2003–04_Columbus_Blue_Jackets_season

2003–04 Columbus Blue Jackets
2003–04 Columbus Blue Jackets
Division	4th Central
Conference	14th Western
2003–04 record	25–45–8–4
Home record	17–18–4–2
Road record	8–27–4–2
Goals for	177
Goals against	238
Team information
General manager	Doug MacLean
Coach	Doug MacLean (Oct-Jan) ; Gerard Gallant (Jan-Apr)
Captain	Luke Richardson
Alternate captains	Todd Marchant; Geoff Sanderson (Oct-Mar)
Arena	Nationwide Arena
Average attendance	17,369
Minor league affiliate(s)	Syracuse Crunch (AHL); Dayton Bombers (ECHL); Elmira Jackals (UHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Rick Nash (41)
Assists	David Vyborny (31)
Points	Rich Nash (57)
Penalty minutes	Jody Shelley (228)
Plus/minus	Aaron Johnson (-2)
Wins	Marc Denis (21)
Goals against average	Marc Denis (2.56)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

2003–04 Columbus Blue Jackets season

National Hockey League season

The 2003–04 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the Blue Jackets' fourth season in the NHL, as the team was coming off of a 29–42–8–3 record in the 2002–03 season, earning 69 points to finish in last place in the Western Conference for the second-straight year.

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Regular season

The Blue Jackets would get off to a solid start in 2003–04, winning three of their first four games, though the club would eventually go on a seven-game losing streak to quickly fall out of playoff contention. Columbus would continue to struggle, and General Manager and Head Coach Doug MacLean announced on January 1, 2004, that he would step down from head coaching duties, naming Blue Jackets assistant coach and former NHL player Gerard Gallant as his replacement.^[2] Columbus posted a 9–21–4–3 record under MacLean. While the Blue Jackets would play better hockey with Gallant behind the bench, the team would fail once again to earn a playoff spot, as they finished the season with a 25–45–8–4 record for 62 points—seven fewer than the previous season—and finish 29 points the Nashville Predators for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Columbus, however, climbed out of the basement in the Central Division for the first time in franchise history after finishing ahead of the Chicago Blackhawks.

Rick Nash had a memorable season, finishing in a three-way tie with Ilya Kovalchuk from the Atlanta Thrashers and Jarome Iginla from the Calgary Flames to win the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy as the League's highest goal-scorer; he scored a club-record 41 goals and finished with a team-best 57 points. David Vyborny led the Blue Jackets with 31 assists and finished second to Nash with 53 points. Rookie Nikolai Zherdev also contributed a solid 34 points in 57 games. On defense, Anders Eriksson led the Jackets with 27 points, while Jaroslav Spacek contributed with 22 points in just 58 games. Jody Shelley provided the team toughness, earning a team-high 228 penalty minutes.

In goal, Marc Denis was the team's number one, playing a team-high 66 games, winning 21 of them, posting a team best 2.56 goals against average (GAA) and earning five shutouts.

The Blue Jackets would finish the season having tied the Dallas Stars for most times shut-out, with 11.^[3]

Schedule and results

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2003–04 regular season^[6]

October: 3–6–0–1 (home: 3–2–0–0; road: 0–4–0–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 9	Columbus Blue Jackets	1–2	Atlanta Thrashers	0–1–0–0	0	Recap
2	October 11	New York Rangers	0–5	Columbus Blue Jackets	1–1–0–0	2	Recap
3	October 13	Vancouver Canucks	2–3	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–1–0–0	4	Recap
4	October 16	Chicago Blackhawks	1–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–1–0–0	6	Recap
5	October 18	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–3	Nashville Predators	3–2–0–0	6	Recap
6	October 22	Columbus Blue Jackets	1–4	Detroit Red Wings	3–3–0–0	6	Recap
7	October 23	Tampa Bay Lightning	1–0	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–4–0–0	6	Recap
8	October 25	Dallas Stars	3–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–5–0–0	6	Recap
9	October 28	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–6	Vancouver Canucks	3–6–0–0	6	Recap
10	October 30	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–4	Edmonton Oilers	3–6–0–1	7	Recap

