{"id":686066,"date":"2026-06-05T13:59:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/686066\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T13:59:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:59:20","slug":"5-nhl-free-agents-who-will-be-overvalued-this-offseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/686066\/","title":{"rendered":"5 NHL Free Agents Who Will Be Overvalued This Offseason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Columbus Blue Jackets could be parting ways with Boone Jenner. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The versatile 32-year-old forward has spent his entire 13-season NHL career with the Jackets and has been their captain since 2021. He is completing a <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/puckpedia.com\/player\/boone-jenner\">four-year contract<\/a> with an average annual value of $3.8 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Aaron Portzline of The Athletic <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7287566\/2026\/05\/19\/boone-jenner-blue-jackets-free-agent\/\">reported<\/a> on May 19 that this is Jenner&#8217;s last chance to sign a multiyear contract as a free agent. He noted the Blue Jackets received plenty of calls for the hardworking 6&#8217;2&#8243;, 207-pound forward at the March trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">On May 27, Sportsnet&#8217;s Luke Fox <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/nhls-top-12-ufas-of-2026-latest-rumours-reports\/\">speculated<\/a> that Jenner could be leaving the Blue Jackets, citing their need to re-sign younger centers Adam Fantilli and Cole Sillinger. He could seek a four-year contract worth an average annual value between $5.5 million and $6 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Jenner&#8217;s physical two-way style and leadership have earned him respect around the league. However, he dropped down the Blue Jackets&#8217; depth chart this season, and he hasn&#8217;t played at least 70 games since 2019-20. His playing style could be catching up with him, making a lucrative long-term deal a risky investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Columbus Blue Jackets could be parting ways with Boone Jenner. The versatile 32-year-old forward has spent his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-686066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}