Most of those 23 players can be easily predicted. Unless injuries pop up, we can expect to see defending Vezina Trophy winner Sergei Bobrovsky, captain Nick Foligno and many of the other Columbus Blue Jackets that we have become used to over the years.
One person that almost certainly will not be dressing for the first game of the year is Boone Jenner. Suffering from a back injury, Boone missed the entirety of training camp with the injury. Nobody in the media seemingly knows what caused the injury, but he missed camp nonetheless.