November: 4–6–3–0 (home: 4–2–2–0; road: 0–4–1–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts	Recap
11	November 1	Columbus Blue Jackets	0–3	Calgary Flames	3–7–0–1	7	Recap
12	November 7	Atlanta Thrashers	2–4	Columbus Blue Jackets	4–7–0–1	9	Recap
13	November 9	Calgary Flames	3–4	Columbus Blue Jackets	5–7–0–1	11	Recap
14	November 11	Columbus Blue Jackets	1–1	Montreal Canadiens	5–7–1–1	12	Recap
15	November 13	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–5	Ottawa Senators	5–8–1–1	12	Recap
16	November 14	Boston Bruins	4–0	Columbus Blue Jackets	5–9–1–1	12	Recap
17	November 16	Phoenix Coyotes	2–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	5–9–2–1	13	Recap
18	November 19	Columbus Blue Jackets	1–5	Detroit Red Wings	5–10–2–1	13	Recap
19	November 20	Detroit Red Wings	0–3	Columbus Blue Jackets	6–10–2–1	15	Recap
20	November 22	New York Islanders	1–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	7–10–2–1	17	Recap
21	November 25	Edmonton Oilers	3–3	Columbus Blue Jackets	7–10–3–1	18	Recap
22	November 26	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–4	Nashville Predators	7–11–3–1	18	Recap
23	November 29	Washington Capitals	5–3	Columbus Blue Jackets	7–12–3–1	18	Recap

December: 2–9–1–2 (home: 1–6–1–1; road: 1–3–0–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts	Recap
24	December 2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	1–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	8–12–3–1	20	Recap
25	December 4	Nashville Predators	4–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	8–13–3–1	20	Recap
26	December 6	Columbus Blue Jackets	1–5	Colorado Avalanche	8–14–3–1	20	Recap
27	December 10	Philadelphia Flyers	1–1	Columbus Blue Jackets	8–14–4–1	21	Recap
28	December 12	St. Louis Blues	3–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	8–14–4–2	22	Recap
29	December 13	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	8–15–4–2	22	Recap
30	December 16	Columbus Blue Jackets	1–2	St. Louis Blues	8–15–4–3	23	Recap
31	December 19	Calgary Flames	2–1	Columbus Blue Jackets	8–16–4–3	23	Recap
32	December 20	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–5	Minnesota Wild	8–17–4–3	23	Recap
33	December 23	Phoenix Coyotes	2–1	Columbus Blue Jackets	8–18–4–3	23	Recap
34	December 26	Columbus Blue Jackets	4–1	Chicago Blackhawks	9–18–4–3	25	Recap
35	December 27	Dallas Stars	4–3	Columbus Blue Jackets	9–19–4–3	25	Recap
36	December 29	St. Louis Blues	3–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	9–20–4–3	25	Recap
37	December 31	San Jose Sharks	1–0	Columbus Blue Jackets	9–21–4–3	25	Recap

January: 6–6–3–0 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 2–4–2–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts	Recap
38	January 2	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–0	Tampa Bay Lightning	10–21–4–3	27	Recap
39	January 3	Columbus Blue Jackets	0–1	Florida Panthers	10–22–4–3	27	Recap
40	January 6	Columbus Blue Jackets	0–6	Colorado Avalanche	10–23–4–3	27	Recap
41	January 8	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–2	San Jose Sharks	11–23–4–3	29	Recap
42	January 10	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–2	Los Angeles Kings	11–23–5–3	30	Recap
43	January 11	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	11–23–6–3	31	Recap
44	January 15	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–5	St. Louis Blues	11–24–6–3	31	Recap
45	January 16	Los Angeles Kings	2–3	Columbus Blue Jackets	12–24–6–3	33	Recap
46	January 18	Edmonton Oilers	4–4	Columbus Blue Jackets	12–24–7–3	34	Recap
47	January 21	St. Louis Blues	1–3	Columbus Blue Jackets	13–24–7–3	36	Recap
48	January 22	Columbus Blue Jackets	0–7	Chicago Blackhawks	13–25–7–3	36	Recap
49	January 24	Chicago Blackhawks	3–4	Columbus Blue Jackets	14–25–7–3	38	Recap
50	January 27	New Jersey Devils	4–3	Columbus Blue Jackets	14–26–7–3	38	Recap
51	January 29	Nashville Predators	6–4	Columbus Blue Jackets	14–27–7–3	38	Recap
52	January 31	Minnesota Wild	1–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	15–27–7–3	40	Recap

