Blue Jackets Prospects Update: Jordan Dumais Can't Stop Scoring, Andrew Strathmann Is Heating Up, And More

By Coby Maeir on December 2, 2023 at 10:15a

The Blue Jackets have won four of their last six games following Friday's 4-2 win over the Ottawa Senators. However, things are more promising elsewhere. 

Here's another update on the Blue Jackets' prospects:

2023 Draft

  • Gavin Brindley, F, Univ. of Michigan (NCAA), 34th overall pick: 17 GP, 10-7--17.

Among all D-1 men's hockey players, Brindley is tied for fourth in goals.

  • William Whitelaw, F, Univ. of Wisconsin (NCAA), 66th overall pick: 15 GP, 4-4--8
  • Andrew Strathmann, LD, Youngstown Phantoms (USHL), 98th overall pick: 17 GP, 5-13--18
  • Luca Pinelli, F, Ottawa 67's (OHL), 114th overall pick: 23 GP, 18-8--26

Pinelli is tied for third in the OHL in goals. 

  • Melvin Strahl, G, Modo Jr. (Swe-Jr), 156th overall pick: 18 GP, 7-10-0, .906SV%, 2.82 GAA
  • Oiva Keskinen, F, Tappara Tampere (SM-liiga), 194th overall pick: 26 GP, 2-11--13
  • Tyler Peddle, F, Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL), 224th overall pick: 27 GP: 5-3--8

2022 Draft

  • Denton Mateychuk, LD, Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL), 12th overall pick: 20 GP, 6-24--30

Mateychuk is first among WHL defensemen in points/game this season. 

  • Luca Del Bel Belluz, F, Cleveland Monsters (AHL), 44th overall pick: 10 GP, 2-4--6
  • Jordan Dumais, F, Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL), 69th overall pick: 18 GP, 15-27--42

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Dumais leads the QMJHL in points/game by a margin of 0.64 points/game.

  • Kirill Dolzhenkov, F, CSKA Moskva (KHL), 109th overall pick: 9 GP, 1-1--2
  • Sergei Ivanov, G, Vladivostok Admiral (KHL), 138th overall pick: 18 GP, 5-7-2, .938SV%
  • James Fisher, F, Penticton Vees (BCHL), 203rd overall pick: 22 GP, 12-3--15

2021 Draft​

  • Corson Ceulemans, RD, Cleveland Monsters (AHL), 25th overall pick: 9 GP, 0-0--0
  • Stanislav Svozil, LD, Cleveland Monsters (AHL), 69th overall pick: 12 GP, 1-6--7
  • Aidan Hreschuk, LD, Boston College (NCAA), 94th overall pick: 15 GP: 0-5--5
  • Guillaume Richard, LD, Providence College (NCAA), 101st overall pick: 15 GP, 1-6--7
  • Nikolai Makarov, LD, CSKA Moscow (KHL), 132nd overall pick: 28 GP, 0-2--2
  • James Malatesta, F, Cleveland Monsters (AHL): 133rd overall pick: 13 GP, 1-2--3
  • Martin Rysavy, F, Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL), 197th overall pick: 22 GP, 9-7--16

2020 Draft

  • Samuel Knazko, LD, Cleveland Monsters (AHL), 78th overall pick: 6 GP, 0-2--2
  • Mikael Pyyhtia, F, Cleveland Monsters (AHL), 114th overall pick: 17 GP, 2-9--11

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