we’ll maybe see another um probably one of the smaller contract signing I could see um a a texier contract potentially a Kent Johnson contract in kind of the next week or so before the draft um potentially a nander contract as well uh but as of right now some nice work from uh from Don wadell I I like this contract like I said just to kind of re Rego over it great for the team great for the player um a show me contract plus a little extra um for you know kind of in good faith so love this contract love this deal um um excited about what this mean like if this is a really solid start to Don W El’s kind of um very long to-do list of of players that need new contract uh love it love to see it um excited to see what comes next um we’re going to have another kind of little bonus episode come out uh later later today I believe uh we’re going to I sat down talk to Tony Ferrari or I guess this is going to be a full L episode sat down talk to Tony Ferrari about Adam Urich uh David urich’s little brother whether he could be an option for the Blue Jackets um if they keep that second round pick that they previously sent to uh to Philadelphia conditionally um so that’s coming out later today so keep an eye out for that uh thank you for making this episode your first listen of the day uh we are free and available on podcast platforms we’re over on YouTube we on sirusxm uh I been J Foster you can find me on Twitter _ Jacob Foster j a k o b f r s d r you can find the show at lore Blue Jackets uh thoughts comments criticisms questions uh email me at lobl Checkers gmail.com once again 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Yegor Chinakhov will be back with the CBJ next season! Earlier today he and the CBJ agreed to a 2×2.1M extension that kicks in July 1. This is a great deal for both team and player, and I”ll tell you why that is on today’s episode!
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