2021–22 Columbus Blue Jackets season

Columbus Blue Jackets
2021–22 Columbus Blue Jackets
Division	Metropolitan
Conference	Eastern
2021–22 record	35–35–6
Home record	19–15–4
Road record	16–20–2
Goals for	240
Goals against	274
	Team information
General Manager	Jarmo Kekalainen
Coach	Brad Larsen
Captain	Boone Jenner
Alternate captains	Oliver Bjorkstrand; Gustav Nyquist; Zach Werenski
Arena	Nationwide Arena
Minor league affiliations	Cleveland Monsters (AHL); Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL)
	Team leaders
Goals	Patrik Laine (26)
Assists	Jakub Voracek (49)
Points	Patrik Laine (56)
Penalties in minutes	Vladislav Gavrikov (60)
Plus/minus	Gregory Hofmann (+6)
Wins	Elvis Merzlikins (25)
Goals against average	Daniil Tarasov (2.40)
<2020–21	2022–23>

The 2021–22 Columbus Blue Jackets season is the 22nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.^[1] On April 16, 2022, the Blue Jackets were eliminated from playoff contention when the Washington Capitals defeated the Montreal Canadiens.^[2]

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Washington Capitals	22	14	3	5	14	78	52	+26	33
2	Carolina Hurricanes	20	15	4	1	14	66	43	+23	31
3	New York Rangers	20	13	4	3	11	60	54	+6	29
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	19	12	7	0	7	67	59	+8	24
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	21	10	7	4	8	62	59	+3	24
6	New Jersey Devils	19	9	6	4	6	57	58	−1	22
7	Philadelphia Flyers	20	8	8	4	7	49	61	−12	20
8	New York Islanders	17	5	10	2	5	32	52	−20	12

Updated to game(s) played on November 28, 2021. Source: National Hockey League^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Boston Bruins	82	51	26	5	40	255	220	+35	107
2	ME	x – Washington Capitals	82	44	26	12	35	275	245	+30	100

3	ME	e – New York Islanders	82	37	35	10	34	231	237	−6	84
4	ME	e – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	37	38	7	26	262	300	−38	81
5	AT	e – Buffalo Sabres	82	32	39	11	25	232	290	−58	75
6	AT	e – Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	21	230	312	−82	74
7	AT	e – Ottawa Senators	82	33	42	7	26	227	266	−39	73
8	ME	e – New Jersey Devils	82	27	46	9	19	248	307	−59	63
9	ME	e – Philadelphia Flyers	82	25	46	11	20	211	298	−87	61
10	AT	e – Montreal Canadiens	82	22	49	11	16	221	319	−98	55

Source: National Hockey League^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Preseason

2021 preseason game log: 4–2–2 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 27	Columbus	3–0	Pittsburgh		Berube	12,979	1–0–0	^[5]
2	September 28	Buffalo	5–4	Columbus	SO	Greaves	9,623	1–0–1	^[6]
3	September 29	St. Louis	2–5	Columbus		Tarasov	9,220	2–0–1	^[7]
4	October 2	Columbus	1–5	Detroit		Merzlikins	14,827	2–1–1	^[8]
5	October 4	Columbus	5–3	Buffalo		Korpisalo	6,327	3–1–1	^[9]
6	October 6	Detroit	2–4	Columbus		Merzlikins	10,374	4–1–1	^[10]
7	October 8	Columbus	3–7	St. Louis		Korpisalo	14,790	4–2–1	^[11]
8	October 9	Pittsburgh	4–3	Columbus	OT	Merzlikins	14,771	4–2–2	^[12]

Regular season

2021–22 game log

October: 5–3–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 14	Arizona	2–8	Columbus		Merzlikins	17,813	1–0–0	2	^[13]
2	October 16	Seattle	1–2	Columbus	OT	Merzlikins	17,593	2–0–0	4	^[14]
3	October 19	Columbus	1–4	Detroit		Korpisalo	14,165	2–1–0	4	^[15]
4	October 21	NY Islanders	2–3	Columbus	OT	Merzlikins	12,937	3–1–0	6	^[16]
5	October 23	Carolina	5–1	Columbus		Korpisalo	14,386	3–2–0	6	^[17]
6	October 25	Dallas	1–4	Columbus		Merzlikins	12,629	4–2–0	8	^[18]
7	October 29	Columbus	0–4	NY Rangers		Merzlikins	14,532	4–3–0	8	^[19]
8	October 31	Columbus	4–3	New Jersey	SO	Korpisalo	10,239	5–3–0	10	^[20]

