After pushing their chips in for a run at the post-season with the acquisitions of pending UFAs Ryan Dzingel and Matt Duchene and falling short in round two of the playoffs, everyone knew Columbus would look like a much-changed team come 2019-20. Up front, the Jackets lost both Duchene and Dzingel to free agency as well as Artemi Panarin, who became the highest-paid winger in the league after signing in New York.
Perhaps most hard felt will be the loss of now-Panther Sergei Bobrovsky in net, though. From 2016-17 through to the end of last season, Bobrovsky ranks second among all goalies in GSAx (goals saved vs.