David Jiricek was traded to the Minnesota Wild by the Columbus Blue Jackets for Daemon Hunt and four draft picks. Columbus received a first-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, third and fourth-round picks in the 2026 NHL Draft and a second-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft. The Blue Jackets were looking ahead, and
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The Minnesota Wild and Nashville Predators met on Saturday evening, Nov. 30, to officially end the month. The Wild’s lineup remained the same as their previous afternoon match-up against the Chicago Blackhawks, except Filip Gustavsson took over in net. Both teams also made trades before game time, with the Predators sending goaltender Scott Wedgewood to
What started as a seemingly business as usual Wednesday turned into an action-packed day in news for the Columbus Blue Jackets. One part was expected. The other part not as much. Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell spoke to the media on Wednesday morning at Nationwide Arena. Usually when the team calls for a press conference
The Nashville Predators were hoping to get defenseman Dante Fabbro to the AHL. The fact that he wasn’t playing much plus his $2.5 million cap hit would likely scare many teams off from claiming him on waivers. Sometimes, things don’t go according to plan. Thanks to the Columbus Blue Jackets, Fabbro didn’t make it to
Training camp has come and gone for the Columbus Blue Jackets. They now turn their attention to the regular season which starts on Thursday night in Minnesota. The time has come for us to empty out our Blue Jackets’ Training Camp notebook. From storylines to questions answered, from quotes to other tidbits, you will see
The Columbus Blue Jackets have officially kicked off Training Camp. Two groups of players practiced at the Ice Haus Thursday for a little over an hour each. This marked the first organized on-ice activity for the team since the passing of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau. While emotions are still very high, just being able to
Just five games into the 2023-24 season, the Columbus Blue Jackets look dramatically different than they did all of last season. While it’s still early, it’s easy to see why. The Blue Jackets did earn their third win of the season Saturday night against the Minnesota Wild 5-4 in overtime. It marked the first time
Not much went right for the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday night against the Detroit Red Wings. They couldn’t score any goals. They made costly mistakes that gave the Red Wings all the momentum they needed. It got so bad that head coach Pascal Vincent benched defenseman Damon Severson (and his new 8-year, $50 contract)
Welcome to the last Blue Jackets News & Rumors for the month of September. Training camp is well underway. More importantly, we have actual hockey games to discuss and recap. The Blue Jackets opened their preseason with a pair of split-squad games against the Pittsburgh Penguins. We will talk game takeaways from each and then
The 2023 IIHF Under-20 World Junior Championship is fast approaching, and this is something that can be rejoiced by hockey fans across the globe. The tournament, which is set to take place between Dec. 26 and Jan. 5 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Moncton, New Brunswick, will feature the best U20 players from ten of
The Vancouver Canucks wanted to get off to a good start in 2022-23 and avoid the drama and turmoil of last season. Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened and they are on pace to post an even worse record by the time Dec. 6 (the date Travis Green was fired) rolls around. Currently 5-9-3 and two points
Welcome to our daily rumours article brought to you by NHL Lines site Betway Sportsnet: Aaron Portzline on The Jeff Marek Show talking about the Columbus Blue Jackets. Marek: “Let me ask you about Jakob Chychrun. No secret he’s available. We’ve been following this story for a year now. The teams that pop up mostly,