Toronto indicators Alex Nylander
Toronto Marlies: The Marlies have signed ahead Alex Nylander to a one-year AHL deal.
The 26-year-old scored 11 objectives and added 4 assists in 23 video games with the Columbus Blue Jackets final season after scoring 17 objectives and 15 assists in 43 video games with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL).
Kyle Cushman: “The Alex Nylander AHL signing is cool for apparent causes but it surely’s additionally a really robust signing for the Marlies. The Marlies wanted an offensive risk with Kieffer Bellows‘ departure. Nylander can take that position and ought to be a great match with the Marlies’ expert playmakers.”
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The Columbus Blue Jackets re-sign Kirill Marchenko
Puck Pedia: The Columbus Blue Jackets have re-signed ahead Kirill Marchenko to a three-year contract with a wage cap hit of $3.85 million.
2024-25: $3.6 million2025-26: $3.975 million2026-27: $3.975 million
He’ll be owed a $3.975 million qualifying supply.
Aaron Portzline: The Blue Jackets and Marchenko prevented Wednesday’s arbitration listening to. He’ll be an RFA when the contract expires.
The Blue Jackets re-sign Kent Johnson
Puck Pedia: The Blue Jackets have re-signed ahead Kent Johnson to a three-year contract with a $1.8 million cap hit.
2024-25: $1.6 million2025-26: $1.8 million2026-27: $2.0 million
He’ll be owed a $2 million qualifying supply.
Brian Hedger: Johnson: “I adore it in Columbus, so to be locked in for 3 years and proceed rising, I really feel actually grateful and blessed … after every part I went by means of this 12 months, that is actually thrilling.”
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Brian Hedger of the Columbus Dispatch: GM Don Waddell on Johnson: “He’s 5 years from being unrestricted, so with a three-year deal now, he has two extra years after this earlier than he turns into unrestricted. So, if these three years go the way in which we each need them to go, then we are able to signal him to a long-term deal. This can be a whole lot for either side. We’ll consider it on the finish and say, ‘Yeah, he didn’t develop the way in which we needed, and we paid him an excessive amount of,’ or he’s going to outperform the contract.”
Mark Scheig: “On the spot take: Don Waddell has recognized Kent Johnson as a core piece shifting ahead. This deal reveals that. Contract might look actual good on the finish. Given the chatter from different markets about Johnson and if he’d need to transfer, that may be all put to mattress now.”
