Blue Jackets Recall Dysin Mayo On Emergency Basis

The Columbus Blue Jackets announced that they’ve recalled defenseman Dysin Mayo on an emergency basis. It’s the fourth time that Mayo has been recalled this season.

Unfortunately, the emergency recall indicates that the Blue Jackets have fallen below the threshold of having six healthy defensemen on the active roster. Veterans Erik Gudbranson and Brendan Smith are already on the injured reserve, meaning an additional injury has happened.

Earlier today, team reporter Jeff Svoboda shared that blue liner Denton Mateychuk is visiting with a doctor to get a second opinion on the upper-body injury that he sustained in Sunday’s contest against the Utah Mammoth. Mayo’s recall indicates that Mateychuk has been ruled out for tonight’s contest.

Mayo, 29, is in his first year with the Blue Jackets, much of which has been spent with the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters. Throughout that duration, he has scored two goals and seven points in 21 games with a -2 rating. It’s a similar production to what he showed last season with the AHL’s Henderson Silver Knights, where Mayo scored eight goals and 19 points in 58 contests.

Meanwhile, although it’s expected to be a short-term absence, missing Mateychuk for any duration will certainly hurt Columbus’s chance of winning. The former 12th overall pick of the 2022 NHL Draft is in his first full year with the team, scoring eight goals and 21 points in 44 games, averaging more than 20 minutes of ice time per game.