Columbus fired head coach Dean Evason and assistant coach Steve McCarthy on Monday and hired veteran NHL coach Rick Bowness to head up the Blue Jackets.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have relieved head coach Dean Evason and assistant coach Steve McCarthy of their duties. In Evason’s place, the Blue Jackets have hired veteran head coach Rick Bowness, who last coached with the Winnipeg Jets in the 2023-24 season.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have just returned from a four-game West Coast road trip, their last western trip of the season, and it could not have been much worse.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
The Columbus Blue Jackets snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-2 overtime victory against the Utah Mammoth on Sunday at Delta Center. Dmitri Voronkov scored the game-winning goal on the power play at 1:01 of overtime, tipping a feed from Zach Werenski past Vitek Vanecek.
Dmitri Voronkov scored a power-play goal at 1:01 of overtime to lift the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets to a 3-2 win against the Utah Mammoth on Sunday.
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The vibes around the Columbus Blue Jackets went from very high to very low in the span of about 24 hours. They haven’t recovered since. Flash back to last Saturday for a moment.
The Colorado Avalanche capitalized on shaky goaltending to rout the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. They face another team with questions in net when they welcome the Columbus Blue Jackets to Denver on Saturday.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated defenseman Luca Marrelli off of injured reserve, and reassigned him to the club’s AHL affiliate, the Cleveland Monsters.
The Columbus Blue Jackets aren’t looking to start selling just yet, but if they do, the Edmonton Oilers might have their eye on someone Hello Hockey: David Pagnotta on the Hello Hockey show with Tom Gazzola and Shawn Belle, talking about the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed defenseman Dysin Mayo on waivers for the purpose of assignment to the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters, the club announced Wednesday afternoon.
Jack Johnson is hanging up his skates. The Columbus Blue Jackets veteran defenseman announced his retirement from the NHL after 19 seasons, bringing an end to a career that spanned 1,228 games and included a Stanley Cup championship.
Latvia unveiled its Olympic hockey roster for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, and the team will be anchored by Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Elvis Merzlikins.
According to NHL insider Pierre LeBrun, “The Blue Jackets are finalizing a trade involving Igor Chinakov [Yegor Chinakhov]. Columbus is getting draft picks back.” The news comes after months of uncertainty surrounding the unhappy forward, who had asked for a trade earlier this season.