Lukas Sedlak

An unheralded sixth-round pick in the 2011 draft, Sedlak has beaten the odds to carve out an NHL job for himself, albeit only as a fourth-line grinder. The 25-year-old hasn't shown enough offensively to justify a rise up the depth chart, and as the Blue Jackets' front office demonstrated at the trade deadline last year by bringing back Mark Letestu, the team is looking to upgrade its bottom six, so Sedlak could spend another season bouncing between the lineup and the press box.