February: 4–7–1–1 (home: 3–1–0–1; road: 1–6–1–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts	Recap
53	February 2	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–3	Phoenix Coyotes	15–27–8–3	41	Recap
54	February 4	Columbus Blue Jackets	0–1	Dallas Stars	15–28–8–3	41	Recap
55	February 11	Los Angeles Kings	2–3	Columbus Blue Jackets	16–28–8–3	43	Recap
56	February 12	Columbus Blue Jackets	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	16–29–8–3	43	Recap
57	February 14	San Jose Sharks	2–1	Columbus Blue Jackets	16–29–8–4	44	Recap
58	February 16	Nashville Predators	2–4	Columbus Blue Jackets	17–29–8–4	46	Recap
59	February 18	Columbus Blue Jackets	1–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	17–30–8–4	46	Recap
60	February 20	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–3	Phoenix Coyotes	17–31–8–4	46	Recap
61	February 21	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–4	Los Angeles Kings	17–32–8–4	46	Recap
62	February 23	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–4	San Jose Sharks	17–33–8–4	46	Recap
63	February 25	Chicago Blackhawks	4–3	Columbus Blue Jackets	17–34–8–4	46	Recap
64	February 27	Columbus Blue Jackets	4–3	Chicago Blackhawks	18–34–8–4	48	Recap
65	February 28	Colorado Avalanche	4–5	Columbus Blue Jackets	19–34–8–4	50	Recap

March: 5–10–0–0 (home: 2–4–0–0; road: 3–6–0–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts	Recap
66	March 2	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–0	Carolina Hurricanes	20–34–8–4	52	Recap
67	March 3	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–4	Dallas Stars	20–35–8–4	52	Recap
68	March 6	Vancouver Canucks	4–0	Columbus Blue Jackets	20–36–8–4	52	Recap
69	March 8	Carolina Hurricanes	4–1	Columbus Blue Jackets	20–37–8–4	52	Recap
70	March 11	Detroit Red Wings	4–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	20–38–8–4	52	Recap
71	March 13	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–5	St. Louis Blues	20–39–8–4	52	Recap
72	March 14	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–3	Minnesota Wild	20–40–8–4	52	Recap
73	March 16	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–3	Edmonton Oilers	20–41–8–4	52	Recap
74	March 18	Columbus Blue Jackets	0–2	Calgary Flames	20–42–8–4	52	Recap
75	March 21	Columbus Blue Jackets	5–4	Vancouver Canucks	21–42–8–4	54	Recap
76	March 24	Minnesota Wild	0–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	22–42–8–4	56	Recap
77	March 26	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	1–3	Columbus Blue Jackets	23–42–8–4	58	Recap
78	March 27	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–2	Nashville Predators	24–42–8–4	60	Recap
79	March 29	Columbus Blue Jackets	0–6	Buffalo Sabres	24–43–8–4	60	Recap
80	March 31	Detroit Red Wings	3–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	24–44–8–4	60	Recap

April: 1–1–0–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 1–0–0–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts	Recap
81	April 2	Colorado Avalanche	4–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	24–45–8–4	60	Recap
82	April 3	Columbus Blue Jackets	4–1	Detroit Red Wings	25–45–8–4	62	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point)

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[7] Shared with Ilya Kovalchuk of the Atlanta Thrashers and Jarome Iginla of the Calgary Flames

[fn1-31] Club option for a second year.