November: 7–5–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 3–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
9	November 3	Columbus	5–4	Colorado	OT	Korpisalo	16,634	6–3–0	12	^[21]
10	November 6	Colorado	2–4	Columbus		Merzlikins	16,494	7–3–0	14	^[22]
11	November 12	Washington	4–3	Columbus		Korpisalo	16,985	7–4–0	14	^[23]
12	November 13	NY Rangers	5–3	Columbus		Merzlikins	15,539	7–5–0	14	^[24]
13	November 15	Detroit	3–5	Columbus		Merzlikins	15,293	8–5–0	16	^[25]
14	November 18	Columbus	5–4	Arizona	SO	Merzlikins	7,865	9–5–0	18	^[26]
15	November 20	Columbus	2–3	Vegas		Merzlikins	18,313	9–6–0	18	^[27]
16	November 22	Columbus	7–4	Buffalo		Korpisalo	7,978	10–6–0	20	^[28]
17	November 24	Winnipeg	0–3	Columbus		Merzlikins	15,733	11–6–0	22	^[29]
18	November 26	Vancouver	2–4	Columbus		Merzlikins	16,992	12–6–0	24	^[30]
19	November 27	Columbus	3–6	St. Louis		Korpisalo	18,096	12–7–0	24	^[31]
20	November 30	Columbus	0–6	Nashville		Merzlikins	16,874	12–8–0	24	^[32]

December: 3–5–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 1–5–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
21	December 2	Columbus	2–3	Dallas		Tarasov	17,098	12–9–0	24	^[33]
22	December 4	Columbus	1–3	Washington		Tarasov	18,573	12–10–0	24	^[34]
23	December 5	San Jose	4–6	Columbus		Merzlikins	16,824	13–10–0	26	^[35]
24	December 7	Columbus	4–5	Toronto		Merzlikins	18,793	13–11–0	26	^[36]
25	December 9	Anaheim	2–1	Columbus	SO	Merzlikins	16,029	13–11–1	27	^[37]
26	December 11	Columbus	5–4	Seattle	OT	Merzlikins	17,151	14–11–1	29	^[38]
27	December 14	Columbus	3–4	Vancouver		Merzlikins	18,412	14–12–1	29	^[39]
28	December 16	Columbus	2–5	Edmonton		Merzlikins	15,022	14–13–1	29	^[40]
—	December 18	Columbus		Calgary	Postponed due to COVID-19.^[41] Moved to February 15.^[42]
—	December 20	Columbus		Buffalo	Postponed due to COVID-19.^[43] Moved to February 10.^[42]
—	December 23	Buffalo		Columbus	Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 20.^[42]
—	December 27	Toronto		Columbus	Postponed due to COVID-19.^[44] Moved to February 22.^[42]
—	December 28	Columbus		Chicago	Postponed due to COVID-19.^[45] Moved to February 17.^[42]
29	December 30	Nashville	3–4	Columbus	SO	Merzlikins	17,494	15–13–1	31	^[46]

January: 5–9–0 (Home: 2–7–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
30	January 1	Carolina	7–4	Columbus		Tarasov	15,736	15–14–1	31	^[47]
31	January 4	Tampa Bay	7–2	Columbus		Korpisalo	14,816	15–15–1	31	^[48]
32	January 6	Columbus	1–3	New Jersey		Korpisalo	11,523	15–16–1	31	^[49]
33	January 8	New Jersey	3–4	Columbus		Korpisalo	18,680	16–16–1	33	^[50]
—	January 10	Columbus		Montreal	Postponed due to attendance restrictions.^[51] Moved to February 12.^[42]
34	January 11	Chicago	4–2	Columbus		Korpisalo	15,444	16–17–1	33	^[52]
35	January 13	Columbus	6–0	Carolina		Merzlikins	15,979	17–17–1	35	^[53]
36	January 15	Columbus	2–9	Florida		Merzlikins	15,088	17–18–1	35	^[54]
—	January 18	Columbus		NY Islanders	Postponed due to scheduling changes.^[55] Moved to March 10.^[42]
37	January 20	Columbus	2–1	Philadelphia		Merzlikins	15,359	18–18–1	37	^[56]
38	January 21	Pittsburgh	5–2	Columbus		Korpisalo	18,477	18–19–1	37	^[57]
39	January 23	Ottawa	2–1	Columbus		Merzlikins	15,037	18–20–1	37	^[58]
40	January 26	Calgary	6–0	Columbus		Merzlikins	13,737	18–21–1	37	^[59]
41	January 27	NY Rangers	3–5	Columbus		Korpisalo	14,878	19–21–1	39	^[60]
42	January 30	Columbus	6–3	Montreal		Korpisalo	0	20–21–1	41	^[61]
43	January 31	Florida	8–4	Columbus		Merzlikins	14,214	20–22–1	41	^[62]

