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Trey Fix-Wolansky signs two-year two-way extension to remain with Blue Jackets organization

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It appears that a familiar face will be extending his stay as a member of the Columbus Blue Jackets organization. Trey Fix-Wolansky will forgo becoming a restricted free agent and has signed a two-year two-way contract extension to remain with the club.

Trey Fix-Wolansky has been in the Blue Jackets organization dating back to the 2018-19 season, mostly spending time down in the AHL with the Cleveland Monsters. Fix-Wolansky has made the occasional appearance with Columbus, registering two goals and one assist in 15 career NHL games. Comparatively, he has 60 goals and 79 assists in 166 AHL games.

At just 24-years old and with a new two-way contract to his name, it would not be surprising to see Trey Fix-Wolansky see more time with the Blue Jackets in the very near future.

David Jiricek named to Top Prospects Team

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The inaugural AHL Top Prospects Team has been announced and the Cleveland Monsters have some representation in defenseman David Jiricek. Jiricek completed his first season stateside after spending the previous three seasons for Plzen HC in the Czech Republic League.

Jiricek appeared in 55 games for the Monsters last season, finishing with 38 points on six goals and 32 assists. The 19-year old also made four appearances for the Columbus Blue Jackets, but only registered two penalty minutes. It should not be too long before David Jiricek is spending most of his time in Columbus. Until then, being a regular presence for the Monsters while being named to the first ever AHL Top Prospects team will do.

Jake Christiansen signs 1-year 2-way deal

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The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed Jake Christiansen to a one-year two-way extension according to reports.

Christiansen spent a little bit of time with the Blue Jackets last season, tallying four assists in 24 games with the Blue Jackets. This was not the first NHL action for Jake Christiansen as he scored his first and to this point only career goal in one of his eight appearances during the 2021-22 season.

Most of Christiansen’s time has come in a Monsters uniform, registering 11 goals and 23 assists in 50 games last season. Christiansen has 140 games under his belt, scoring 27 goals and assisting on 67 others during his time in Cleveland.

Gavin Bayreuther recalled by Blue Jackets

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The Columbus Blue Jackets have recalled the defenseman from the Cleveland Monsters.

Gavin Bayreuther is returning to the Columbus Blue Jackets for the first time this season. Columbus has recalled Bayreuther ahead of Tuesday’s contest against the Arizona Coyotes.

The recall of Bayreuther appears to be connected to the status of Blue Jackets defenseman Nick Blankenburg.

Gavin Bayreuther has appeared in three games for the Monsters this season, tallying three assists, all coming over this past weekend. As far as his time in the NHL is concerned, Bayreuther has 14 total points (three goals, 11 assists) in 71 games between the Blue Jackets and Dallas Stars across three seasons.

Monsters: Johnson recalled, Greaves back

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The Columbus Blue Jackets made two moves which impacted the roster of the Cleveland Monsters.

Jet Greaves is back with the Cleveland Monsters just one day after being called up by the Columbus Blue Jackets. Columbus was in need of a backup for Daniil Tarasov due to Elvis Merzlikins having an illness. As part of the move Kent Johnson was sent to Cleveland. Now the entire set of transactions have been reversed with Johnson back with the Blue Jackets and Greaves with the Monsters.

Cleveland begins their season at home Friday as they take on the visiting Syracuse Crunch. Columbus will return to action on Friday, also at home, against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Monsters announce roster moves

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The Cleveland Monsters have announced a series of roster moves ahead of the start of the regular season.

The Cleveland Monsters are getting ready to begin their season and have announced a series of roster moves beforehand. Emil Bemstrom and David Jiricek have been loaned to Cleveland from the Columbus Blue Jackets while Brandon Saigeon and Hayden Stewart have been released from their tryout contracts. The final move was assigning Oliver LeBlanc to the Kalamazoo Wings of the ECHL.

In a story appearing in The Athletic (subscription required), Blue Jackets beat writer Aaron Portzline stated that Bemstrom essentially had his spot taken him from Yegor Chinakhov and Justin Danforth. Perhaps should things change (one way or the other) Bemstrom could find his way back to Columbus at some point this season.

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Bemstrom appeared in 41 games for the Blue Jackets last season, totaling 11 points on six goals and five assists. He was no stranger to the AHL as he appeared in four games for the Monsters scoring twice.

Jiricek appeared in 29 games for Plzen HC of the Czech Republic League in 2021-22, assisting on six goals and scoring five times.

Blue Jackets send three players to Monsters

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The Columbus Blue Jackets have sent three players to the Cleveland Monsters.

Part of the process of preparing for the NHL regular season is trimming players off the roster. That is what the Columbus Blue Jackets did Wednesdays as they sent Kirill Marchenko, Carson Meyer, and Jake Christiansen to the Cleveland Monsters.

Meyer and Christiansen each played for Cleveland last season appearing in 57 and 62 games with point totals of 27 (16,11) and 45 (12, 32) respectively. Marchenko is a newcomer to the Monsters as he has spent the last five seasons in the KHL, totaling 20 points (12,8) in 39 games last season.

Using the last couple of seasons as precedent it would hardly be surprising to not see these players make their way back to Columbus at some point. Meyer scored one goal and assisted on two others in 13 games while Christiansen scored one goal in eight games.

Brendan Gaunce signs two-year two-way deal

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It was a busy day of the Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday as they agreed to a two-way deal with veteran center Brendan Gaunce. The 28-year old forward had a fairly even split between Cleveland (39 games) and Columbus (30 games) last season. Gaunce was going to be an unrestricted free agent prior to the deal.

Gaunce was the second signee for the Blue Jackets organization as they also signed Liam Foudy to an extension.

Brendan Gaunce finished with 16 goals and 12 assists with the Monsters last season while scoring five times and assisting on two others with the Blue Jackets. Gaunce was tied with Justin Scott and Carson Meyer for Cleveland’s goalscoring leader. More of the same should be expected from Gaunce during his stay with the club.

Blue Jackets extend Liam Foudy

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The Columbus Blue Jackets have agreed to a two-year $1.5 million contract extension with forward Liam Foudy. Foudy’s deal will be a two-way for this upcoming season while 2023-24 is strictly one-way.

Liam Foudy spent the majority of his time last season with the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters with just one lone appearance in Columbus. In 29 games Foudy scored seven goals and assisted on 12 others before his season came to a premature end due to injury. Foudy is still just 22 years old and has a lot of hockey in front of him. That being said being able to take that next step into becoming a NHL regular will be crucial. Foudy has been significantly more productive in Cleveland than Columbus (as expected). At some point a determination will have to come if the 2018 18th overall pick will be a key player for the Blue Jackets or the Monsters. The former is the preference while the latter is still useful for their AHL outfit.

Trey Fix-Wolansky assigned to Cleveland

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The Columbus Blue Jackets have announced they have assigned Trey Fix-Wolansky to the Cleveland Monsters. Fix-Wolansky returns to the AHL after just over four minutes of ice time in Sunday’s win over Vegas.

Trey Fix-Wolansky has appeared in six games with Columbus this season, with one goal and one assist during the time. Cleveland is where Fix-Wolansky spends most of his time, with 11 goals and assists in 32 games for the Monsters this season.