[34] In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[31]

[36] Bicanek was inactive during the 2003–04 season.^[32]

[39] Schill retired.^[34]

[44] Columbus retained Manning’s NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.^[38]

[50] Knutsen signed with Valerenga on December 17.^[43]

[54] Columbus retained Walser’s NHL rights until trading them to the Carolina Hurricanes on July 30, 2005.^[46]

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		Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
30	Marc Denis	66	21	36	7	1970	162	2.56	.918	5	3796
40	Fred Brathwaite	21	4	11	1	574	59	3.37	.897	0	1050
31	Pascal Leclaire	2	0	2	0	69	7	3.53	.899	0	119

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy	Rick Nash^{[lower-alpha 1]}	^[7]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Rick Nash	^[8]
	NHL Offensive Player of the Week	David Vyborny (March 1)	^[9]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Nikolay Zherdev	^[10]
Team	Foundation Community Service Award	Luke Richardson	^[11]
	Three Stars Award	Rick Nash	^[11]

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2003	To Carolina Hurricanes 4th-round pick in 2004	To Columbus Blue Jackets 5th-round pick in 2003 6th-round pick in 2003	^[13]
June 22, 2003	To Los Angeles Kings 9th-round pick in 2004	To Columbus Blue Jackets 9th-round pick in 2003	^[13]
July 22, 2003	To Dallas Stars Mike Sillinger 2nd-round pick in 2004	To Columbus Blue Jackets Darryl Sydor	^[14]
October 3, 2003	To Boston Bruins Travis Green	To Columbus Blue Jackets 6th-round pick in 2004	^[15]
October 30, 2003	To Vancouver Canucks Sean Pronger	To Columbus Blue Jackets Zenith Komarniski	^[16]
December 31, 2003	To Atlanta Thrashers Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre	To Columbus Blue Jackets Future considerations	^[17]
January 23, 2004	To New York Rangers Jamie Pushor	To Columbus Blue Jackets 8th-round pick in 2004	^[18]
January 27, 2004	To Tampa Bay Lightning Darryl Sydor 4th-round pick in 2004	To Columbus Blue Jackets Alexander Svitov 3rd-round pick in 2004	^[19]
February 10, 2004	To Pittsburgh Penguins Pauli Levokari	To Columbus Blue Jackets Brendan Buckley	^[20]
March 9, 2004	To Pittsburgh Penguins Lasse Pirjeta	To Columbus Blue Jackets Brian Holzinger	^[21]
March 9, 2004	To Vancouver Canucks Geoff Sanderson	To Columbus Blue Jackets 3rd-round pick in 2004	^[22]

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 3, 2003 (2003-07-03)	Trevor Letowski	Vancouver Canucks	multi-year	Free agency	^[23]
July 3, 2003 (2003-07-03)	Todd Marchant	Edmonton Oilers	multi-year	Free agency	^[23]
July 15, 2003 (2003-07-15)	Mark Hartigan	Atlanta Thrashers	1-year	Free agency	^[24]
September 5, 2003 (2003-09-05)	Todd Rohloff	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	^[25]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)	Travis Green	Toronto Maple Leafs		Waiver draft	^[15]
October 10, 2003 (2003-10-10)	Anders Eriksson	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year	Free agency	^[26]
November 21, 2003 (2003-11-21)	Manny Malhotra	Dallas Stars		Waivers	^[27]
December 10, 2003 (2003-12-10)	Jamie Pushor	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[28]
April 12, 2004 (2004-04-12)	Prestin Ryan	University of Maine (HE)	1-year	Free agency	^[29]
April 19, 2004 (2004-04-19)	Brandon Sugden	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)	1-year^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Free agency	^[30]