February: 7–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 5–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
44	February 8	Columbus	5–4	Washington		Merzlikins	18,573	21–22–1	43	^[63]
45	February 10	Columbus	4–3	Buffalo	OT	Merzlikins	8,476	22–22–1	45	^[64]
46	February 12	Columbus	2–1	Montreal		Merzlikins	500	23–22–1	47	^[65]
47	February 15	Columbus	2–6	Calgary		Merzlikins	9,639	23–23–1	47	^[66]
48	February 17	Columbus	7–4	Chicago		Merzlikins	19,290	24–23–1	49	^[67]
49	February 20	Buffalo	3–7	Columbus		Berube	18,608	25–23–1	51	^[68]
50	February 22	Toronto	3–4	Columbus	OT	Berube	15,489	26–23–1	53	^[69]
51	February 24	Columbus	6–3	Florida		Berube	15,730	27–23–1	55	^[70]
52	February 25	Columbus	0–4	Carolina		Berube	17,112	27–24–1	55	^[71]
53	February 27	Pittsburgh	3–2	Columbus		Merzlikins	17,072	27–25–1	55	^[72]

March: 5–6–4 (Home: 4–3–2 ; Road: 1–3–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
54	March 1	New Jersey	3–4	Columbus		Merzlikins	13,678	28–25–1	57	^[73]
55	March 4	Los Angeles	4–3	Columbus	OT	Merzlikins	15,778	28–25–2	58	^[74]
56	March 5	Boston	5–4	Columbus	SO	Merzlikins	19,434	28–25–3	59	^[75]
57	March 7	Toronto	5–4	Columbus		Merzlikins	14,252	28–26–3	59	^[76]
58	March 10	Columbus	0–6	NY Islanders		Korpisalo	16,048	28–27–3	59	^[77]
59	March 11	Minnesota	2–3	Columbus	SO	Merzlikins	16,399	29–27–3	61	^[78]
60	March 13	Vegas	4–6	Columbus		Merzlikins	16,087	30–27–3	63	^[79]
61	March 16	Columbus	4–1	Ottawa		Merzlikins	10,087	31–27–3	65	^[80]
62	March 17	Washington	7–2	Columbus		Korpisalo	15,911	31–28–3	65	^[81]
63	March 19	St. Louis	4–5	Columbus		Korpisalo	19,005	32–28–3	67	^[82]
64	March 22	Columbus	1–5	Pittsburgh		Korpisalo	18,196	32–29–3	67	^[83]
65	March 25	Columbus	3–4	Winnipeg	OT	Merzlikins	13,475	32–29–4	68	^[84]
66	March 26	Columbus	2–3	Minnesota	OT	Merzlikins	19,089	32–29–5	69	^[85]
67	March 29	NY Islanders	4–3	Columbus		Merzlikins	15,557	32–30–5	69	^[86]
68	March 31	Columbus	2–5	NY Islanders		Merzlikins	17,255	32–31–5	69	^[87]

April: 3–4–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
69	April 2	Columbus	2–5	Boston		Merzlikins	17,850	32–32–5	69	^[88]
70	April 4	Boston	3–2	Columbus	OT	Merzlikins	16,396	32–32–6	70	^[89]
71	April 5	Columbus	4–2	Philadelphia		Merzlikins	14,367	33–32–6	72	^[90]
72	April 7	Philadelphia	4–1	Columbus		Merzlikins	17,118	33–33–6	72	^[91]
73	April 9	Columbus	5–4	Detroit	OT	Merzlikins	19,515	34–33–6	74	^[92]
74	April 13	Montreal	1–5	Columbus		Merzlikins	16,708	35–33–6	76	^[93]
75	April 16	Columbus	1–2	Los Angeles		Merzlikins	18,230	35–34–6	76	^[94]
76	April 17	Columbus	4–6	Anaheim		Bérubé	13,635	35–35–6	76	^[95]
77	April 19	Columbus		San Jose
78	April 22	Ottawa		Columbus
49	April 24	Edmonton		Columbus
80	April 26	Columbus		Tampa Bay
81	April 28	Tampa Bay		Columbus
82	April 29	Columbus		Pittsburgh

