{"id":194530,"date":"2025-09-15T22:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T22:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/194530\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T22:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T22:04:12","slug":"denton-mateychuk-four-others-injured-to-start-blue-jackets-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/194530\/","title":{"rendered":"Denton Mateychuk, Four Others Injured To Start Blue Jackets Training Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Columbus Blue Jackets have plans to ease top defense prospect Denton Mateychuk<\/a> up to speed at the start of training camp as he recovers from a groin injury, per general manager Don Waddell<\/a> in a recent conversation with Aaron Portzline of The Athletic<\/a>. Portzline added that forwards Jordan Dumais<\/a> (lower-body) and Max McCue<\/a> (undisclosed) will both be day-to-day with injury, forward Owen Sillinger<\/a> (knee) will be held out of contact all camp, and defenseman Luca Marrelli<\/a> (shoulder) will be out until December. All five players are listed on Columbus\u2019 training camp roster.<\/p>\n

This news will make Mateychuk worth that much more attention at this year\u2019s camp. He was generally injury-free during his first pro season, which spanned 27 AHL games and 45 NHL games last season. Mateychuk posted four goals and 13 points in a Blue Jackets jersey, along with 25 points in the minor-leagues. It was an incredibly productive year for the 2022 12th-overall selection, and one that sets him up well to break into the NHL full-time this season. Mateychuk will boast clear top-four upside when he lands with the Blue Jackets, after averaging 18 minutes of ice time last season. He should be a strong option to play behind top defender Zach Werenski<\/a>, and next to shutdown defender Ivan Provorov<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Columbus\u2019 remaining injuries will help shape the minor-league roster to start the year. Sillinger held a prominent role in the AHL and seems near the top of Columbus\u2019 call-up sheet entering the new year, though he\u2019ll need to fully recover from a late-season injury before he can prove his NHL worthiness. Marrelli and Dumais have each signed their entry-level contracts, though only Marrelli will be eligible to return to the CHL. That will be his likeliest outcome, while Dumais will look to fully stride into the pro ranks after netting 11 points in 21 AHL games last season. Dumais should sit atop the AHL lineup next season, while McCue \u2013 another first-year pro who recorded eight points and 122 penalty minutes in 46 AHL games last season \u2013 will sit near the bottom of the lineup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Columbus Blue Jackets have plans to ease top defense prospect Denton Mateychuk up to speed at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5108],"tags":[401,3644,5180,897,230,5179,692,5,402,33042,6025,33231,4,19358,403],"class_list":{"0":"post-194530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-columbus-blue-jackets","8":"tag-ahl","9":"tag-blue-jackets","10":"tag-bluejackets","11":"tag-columbus","12":"tag-columbus-blue-jackets","13":"tag-columbusbluejackets","14":"tag-denton-mateychuk","15":"tag-hockey","16":"tag-injury","17":"tag-jordan-dumais","18":"tag-luca-marrelli","19":"tag-max-mccue","20":"tag-nhl","21":"tag-owen-sillinger","22":"tag-players"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115210582228537551","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}