Should He Stay Or Should He Go?

With much of the free agency dust settled around the Blue Jackets and the rest of the NHL, by reader request, we'll take a look today at how our "Should He Stay or Should He Go" votes worked out compared to the results in the first week of July. Forwards:

Ben Guite (photo courtesy of Bridget Samuels via bridgetds) Name: Ben Guite Position: Center Status: UFA 2010-2011 Salary / Cap Hit: $575K (NHL), $75K (AHL) / $575,000 Last 3 Years Stats: Year GP G A PTS +/- PIM 2010-11 72 17 30 47 +12 91 2009-10 64 8 13 21 +3

Name: Anton Stralman Position:  Defenseman Status:  Restricted Free Agent 2010-2011 Salary/Cap Hit:  $1,950,000 / $1,950,000 Last Three Years' Stats: GP G A PTS +/- PIM 51 1 17 18 -11 22 73 6 28 34 -17 37 38 1 12 13 -2 20 When he was

Name: Sami Lepisto Position: Defense Status: RFA 2010-2011 Salary/Cap Hit: $800,000 / $800,000 Qualifying Offer: $840,000 Last Three Years' Stats: Year GP G A PTS +/- PIM '10-'11 70 4 12 16 +10 55 '09-'10 66 1 10 11 +14 60 '08-'09 7 0 4 4 -3

Name: Kyle Wilson Position: Center Status: UFA 2010-2011 Salary/Cap Hit: $0.6 million / $0.6 million Last Three Years' AHL Stats: Year GP G A PTS +/- PIM '10-'11 23 12 12 24 -4 2 '09-'10 77 24 29 53 +17 23 '08-'09 80 28 30 58 +13 31

Name: Nick Holden Position: Defense Status: RFA 2010-2011 Salary / Cap Hit: $875K (NHL), $65K (AHL) / $941,667 Last 3 Years AHL Stats: Year GP G A PTS +/- PIM 2010-11 67 4 21 25 +2 63 2009-10 68 6 17 23 -9 52 2008-09 61 4 18 22 -11 46

Name: Andrew Murray Position:  C / LW Status:  Unrestricted Free Agent 2010-2011 Salary/Cap Hit: $625,000 / $625,000 Last Three Years' Stats: GP G A PTS +/- PIM 67 8 3 11 -6 10 46 5 2 7 -6 6 29 4 4 8 +2 4 Andrew Murray is one

Name: Marc Methot Position: Defense Status: RFA 2010-2011 Salary/Cap Hit: $1.05 million / $1.0125 million Qualifying Offer: $1.05 million Last Three Years' Stats: Year GP G A PTS +/- PIM '10-'11 74 0 15 15 +2 58 '09-'10 60 2 6 8 -8 51 '08-'09 66 4

Name: Jakub Voracek Position: Winger Status: RFA 2010-2011 Salary/Cap Hit: $1.213 million / $1.271 million Last Three Years' Stats: Year GP G A PTS +/- PIM '10-'11 80 14 32 46 -3 26 '09-'10 81 16 34 50 -7 26 '08-'09 80 9 29 38 +11 44 Jakub

Name: Mathieu Garon Position: Goaltender Status: UFA 2010-2011 Salary / Cap Hit: $1.2 Million / $1.2 Million Last 3 Years Stats: Year GP W L OTL GAA SV % 2010-11 36 10 14 6 2.72 .901 2009-10 35 12 9 6 2.81 .903 2008-09 19 8 9 0 3.