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of March 22, 2022

Skaters

Regular season^[96]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Patrik Laine	45	25	23	48	-3	14
Oliver Bjorkstrand	62	22	26	48	−23	8
Jakub Voracek	61	4	42	46	−9	32
Boone Jenner	59	23	21	44	−11	22
Zach Werenski	58	10	31	41	−11	22
Gustav Nyquist	64	16	23	39	−7	18
Max Domi^‡	53	9	23	32	+2	37
Jack Roslovic	63	12	18	30	–1	8
Vladislav Gavrikov	62	3	26	29	–1	46
Sean Kuraly	64	11	13	24	+6	53
Cole Sillinger	61	11	10	21	−21	23
Eric Robinson	49	8	13	21	+1	12
Alexandre Texier	36	11	9	20	0	12
Adam Boqvist	40	10	9	19	−10	10
Jake Bean	49	4	13	17	-6	26
Andrew Peeke	64	1	12	13	–15	44
Yegor Chinakhov	53	7	5	12	−25	14
Dean Kukan	32	3	6	9	+2	14
Gavin Bayreuther	38	0	8	8	0	22
Justin Danforth	27	5	2	7	+3	4
Gregory Hofmann^‡	24	2	5	7	+6	8
Gabriel Carlsson	30	2	5	7	+5	6
Emil Bemstrom	23	3	3	6	+1	4
Brendan Gaunce	14	3	2	5	–1	6
Trey Fix-Wolansky	6	1	1	2	–1	0
Jake Christiansen	4	1	0	1	+2	0
Scott Harrington	7	0	1	1	−4	6
Kevin Stenlund	3	0	0	0	0	2
Liam Foudy	1	0	0	0	–1	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[97]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Elvis Merzlikins	42	40	2308:03	22	15	3	130	3.38	1,341	.903	2	2	6
Joonas Korpisalo	22	17	1128:29	7	11	0	78	4.15	634	.877	0	0	2
Jean-Francois Berube	4	4	240:20	3	1	0	13	3.25	170	.924	0	1	0
Daniil Tarasov	4	3	174:51	0	2	0	7	2.40	111	.937	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Blue Jackets. Stats reflect time with the Blue Jackets only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Blue Jackets only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Current roster

Updated January 6, 2016.^[98]

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
13	Cam Atkinson	RW	R	35	2008	Riverside, Connecticut
72	Sergei Bobrovsky	G	L	35	2012	Novokuznetsk, Soviet Union
40	Jared Boll	RW	R	38	2005	Charlotte, North Carolina
18	Rene Bourque	RW	L	42	2015	Lac La Biche, Alberta
11	Matt Calvert	LW	L	34	2008	Brandon, Manitoba
9	Gregory Campbell	C	L	40	2015	London, Ontario
23	David Clarkson	RW	R	40	2015	Toronto, Ontario
17	Brandon Dubinsky (A)	C/LW	L	38	2012	Anchorage, Alaska
44	Justin Falk	D	L	35	2015	Snowflake, Manitoba
71	Nick Foligno (C)	LW	L	36	2012	Buffalo, New York
29	Cody Goloubef Injured Reserve	D	R	34	2008	Mississauga, Ontario
33	Markus Hannikainen Injured Reserve	LW	L	31	2015	Helsinki, Finland
43	Scott Hartnell	LW	L	42	2014	Regina, Saskatchewan
38	Boone Jenner (A)	C	L	30	2011	London, Ontario
7	Jack Johnson	D	L	37	2012	Indianapolis, Indiana
3	Seth Jones	D	R	29	2016	Arlington, Texas
25	William Karlsson	C	L	31	2015	Märsta, Sweden
70	Joonas Korpisalo	G	L	30	2015	Pori, Finland
30	Curtis McElhinney	G	L	41	2012	London, Ontario
27	Ryan Murray	D	L	30	2012	White City, Saskatchewan
47	Dalton Prout	D	R	34	2010	LaSalle, Quebec
20	Brandon Saad	LW	L	31	2015	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
58	David Savard Injured Reserve	D	R	33	2009	Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
51	Fedor Tyutin	D	L	40	2008	Izhevsk, Soviet Union
41	Alexander Wennberg	C	L	29	2013	Stockholm, Sweden

