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Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Center	B. Jenner Personal: Probable for start of season Boone Jenner Personal: Probable for start of season	A. FantilliAdam Fantilli	C. Sillinger Blue Jackets' Cole Sillinger: Grabs two-year deal Cole Sillinger Blue Jackets' Cole Sillinger: Grabs two-year deal S. KuralySean Kuraly G. BrindleyGavin Brindley D. GambrellDylan Gambrell
Left Wing	S. MonahanSean Monahan	J. van Riemsdyk Blue Jackets' James van Riemsdyk: Inks one-year deal James van Riemsdyk Blue Jackets' James van Riemsdyk: Inks one-year deal	Y. Chinakhov Blue Jackets' Yegor Chinakhov: Gearing up for season Upper Body: Probable for start of season Yegor Chinakhov Blue Jackets' Yegor Chinakhov: Gearing up for season Upper Body: Probable for start of season M. OlivierMathieu Olivier J. MalatestaJames Malatesta M. PyyhtiaMikael Pyyhtia
Right Wing	K. Marchenko Blue Jackets' Kirill Marchenko: Inks three-year extension Kirill Marchenko Blue Jackets' Kirill Marchenko: Inks three-year extension	D. VoronkovDmitri Voronkov	K. Johnson Blue Jackets' Kent Johnson: Good to go ahead of 2024-25 Kent Johnson Blue Jackets' Kent Johnson: Good to go ahead of 2024-25 J. Danforth Blue Jackets' Justin Danforth: Can start stickhandling Justin Danforth Blue Jackets' Justin Danforth: Can start stickhandling T. Fix-WolanskyTrey Fix-Wolansky
Left Defenseman	Z. WerenskiZach Werenski	I. ProvorovIvan Provorov	J. JohnsonJack Johnson J. Zboril Devils' Jakub Zboril: Signs PTO with Devils Jakub Zboril Devils' Jakub Zboril: Signs PTO with Devils D. MateychukDenton Mateychuk
Right Defenseman	D. SeversonDamon Severson	D. JiricekDavid Jiricek	E. GudbransonErik Gudbranson J. ChristiansenJake Christiansen
Goalie	E. MerzlikinsElvis Merzlikins	D. Tarasov Blue Jackets' Daniil Tarasov: Set for training camp Upper Body: Probable for start of season Daniil Tarasov Blue Jackets' Daniil Tarasov: Set for training camp Upper Body: Probable for start of season	J. GreavesJet Greaves Z. SawchenkoZachary Sawchenko