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Five Things to Look Forward to from the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2018-2019

By Steven Kenworthy

COLUMBUS, OH - APRIL 19: Columbus Blue Jackets center Boone Jenner (38) celebrates with teammate after scoring a goal during game 4 in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on April 19, 2018. The Capitals won 4-1 and tied the series 2-2. (Photo by Adam Lacy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
COLUMBUS, OH - APRIL 19: Columbus Blue Jackets center Boone Jenner (38) celebrates with teammate after scoring a goal during game 4 in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on April 19, 2018. The Capitals won 4-1 and tied the series 2-2. (Photo by Adam Lacy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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Having too much young talent is a blessing the Blue Jackets are certain to never complain about. Even though there are three or four defenseman competing for the sixth blue line roster spot, the forward group is more intriguing to me.

I say this mostly because of the endless variables that could pit some guys in the AHL for the duration of the season, while others may be impossible to pull from Columbus.

It would take me a week to exhaust every possibility but a few that stand out in my opinion are as follows.

How do you keep scoring prodigy Vitaly Abramov out of Nationwide after he posted another 104-point season and now plays center as well? If Brandon Dubinsky resurfaces and plays near the form of his old self, does Lukas Sedlak spend his entire year in Cleveland? How good can Anthony St. Clair be and does his success or failure decide Sonny Milano‘s fate?

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Inevitable injuries will allow many of these players to see ice time that they might not have otherwise. Still this doesn’t account for the endless options John Tortorella will have at his disposal. Even trying to project the lines at the end of the season seems a ridiculous prospect.

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