Transactions

The Blue Jackets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23)	To Chicago Blackhawks Seth Jones TBL 1st-round pick in 2021 (Nolan Allan) 6th-round pick in 2022	To Columbus Blue Jackets Adam Boqvist 1st-round pick in 2021 (Cole Sillinger) 2nd-round pick in 2021 (Aleksi Heimosalmi) Conditional 1st-round pick in 2022 or 2023^[a]	^[99]
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23)	To Carolina Hurricanes CHI 2nd-round pick in 2021 (Aleksi Heimosalmi)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Jake Bean	^[100]
July 24, 2021 (2021-07-24)	To Philadelphia Flyers Cam Atkinson	To Columbus Blue Jackets Jakub Voracek	^[101]
March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21)	To Carolina Hurricanes Max Domi Tyler Inamoto	To Columbus Blue Jackets Aidan Hreschuk	^[102]
March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21)	To Florida Panthers Yegor Korshkov CBJ 6th-round pick in 2022		^[102]

Notes:

^[a] Columbus will receive Chicago's 1st-round pick in 2022 if the pick is outside the top 2, otherwise Columbus will receive Chicago's 1st-round pick in 2023.

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Gavin Bayreuther	Seattle Kraken	2-year	Free agency	^[103]
	Sean Kuraly	Boston Bruins	4-year	Free agency	^[104]
	Tyler Sikura	Cleveland Monsters (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[105]
July 30, 2021 (2021-07-30)	Brendan Gaunce	Vaxjo Lakers (SHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[106]
August 13, 2021 (2021-08-13)	Zac Rinaldo	Calgary Flames	1-year	Free agency	^[107]
September 30, 2021 (2021-09-30)	Jean-Francois Berube	Ontario Reign (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[108]
February 20, 2022 (2022-02-20)	Jet Greaves	Cleveland Monsters (AHL)	3-year	Free agency	^[109]
March 7, 2022 (2022-03-07)	Billy Sweezey	Cleveland Monsters (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	^[110]
April 8, 2022 (2022-04-08)	Nick Blankenburg	Michigan Wolverines (B1G)	1-year	Free agency	^[111]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 21, 2021 (2021-07-21)	Gavin Bayreuther	Seattle Kraken		Expansion draft	^[112]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Adam Clendening	Philadelphia Flyers	1-year	Free agency	^[113]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Michael Del Zotto	Ottawa Senators	2-year	Free agency	^[114]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)	Kole Sherwood	Ottawa Senators	1-year	Free agency	^[115]
July 30, 2021 (2021-07-30)	Zac Dalpe	Florida Panthers	2-year	Free agency	^[116]
October 7, 2021 (2021-10-07)	Cliff Pu	Kunlun Red Star (KHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[117]
October 12, 2021 (2021-10-12)	Mikko Lehtonen			Contract termination	^[118]
October 17, 2021 (2021-10-17)	Mikko Lehtonen	SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)	4-year	Free agency	^[119]
January 11, 2022 (2022-01-11)	Gregory Hofmann	EV Zug (NL)	2-year	Free agency	^[120]
January 13, 2022 (2022-01-13)	Gregory Hofmann			Contract termination	^[121]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Boone Jenner	4-year	Extension	^[122]
	Patrik Laine	1-year	Re-signing	^[123]
	Eric Robinson	2-year	Extension	^[124]
	Alexandre Texier	2-year	Re-signing	^[125]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)	Jake Bean	3-year	Re-signing	^[126]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)	Zach Werenski	6-year	Extension	^[127]
July 30, 2021 (2021-07-30)	Mikko Lehtonen	1-year	Re-signing	^[128]
August 13, 2021 (2021-08-13)	Stanislav Svozil	3-year	Entry-level	^[129]
August 16, 2021 (2021-08-16)	Ole Holm	3-year	Entry-level	^[130]
August 18, 2021 (2021-08-18)	Cole Sillinger	3-year	Entry-level	^[131]
September 21, 2021 (2021-09-21)	Elvis Merzlikins	5-year	Extension	^[132]
March 8, 2022 (2022-03-08)	Justin Danforth	2-year	Extension	^[133]
April 8, 2022 (2022-04-08)	Kent Johnson	3-year	Entry-level	^[134]

Draft picks

Below are the Columbus Blue Jackets' selections at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, which were held on July 23 to 24, 2021. It was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round	#	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
1	5	Kent Johnson	C	Canada	Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten)
1	12	Cole Sillinger	C	Canada	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
1	25	Corson Ceulemans	D	Canada	Brooks Bandits (AJHL)
3	69	Stanislav Svozil	D	Czech Republic	HC Kometa Brno (ELH)
4	101	Guillaume Richard	D	Canada	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
5	132	Nikolai Makarov	D	Russia	Krasnaya Armiya (MHL)
5	133	James Malatesta	C	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6	165	Ben Boyd	C	Canada	Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL)
7	197	Martin Rysavy	LW	Czech Republic	HC Vítkovice Ridera (ELH)

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