The Columbus Blue Jackets have already reached an agreement with their newest acquisition, signing Max Domi to a two-year contract worth a total of $10.6MM. The contract comes almost immediately after Domi arrived in a trade that cost the Blue Jackets Josh Anderson. The 25-year-old forward will earn $4.6MM in 2020-21 and $6.0MM in 2021-22.
It’s important to note here that a two-year deal takes Domi directly to unrestricted free agency, getting him there as quickly as possible. That doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll leave the Blue Jackets in the summer of 2022, but it does give him a chance to hit the open market at an early age and really cash in.
Not only that, but a $5.3MM cap hit also puts pressure on Domi to really fill that second-line center role for the Blue Jackets the next two seasons. The team has reportedly considered buying out Alexander Wennberg before the deadline and needs someone to step up and take control of that second group behind Pierre-Luc Dubois.
Until they do buy out Wennberg or trade one of their young goaltenders, the Blue Jackets don’t have a ton of room left after the Domi extension. Vladislav Gavrikov and several other RFAs still need new contracts, but the team does have plenty of depth on the back-end to deal from. Brandon Dubinsky’s contract will also be placed on long-term injured reserve as he deals with a chronic wrist issue that has likely ended his career.
Would love to see KD get his hands on BD & JK.
What about KR and SP?
AC and DC?
R2 & D2?
C3PO
@Dave – Maybe to make room for one AP? ;)
would love to see WK and RP in Cincinnati
Well done Sir. Classic Show
@MoneyBallJustWorks – I think I just saw some turkeys dropped out of a helicopter!
This talk is BS!
When I was in the navy,I saw KP on KP
Well said. What was he doing on Kp? Thank’s for making me smile
Nice to see everyone can have fun with each other. Hab’s got there man in Anderson. Domi got his $. Now he better live up to it.