The Columbus Blue Jackets will have another body on their blueline, at least for training camp, as they’ve announced that they’ve signed defenseman Carson Soucy to a professional tryout contract.
On Sept. 13, the Columbus Blue Jackets signed defenseman Carson Soucy to a professional tryout agreement (PTO). Soucy is a 31-year-old defenseman who has been around the NHL for a while.
This afternoon the Columbus Blue Jackets announced that they’ve brought in defenseman Carson Soucy on a professional tryout agreement. The 32-year-old lefty spent last season in New York, starting on Broadway with the Rangers where he skated in 46 games.
With the prospects tournament under way in Detroit, it's almost time for Blue Jackets training camp. Main camp begins on Wednesday with physicals and media availability.
In a very similar fashion to the deal that brought Valeri Nichushkin to Columbus from Colorado just a few short months ago, the Blue Jackets took an offseason swing in June of last year when they sent Gavin Brindley and a pair of picks to the Avalanche for Charlie Coyle, along with Miles Wood.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
In Part 1 of our conversation with Columbus Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell, we talked everything from last season’s frustrations to several key changes within the team.
With a couple of additions and subtractions from the forward group, and the backup goalie job behind Jet Greaves looking somewhat uncertain, it's nice to have some consistency on the back end, which will be the case as there have been no changes to the defensive group so far.
Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell has had a very eventful last 12 months. He saw his team plummet to last place in the Eastern Conference forcing him to make a coaching change.
As the Columbus Blue Jackets head into the 2026-27 season with mostly the same roster as last year, expectations for their stars to break out are even higher.
It's safe to say that last year was Damon Severson's best as a Blue Jacket, scoring the most points in a season since the sign-and-trade that brought him to Columbus three years ago.
Popular opinion suggests the Montreal Canadiens would be the frontrunners in a trade involving Kirill Marchenko. While the Columbus Blue Jackets haven’t elected to shop the winger or decided to trade him, GM Don Waddell did admit that he’s listening to any GM who comes to him with a solid trade idea.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
Mark Scheig of The Hockey News: Columbus Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell said that talks with Adam Fantilli‘s agent continue, and that he’s 100% certain they’ll get a deal done.
With the Montreal Canadiens reportedly being one of the most aggressive NHL Trade suitors for Kirill Marchenko, what could a good trade for both teams look like?
The Blue Jackets announced the roster that they will take to Detroit this weekend, where they will participate in the annual prospects tournament. Their roster is lacking most of the big name prospects at the top of the organizational rankings, but it is loaded with grit and experience.
With Boone Jenner moving on to the Washington Capitals, the Columbus Blue Jackets are without a captain one week before they hit the ice for training camp.
The National Hockey League’s new collective bargaining agreement goes into effect Sept. 16, which means teams only have a few days left to re-sign a player to an eight-year contract extension before the maximum term you can extend someone drops to seven.
After a summer full of trade speculation, Zach Werenski is still a Columbus Blue Jacket, for now at least. Many around the hockey world believe the Werenski trade talk will reemerge sooner rather than later, especially if the Columbus Blue Jackets aren’t competing for a playoff spot.
Out of the many reasons the Blue Jackets has a skid to end the 2025-26 campaign, one of the more glaring was the absence of the Blue Jackets' heavy hitter, Mathieu Olivier.
On the Wednesday edition of The Eye Test Podcast, Columbus Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell made it clear what type of package he expects for Blue Jackets winger – and reported Montreal Canadiens trade target – Kirill Marchenko on the NHL Trade market.
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