Date	Player	New team	Via^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Ref
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	Radim Bicanek^{[lower-alpha 4]}		Contract expiration (UFA)	^[31]
	Jean-Francois Labbe	HC Lada Togliatti (RSL)	Free agency (VI)	^[33]
	Jonathan Schill^{[lower-alpha 5]}		Contract expiration (UFA)	^[31]
July 7, 2003 (2003-07-07)	Darren Van Impe	Hamburg Freezers (DEL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[35]
July 15, 2003 (2003-07-15)	Matt Davidson	Calgary Flames	Free agency (VI)	^[36]
July 29, 2003 (2003-07-29)	Ray Whitney	Detroit Red Wings	Free agency (III)	^[37]
August 9, 2003 (2003-08-09)	Paul Manning	Hamburg Freezers (DEL)	Free agency (II)^{[lower-alpha 6]}	^[39]
September 10, 2003 (2003-09-10)	Jamie Allison	Nashville Predators	Free agency (UFA)	^[40]
September 10, 2003 (2003-09-10)	Mathieu Darche	Nashville Predators	Free agency (VI)	^[40]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)	Petr Tenkrat	Toronto Maple Leafs	Waiver draft	^[15]
October 9, 2003 (2003-10-09)	Dan Watson	Providence Bruins (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[41]
October 10, 2003 (2003-10-10)	Blake Bellefeuille	Providence Bruins (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[42]
December 16, 2003 (2003-12-16)	Espen Knutsen	Valerenga (Norway)^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Buyout	^[44]
January 9, 2004 (2004-01-09)	Todd Rohloff	Washington Capitals	Waivers	^[45]
May 12, 2004 (2004-05-12)	Derrick Walser	Eisbaren Berlin (DEL)	Free agency^{[lower-alpha 8]}	^[47]

2003–04_Columbus_Blue_Jackets_season

2003–04 Columbus Blue Jackets season

Off-season

Regular season

Season standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

Notes

References

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No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	82	48	21	11	2	255	189	109
2	7	St. Louis Blues	82	39	30	11	2	191	198	91
3	8	Nashville Predators	82	38	29	11	4	216	217	91
4	14	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	25	45	8	4	177	238	62
5	15	Chicago Blackhawks	82	20	43	11	8	188	259	59

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P- Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	48	21	11	2	255	189	109
2	Y- San Jose Sharks	PA	82	43	21	12	6	255	183	104
3	Y- Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	43	24	10	5	235	194	101
4	X- Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	40	22	13	7	236	198	100
5	X- Dallas Stars	PA	82	41	26	13	2	194	175	97
6	X- Calgary Flames	NW	82	42	30	7	3	200	176	94
7	X- St. Louis Blues	CE	82	39	30	11	2	191	198	91
8	X- Nashville Predators	CE	82	38	29	11	4	216	217	91
8.5
9	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	36	29	12	5	221	208	89
10	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	30	29	20	3	188	183	83
11	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	28	29	16	9	205	217	81
12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PA	82	29	35	10	8	184	213	76
13	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	22	36	18	6	188	245	68
14	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	25	45	8	4	177	238	62
15	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	20	43	11	8	188	259	59

			Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
61	Rick Nash	LW	80	41	16	57	−35	87
9	David Vyborny	RW	82	22	31	53	−26	40
13	Nikolai Zherdev	RW	57	13	21	34	−11	54
26	Todd Marchant	C	77	9	25	34	−17	34
10	Trevor Letowski	RW	73	15	17	32	−12	16
8	Geoff Sanderson‡	LW	67	13	16	29	−9	34
2	Anders Eriksson†	D	66	7	20	27	−6	18
25	Andrew Cassels	C	58	6	20	26	−24	26
27	Manny Malhotra†	C	56	12	13	25	−5	24
3	Jaroslav Spacek	D	58	5	17	22	−13	45
28	Tyler Wright	C	68	9	9	18	−19	63
5	Darryl Sydor‡	D	49	2	13	15	−19	26
44	Rostislav Klesla	D	47	2	11	13	−16	27
20	Lasse Pirjeta‡	C	57	2	8	10	−6	20
23	Derrick Walser	D	27	1	8	9	−6	22
47	Aaron Johnson	D	29	2	6	8	−2	32
16	Alexander Svitov†	C	29	2	6	8	−8	16
15	Duvie Westcott	D	34	0	7	7	−15	39
45	Jody Shelley	LW	76	3	3	6	−10	228
22	Luke Richardson	D	64	1	5	6	−11	48
42	Mark Hartigan	C	9	1	3	4	−2	6
21	Espen Knutsen‡	C	14	0	4	4	−5	2
7	Scott Lachance	D	77	0	4	4	−23	44
46	Tim Jackman	RW	19	1	2	3	−7	16
17	David Ling	RW	50	1	2	3	−3	98
32	Kent McDonell	RW	29	1	2	3	−7	36
38	Andrej Nedorost	LW	9	2	0	2	0	6
41	Brad Moran	C	2	1	1	2	−1	2
30	Marc Denis	G	66	0	2	2		10
24	Todd Rohloff‡	D	24	0	2	2	−12	8
49	Dan Fritsche	C	19	1	0	1	−5	12
19	Brian Holzinger†	C	13	1	0	1	−4	2
36	Don MacLean	C	4	1	0	1	−1	0
33	Jeremy Reich	LW	9	0	1	1	−3	20
37	Darrel Scoville	D	8	0	1	1	−4	6
40	Fred Brathwaite	G	21	0	0	0		2
34	Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre‡	D	16	0	0	0	−3	12
18	Zenith Komarniski†	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
31	Pascal Leclaire	G	2	0	0	0		0
14	Greg Mauldin	C	6	0	0	0	−2	4
19	Joe Motzko	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0
39	Mike Pandolfo	LW	3	0	0	0	−2	0
6	Jamie Pushor†‡	D	7	0	0	0	−2	2

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 12, 2003 (2003-06-12)	Pauli Levokari	1-year^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Re-signing	^[48]
June 12, 2003 (2003-06-12)	Donald MacLean	1-year^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Re-signing	^[48]
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	Andrew Cassels	multi-year	Re-signing	^[49]
July 15, 2003 (2003-07-15)	Aleksandr Guskov	multi-year	Entry-level	^[24]
July 18, 2003 (2003-07-18)	Darrel Scoville		Re-signing	^[50]
July 18, 2003 (2003-07-18)	Derrick Walser		Re-signing	^[50]
July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24)	David Ling		Re-signing	^[51]
July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24)	Brad Moran		Re-signing	^[51]
August 13, 2003 (2003-08-13)	Kent McDonell		Re-signing	^[52]
August 13, 2003 (2003-08-13)	Jeremy Reich		Re-signing	^[52]
August 15, 2003 (2003-08-15)	Nikolay Zherdev	multi-year	Entry-level	^[53]
August 26, 2003 (2003-08-26)	Karl Goehring		Re-signing	^[54]
October 6, 2003 (2003-10-06)	Dan Fritsche	multi-year	Entry-level	^[55]
March 19, 2004 (2004-03-19)	Steven Goertzen	multi-year	Entry-level	^[56]
April 19, 2004 (2004-04-19)	Greg Mauldin	multi-year	Entry-level	^[30]
May 26, 2004 (2004-05-26)	Jody Shelley	2-year	Re-signing	^[57]
June 1, 2004 (2004-06-01)	Tim Konsorada	multi-year	Entry-level	^[58]
June 1, 2004 (2004-06-01)	Ole-Kristian Tollefsen	multi-year	Entry-level	^[58]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	4	Nikolai Zherdev	Russia	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
2	46	Dan Fritsche	United States	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
3	71	Dmitri Kosmachev	Russia	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
4	103	Kevin Jarman	Canada	Stouffville Spirit (OPJHL)
4	104	Philippe Dupuis	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
5	138	Arsi Piispanen	Finland	Jokerit (Finland)
6	168	Marc Methot	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
7	200	Alexander Guskov	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
8	233	Mathieu Gravel	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
9	283	Trevor Hendrikx	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)