The Columbus Blue Jackets will discover their draft lottery fate tomorrow evening. What we know: the Blue Jackets will pick somewhere between first and sixth, and they have nearly a 2/3 chance of picking fifth or sixth and only a 9.5% chance of picking first.
Will 2024 finally be the year for the Columbus Blue Jackets and success at the NHL Draft Lottery? On Tuesday, we will find out officially where the team will pick at the 2024 NHL Draft.
Three teams have fallen for the center's combination of size (6-foot-4, 225 pounds) and all-around skill. All three have all wound up regretting it.
After a tough 2022-23 season, there was supposed to be some reason for optimism for the Blue Jackets this year. However, things did not turn out well.
Welcome to the first Saturday of May 2024. Spring is in full bloom. The NHL Playoffs are about to wrap the first round up. And news around the Columbus Blue Jackets will slowly start to gain speed again.
This is part four of the Columbus Blue Jackets Season Grades series. Previously, Johnny Gaudreau, Zach Werenski, and Kirill Marchenko were graded. This time it’s Captain Boone Jenner‘s turn.
”Oh no, MrSwift is writing the Boone Jenner player review, I’m sure he’s going to dump all over him!” I can hear it now. But I promise you, I do not come here to dunk on Boone Jenner or inflame arguments about how he played, what he did, what his role should be on a successful team, etc.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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