Blue Jackets Fire Head Coach Pascal Vincent Nicholas Arnold | June 17, 2024 The Columbus Blue Jackets have announced that they’ve relieved their head coach Pascal Vincent of his duties. The news reported by Elliotte Freidman of Sportsnet. In a press release, Blue…
Blue Jackets’ Don Waddell’s Best Moves as a GM Nicholas Arnold | June 8, 2024 The Columbus Blue Jackets have their new general manager (GM). Don Waddell has almost 40 years of experience managing hockey teams in various leagues. He’s been in the NHL since…
Blue Jackets Name Don Waddell GM & President of Hockey Operations Michael Ostrower | May 28, 2024 The Columbus Blue Jackets have named Don Waddell as the club’s president of hockey operations, general manager, and alternate governor. The deal is a multi-year contract that moves interim general…
Don Waddell Blue Jackets’ Top GM Candidate, Reports Insider Nicholas Arnold | May 25, 2024 The Columbus Blue Jackets’ search for their next general manager (GM) could be over. Pierre Lebrun of TSN and The Athletic reports that Don Waddell is the Blue Jackets’ top…
Blue Jackets Wise to Take Slow Approach on GM Hire Mark Scheig | May 16, 2024 Since the end of the regular season, news on the ongoing Blue Jackets’ general-manager search has been few and far between. With John Davidson saying the search would not be…
Mike Babcock Will Benefit From NCAA Coaching Detour Mikhail Bryan | July 21, 2023 It’s a well-known reality that Mike Babcock’s time in Toronto came to an abrupt, fiery ending. Media reports about his treatment of certain players were not flattering, to say the…
Blue Jackets’ Jarmo Kekalainen Still Right Man for the Job William Espy | May 9, 2023 The Columbus Blue Jackets find themselves in a difficult situation. Despite a star signing in the form of Johnny Gaudreau during the offseason, they performed worse in the 2022-23 season…
Blue Jackets Management Under Deadline Microscope Mark Scheig | February 23, 2018 The Columbus Blue Jackets lost to the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 on Thursday night. Even despite the loss, the Blue Jackets stay in a playoff spot. They are tied in the…
Blue Jackets’ Davidson, Kekalainen and Zito Receive Extensions: Report Steven DiOssi | September 6, 2016 The Columbus Blue Jackets have re-signed president of hockey operations, John Davidson, GM Jarmo Kekalainen and assistant GM Bill Zito each to two-year contract extensions, according to a report by The…
London Knights’ GM Basil McRae Steps Down Andrew Forbes | July 6, 2016 One of the more elite teams in the Ontario Hockey League, it looks as though the London Knights have produced yet another NHL product. Only this time, it’s not a…
Quiet Deadline Leads To New Contract For Boone Jenner Mark Scheig | February 29, 2016 Monday started with high hopes of potential moves getting done. Instead, it ended with a core member of the Blue Jackets receiving a new contract. The NHL trade deadline came and went…
Jarmo Kekalainen Speaks Mark Scheig | January 23, 2016 Even he hasn’t seen anything like this before. Blue Jackets GM Jarmo Kekalainen thought he had seen everything last season in the midst of a season that saw the team…