Breaking Down the Columbus Blue Jacket Roster: Who Gets Cut?

We took to social media yesterday and tasked everyone with cutting players to make the final Blue Jacket roster. As expected, some names appeared on nearly everyone’s lists; but there were some surprises, too. Today we’ll break down some of the ideas.

It might seem like an easy task at first glance, but I don’t think that’s the case. We count no fewer than 29 players vying for 23 jobs this fall – and every single one of them has a worthy resume; a reason for being on the ice with the Jackets. There are 17 forwards, 10 defensemen, and 2 goaltenders that you could make an argument for having on the team.

You can look at some of these guys and pretty easily assign them to Cleveland because they…