Diving into the Depth Chart - The defense looks to improve

Photo by Gregg Forwerck/NHLI via Getty ImagesWhile we wait out the rest of summer, watching anxiously to see what the next move will be for the Columbus Blue Jackets, we at the Cannon figured it’d be a great time to examine the team’s depth chart. Yesterday, Josh covered the Wings; today we’ll be looking at the Defense.

Unlike the Wings, the defensive end is a position of weakness for the Blue Jackets. All Star Zach Werenski and shutdown player Vladislav Gavrikov are the only two certain of their role - the top two spots on the left side - but the other four spots are mostly a crapshoot. And with last year’s team giving up the most goals in franchise history, at 297 or 3.62 per game, someone…