3 Blue Jackets’ Goals for the 2024 NHL Trade Deadline Nicholas Arnold | February 21, 2024 We are about two weeks away from the NHL trade deadline, on Mar. 8, and so it’s time to start looking ahead at some goals for teams across the league.…
Blue Jackets Need Clear Development Plan for David Jiricek Mark Scheig | January 25, 2024 The Columbus Blue Jackets will clearly not make the playoffs this season. But what’s less clear is what they’re doing with one of their top prospects. Defenseman David Jiricek finds…
Blue Jackets’ Peeke Handling Tough Season with Class Mark Scheig | January 14, 2024 NHL players have one common theme within their DNA. That is their desire to play games. Any time a player has to sit due to injury or healthy scratch, it’s…
3 Defensive Trade Targets for the Canucks Not Named Ethan Bear Matthew Zator | December 11, 2023 Even after acquiring Nikita Zadorov from the Calgary Flames, the Vancouver Canucks are still in the market for another defenceman to shore up their blue line. Ethan Bear was the…
Blue Jackets Put on Notice About Upcoming Ice Time Mark Scheig | October 28, 2023 The Columbus Blue Jackets enter Saturday’s game against the New York Islanders relatively healthy. The only exception to that is Patrik Laine, who is still on injured reserve and will…
Blue Jackets News & Rumors: Laine, Fantilli, Foudy & More Mark Scheig | October 23, 2023 The Columbus Blue Jackets have done something they haven’t done since March 2022. With their 3-2-0 record to start the 2023-24 season, they have more wins than losses in their…
Blue Jackets Jiricek Making Strong Case to Stay in NHL Mark Scheig | October 19, 2023 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…
Blue Jackets Adding Garland Would Only Create Another Problem William Espy | October 15, 2023 The Columbus Blue Jackets were linked to Vancouver Canucks forward Conor Garland by Elliotte Friedman on Hockey Night in Canada. Although on paper it would seem to make sense, as…
Blue Jackets’ 3 Most Tradeable Defensemen Nicholas Arnold | July 31, 2023 The Columbus Blue Jackets have a rare problem: they have too many NHL defenders in their organization. It was the opposite problem for general manager Jarmo Kekalainen last season as…
Insider Says Blue Jackets’ Peeke Generating Trade Interest Mark Scheig | June 20, 2023 The Columbus Blue Jackets wasted no time in addressing their blue line this offseason with the additions of Ivan Provorov and Damon Severson. But now another defenseman seems to be…
Canucks’ 2023 Offseason Trade Targets: Columbus Blue Jackets Matthew Zator | June 13, 2023 The Vancouver Canucks need right-handed defencemen, both at the NHL level and in their prospect pool. While Filip Hronek was added from the Detroit Red Wings at the 2023 Trade…
Oilers Can Take Advantage of Blue Jackets’ Defensive Logjam Rob Couch | June 10, 2023 It was always a stretch to think that the Edmonton Oilers were going to go out and add another big-time defenceman after Mattias Ekholm was added at the trade deadline,…