The answer to that is $4.9 million a year. The Columbus Blue Jackets top line center signed a contract with that annual average salary this offseason. But Alexander Wennberg’s value on the ice certainly hasn’t been that this season.
Following a breakout season in 2016-2017, Wennberg had been disappointing even before missing three games with an injury. Wennberg is on a 40 point pace after scoring 59 last season. He has not been the playmaker along side Artemi Panarin the team thought he would and has been shifted across many line combinations.
He also was completely taken off the power play unit.