It’s remarkable to think that the last time NHLers went to the Olympics in 2014, current-day stars like Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews and Jack Eichel hadn’t even arrived in the NHL yet.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have promoted former players and current executives Rick Nash and Chris Clark to new roles in their hockey operations department, the club announced Tuesday.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have promoted Chris Clark to assistant general manager and Rick Nash to director of player personnel/development, club President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Don Waddell announced Tuesday.
Blue Jackets’ legend Rick Nash is on the fast track in front office circles. He hopes to one day become a general manager in the National Hockey League.
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.
What makes an Olympic hockey career special? When tasked with creating Daily Faceoff’s top-25 list of the greatest Olympians of the NHL era, an endless sea of questions immediately flooded the canvas… What’s the right balance of individual play versus team results in international action?
In continuing the unveiling of quarter-century teams, the Columbus Blue Jackets were next on the docket Thursday, as the NHL revealed its selection of the top players who have competed for the Ohio club over the past 25 years.
The Columbus Blue Jackets began an organizational facelift during the winter of last season when they relieved general manager Jarmo Kekalainen from his duties.
The Columbus Blue Jackets are promoting the best player in their history to a new role in time for the 2024-25 NHL season. Rick Nash, who was selected with the first overall pick in the 2002 NHL Draft by the Blue Jackets and set several team scoring records as captain during his playing days, has been named the new president of hockey operations.
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.
On Friday, Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Don Waddell announced the team has promoted former NHLer Rick Nash to become the director of hockey operations.
The Blue Jackets organization is still relatively young. Barely two years older than me, who was born in 2002, Columbus has been a Bettman Circuit club since 2000.
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.
There are just 22 days left in the National Hockey League regular season. With that being said, there’s a ton of notes from around the league, including an unstoppable team, a close playoff race in the east, and a young player coming into his own.
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