Blue Jackets Have A General Idea Of Their First Round Draft Position With Minnesota Being Eliminated​

With the Vegas Golden Knights eliminating the Minnesota Wild last night, Don Waddell will have two top-20 draft picks in the upcoming NHL Draft.

The Blue Jackets have their own pick, which will be 13. However, they have a tiny chance of moving up as far as #3 in the draft order, but that's highly unlikely.

The pick they got from the Wild in the David Jiříček trade a few months back is at 20. There is a chance that, should the St. Louis Blues beat the Winnipeg Jets and then win the second round to advance to the West Finals, the pick could move to 19.

The most likely scenario is that the CBJ will pick 13 and 20.
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FWIW, here are 2 mock draft swith the Blue Jackets going for a goalie with the 20th pick....

2025 NHL Mock Draft​

13 Lynden Lakovic
F Moose Jaw WHL

20 Joshua Ravensbergen*
G Prince George WHL

2025 NHL Mock Draft: Pronman projects all 32 first-round picks before the lottery​

13. Columbus Blue Jackets: Jackson Smith, LHD, Tri-City (WHL)​

Smith is a mobile, competitive defender with legit offense who projects to play a lot of minutes as a pro. Columbus adds a significant defense piece, which is ideal after David Jiricek didn’t work out.

20. Columbus Blue Jackets: Joshua Ravensbergen*, G, Prince George (WHL)​

Ravensbergen was one of the top goalies in Canadian junior hockey this season. He’s big and athletic and tracks pucks well. Columbus, with no clear future No. 1 in the system, takes a swing on upside in net.

* APPARENTLY HE IS THE TOP RATED GOALIE:
No. 25: Joshua Ravensbergen, G, 6-foot-5, 190 pounds, Prince George Cougars (WHL)
NHL Projection: No. 1/1B NHL goalie.
Ravensbergen is an athletic goalie who is big in his net. He plays a butterfly style, has very good feet and tracks the play on time moving laterally. His length provides him an opportunity to make second saves that some smaller goalies aren’t capable of reaching. I appreciate how aggressive Ravensbergen is challenging shooters at the top of his crease, especially when he fights to find pucks directed on net through traffic. He’s the top-rated goaltender in the draft class.

So right now the big nonconference games appear to be @ Pitt, home vs ND, neutral vs. UNC, and I'm sure they're working on another event at a neutral site.

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Saturday, May 3 (Championship - - at Ann Arbor, Michigan/U-M Lacrosse Stadium)
Game #5 – #2 seed Maryland vs #1 seed Ohio State – 8:00 p.m. ET (BTN)

The winner of this year's Big Ten Tournament will earn the conference's automatic berth into the 2025 NCAA Championship, with the bracket to be revealed live on ESPN2 on May 4 at 8:30 p.m. (ET).

Ohio State Basketball to Play Home-and-Home Series Against Notre Dame​

Notre Dame is coming to Value City Arena this year.

Ohio State is finalizing an agreement for a home-and-home series with the Fighting Irish for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 seasons, per multiple reports. Dates for the games have not yet been set.
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On 11W: Brian Hartline will make $2 million – the same salary Chip Kelly received last year – following his promotion to offensive coordinator.

Matt Patricia to Make $2.5 Million, Brian Hartline to Make $2 Million As Ohio State Finalizes Staff Salaries for 2025​

Ohio State’s assistant coaches will make a total of $11.775 million in 2025.

Matt Patricia will be Ohio State’s highest-paid assistant coach, making $2.5 million in 2025 as the Buckeyes’ new defensive coordinator. That’s $300,000 more than Jim Knowles’ base salary as Ohio State’s defensive coordinator last year, though less than the $3.1 million Knowles will reportedly make at Penn State.

OHIO STATE'S 2025 ASSISTANT COACH SALARIES
Cumulatively, Ohio State’s assistant coaches will make $350,000 more than Ohio State paid its coaches in base salary a year ago.
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In addition to their base salaries, each of Ohio State’s assistant coaches and Marotti, Pantoni and Tempel will have the opportunity to earn the following bonuses based on the Buckeyes’ performance this season:

• 10% of their base salary if Ohio State makes the College Football Playoff, which increases to 20% if Ohio State makes the quarterfinals, 25% if Ohio State makes the semifinals, 30% if Ohio State makes the national championship game and 35% if Ohio State wins the national championship
• 8% of their base salary if Ohio State makes the Big Ten Championship Game, which increases to 12% if the Buckeyes win the Big Ten Championship Game

Bagmen.

Good luck to Elbert at USC

We're all in agreement! TSC is a true Freshman. TSC is not ready to take over a NC team. TSC has all the tools. TSC has a super attitude.
If all goes well, TSC will be a super stud QB for us.

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We just love it when Big Brother beats the shit out of us ..... SEC, SEC, SEC ....

U$C This sucks. Not sure what other top CBs we are in on for this class.

meh