Confirmed with Link: Josh Eernisse signs a 1 year ELC

[CBJWerenski8]

 

[Cowumbus]

Bottom 6er one day maybe

 

[Indy18]

Good depth piece...just another piece to our Michigan Infinity Gauntlet

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

add to the bottom 6 grinder pile.

 

[OldSoul]

woo hoo….

 

[EspenK]

My first reaction Who? My current reaction Who?

 

[CBJWerenski8]

• Eernisse said he had “five to 10” entry-level offers before settling on the Blue Jackets earlier this month. He signed a one-year deal that doesn’t start until next season, but he’s playing with Cleveland on an amateur tryout agreement, much like Zach Werenski did a decade ago. Eernisse said he chose the Blue Jackets because “it was an exciting opportunity, looking at what their roster has, or doesn’t have, and knowing the style that I play.” He models his game after Tom Wilson and Olivier, he said, noting he can’t wait to meet Olivier at training camp, if not prior. “It’ll be great for me to learn from some of the players they have there,” Eernisse said. “You look at the roster, and there’s a great veteran presence.” First things first, though: He has one final to take before he earns a degree from Michigan in sports management with a 3.947 grade-point average. Because the Monsters’ playoff schedule conflicts with Michigan’s commencement ceremony, Eernisse won’t get to walk with his graduating class.

• It won’t be Eernisse’s first exposure to Columbus and Nationwide Arena. He attended Blue Jackets development camp last summer, his fourth NHL development camp in four years. He’d previously attended with Pittsburgh (2024), Colorado (2023) and Edmonton (2022).

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