- Blue Jackets signed forward Luke Tuch to a two-year, two-way contract
- Tuch, 24, is the younger brother of Capitals winger Alex Tuch
- Read below for the trade that brought him to Columbus and where he lands next season
Luke Tuch has a new home in Columbus.
The Blue Jackets signed the 24-year-old forward to a two-year, two-way contract on Wednesday. Columbus picked him up from Montreal last month, sending undrafted forward Hunter McKown the other way.
Here’s the team making it official:
His new contract pays Tuch $850,000 at the NHL level in the first year and $900,000 in the second, with AHL salaries of $100,000 and $110,000. It’s a low-risk swing on a former second-round pick who needed a change of scenery.
Luke is the younger brother of Alex Tuch, the winger who landed an eight-year extension with Washington this summer. The two took different college routes. Alex went to Boston College. Luke committed to rival Boston University after Montreal drafted him 47th overall in 2020.
Tuch’s best season came in 2023-24, when he put up 10 goals and 30 points in 39 games for the Terriers. He skated on a line with Macklin Celebrini that year, which never hurts a résumé.
Those college numbers haven’t carried over to the pros. Tuch has 15 goals and 28 points in 114 games with the AHL’s Laval Rocket, and his production stalled enough that Montreal moved on.
A fresh organization gives him a reset. Tuch projects to spend most of 2026-27 with the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters, where he’ll try to work his way into Columbus’s forward mix.
Columbus has been stacking organizational depth this offseason, from goalie prospect Sergei Ivanov to this reclamation bet on Tuch. If the Celebrini-line flashes ever translate to the AHL, the Blue Jackets got themselves a bargain.
