Jarmo Kekalainen’s decade-plus-long tenure as the Columbus Blue Jackets general manager came to an end when the team parted ways with him last week. This comes in the middle of a season to forget for a Blue Jackets team that has a 16-26-10 record and is in last place in the Metropolitan Division. But, more
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Another game, another blown multi-goal lead. This time, the Blue Jackets saw a 3-0 third period lead disappear in under seven minutes. To their credit, the Blue Jackets were able to gather themselves enough to not allow another goal in the third period. That secured them at least a point. However, they never touched the
Yes, we’ve been here before. It almost seems like deja vu. It’s the middle of November and the Columbus Blue Jackets are in the cellar of the Eastern Conference. Adding a new head coach, two top-four defenders, and a shiny new third-overall draft pick have only been enough to get the team one single point
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
The Columbus Blue Jackets made major news as training camp week is about to start. They have made a coaching change. On Sunday afternoon, the Blue Jackets announced that “after much discussion and careful consideration”, the team and Mike Babcock together agreed to begin the process of stepping down effective immediately. In addition, the team
With just four days left until Round 1 of the 2023 NHL Draft, things are about to pick up in a major way around the league. Don’t let the calmness of the last few days fool you. There is a lot of talking going on behind the scenes. Whether it leads to anything significant remains
The Columbus Blue Jackets took care of another piece of business on Wednesday. One of their hard-working forwards was rewarded for his play. The Blue Jackets and forward Mathieu Olivier agreed to a two-year extension with an AAV of $1.1 million. He was set to become an RFA. The new deal buys one RFA year
The Columbus Blue Jackets completed a sign and trade with the New Jersey Devils on Friday. For a third-round pick in this year’s draft, the Blue Jackets acquired defenseman Damon Severson. He is now signed to an eight-year contract worth $50 million. After acquiring Ivan Provorov earlier in the week, the Blue Jackets have continued
The Columbus Blue Jackets now know where they are going to pick at the 2023 NHL Draft in Nashville. Thanks to the draft lottery, they will be at the mercy of the team directly in front of them. The Blue Jackets hold the third-overall pick. The Anaheim Ducks own the second-overall pick. Most of the
The offseason for the Columbus Blue Jackets is already well underway. On Wednesday, the team got some welcomed news about one of their young players. Alex Texier, who had been away from the Blue Jackets, is now back with the team after playing this season in Switzerland so he could be close to home and
One day after their season was over, the Columbus Blue Jackets jumped into offseason action. They decided to make a significant change in leadership. Head coach Brad Larsen was fired by the Blue Jackets after two seasons at the helm and over a decade within the organization. Finishing 31st in the NHL standings they way
Finally, the 2023 NHL Trade Deadline has come and gone. The Columbus Blue Jackets are ready to embark on the last 19 games of their regular season. The Blue Jackets enter Sunday in 32nd place in the NHL standings after a pair of losses Friday and Saturday. The Seattle Kraken won 4-2 on Friday thanks
With just 12 days remaining until the 2023 NHL Trade Deadline, the Columbus Blue Jackets are facing a major dilemma. What was once thought of as an easy decision suddenly is anything but. The team now has to decide how to handle the future of their goaltending. Explore everything hockey with THW’s Hockeypedia pages. Their
The Columbus Blue Jackets ended their three-game road trip with an afternoon affair in Boston. Despite hanging in the game until later in the third period, the result was the same as recent results. Bruins 4, Blue Jackets 2. The loss capped an 0-3-0 road trip that saw the Blue Jackets outscored 12-3 by the
Summer is finally in full swing. With that, most people around the hockey world are off on their vacations while enjoying the downtime that comes with the offseason. At the Hockey Writers, we write about hockey 12 months a year. In the spirit of that, we now begin our new series that will last until
The Columbus Blue Jackets are facing a critical offseason. If they hope to continue the momentum they’ve started with their reset, then they need to make all the right moves in July and moving forward. The action is starting to pick up with just one week left until the Upper Deck 2022 NHL Draft. Then
The end of one season and into another for the Columbus Blue Jackets. This should be a less busy offseason for general manager Jarmo Kekäläinen and his staff, but never count them out of the hustle and bustle of routine housekeeping transactions or even a sneaky big trade that seems to come out of nowhere.
Well, the day that hockey fans look forward to all season has come and gone. Trade deadline day is the key litmus test in setting the tone for the last quarter of the season, and this one was no different. For the Columbus Blue Jackets, it seems a “stay the course” mentality is in place.