Steven Stamkos may have played his final game as a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning. And if the pending UFA does choose to test free agency, the Columbus Blue Jackets should do everything in their power to court the 34-year-old center.
You would be hard-pressed to find a harder worker on the Blue Jackets than Justin Danforth. He’s relentless in all three zones and puts 110% effort into whatever he’s asked to do.
The fortunes of the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2024 NHL Draft will soon be decided. The league announced that the 2024 NHL Draft Lottery will take place Tuesday, May 7th and air on ESPN. A time has not yet been determined as it depends on the progression of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Full disclosure: among the staff here at The Cannon, there aren’t fans of Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Erik Gudbranson. We were universally opposed to his signing two years ago, and the results since then haven’t changed our mind.
Now that the 2023-24 NHL regular season has come to an end, it's a fair time to perform a post-mortem on the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Blue Jackets finished 31st of 32 teams in power play opportunities, generating just 212 chances in 82 games.
The Columbus Blue Jackets are in the midst of one of their most important decisions in franchise history. Who will they eventually hire as their next general manager?
The Columbus Blue Jackets’ regular season has been over now coming up on a couple of weeks now. But meaningful hockey within their organization is about to ramp back up.
Six months after going public with the information that he was in kidney failure, longtime Columbus Blue Jackets reporter Aaron Portzline is set to receive a…
Despite some preseason expectations that the Columbus Blue Jackets could potentially compete for an Eastern Conference playoff spot in 2023-24, it was instead another abysmal campaign in Ohio.
First, the good news: for the second season in a row since signing with the Columbus Blue Jackets, Johnny Gaudreau led the team in scoring. That’s what you want from your highest-paid player, right?
The Columbus Blue Jackets could conceivably head into the 2024-25 NHL season with the following wingers: Johnny Gaudreau, Kent Johnson, Gavin Brindley, and Justin Danforth.
It was nothing short of another struggling season for the Columbus Blue Jackets, who found themselves embroiled in controversy before the 2023-24 campaign even began thanks to the botched hiring of Mike Babcock.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed prospect Luca Pinelli to a three-year, entry-level contract. According to CapFriendly, the average annual value is $878,333.
A former NHL All-Star has announced his retirement.
For part three of this series, Columbus Blue Jacket’s forward Kirill Marchenko gets his grade on his 2023-24 season performance. In the first two parts, I graded Johnny Gaudreau and Zach Werenski.
The Columbus Blue Jackets need a major shake up. What that shake up needs to be exactly is yet to be determined. But securing only 59 and 66 points in consecutive seasons is nowhere near good enough even if the team feels progress has been made.
It was an action-packed night for this season’s final game for the Blue Jackets at home against the Carolina Hurricanes. Luca Del Belluz and Gavin Brindley both made their NHL debuts.
Zach Werenski scored twice and added two assists as the Columbus Blue Jackets doubled up the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 on Tuesday night. Luca Del Bel Belluz, James Malatesta, Johnny Gaudreau and Alex Nylander also scored for the Blue Jackets (27-43-12, 66 points), who wrapped up their season by snapping a four-game losing streak.
The Blue Jackets have signed forward prospect Gavin Brindley to his entry-level contract.
The season is nearing its end and it’s time to look back and see how well some players have done this year (or how bad). This will be a series where I grade players from the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Rick Nash’s phone beckons to him. He can’t wait to pick it up and start making calls. But he won’t. Not yet. The man has a code. At 39, he’s preparing to embark on one of the most exciting journeys of his post-playing career.
Columbus Blue Jackets winger Kirill Marchenko got creative against the New York Islanders on Thursday.
Columbus Blue Jackets captain Boone Jenner and his wife, Maggie, on Wednesday announced their son was stillborn. "We are at a loss for words. A pain like no other.
If he is unable to return for Columbus this season, he will finish the year with 12 goals and 27 points in 49 games for the Blue Jackets.
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