As free agent frenzy rolls on throughout the NHL on Wednesday, the Philadelphia Flyers are on the board again with another signing. According to his agent
Zach Aston-Reese found himself in an unfamiliar spot at the end of January while playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets. With both Denton Mateychuk and Miles Wood ready to return from injuries, the team needed to make room on the roster.
The Blue Jackets have reassigned forwards Zach Aston-Reese and Luca Del Bel Belluz to AHL Cleveland, per a team announcement. While Columbus isn’t a part of the postseason picture, their minor-league feeder is, so the duo will be able to get some playoff action in after all.
The Blue Jackets have recalled forward Zach Aston-Reese from the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters under emergency conditions, the team announced Wednesday. Aston-Reese, 31, spent the first several months of the season on the active roster before clearing waivers in January.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
The Blue Jackets have placed forwards Zach Aston-Reese and Brendan Gaunce on waivers, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports. The open roster spots will allow Columbus to activate defenseman Denton Mateychuk from injured reserve before tomorrow’s game, as expected.
To all but the most niche of groups (shout out to the Jersey Nerds), Zach Aston-Reese isn’t even a blip on the radar. He’s been on six teams in eight seasons, including stints of 17 games with Anaheim, three with Detroit, and zero with Vegas (the Jackets claimed him off waivers before he could dress for the Golden Knights this season).
2 3 2 7 1 2 0 3 CBJ GOALS: Monahan (P1, 6:35) Aston-Reese (P2, 4:16) Jenner (P2, 7:56) The Colorado Avalanche scored five unanswered goals Thursday night in a 7-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets, putting a serious dent in Columbus' playoff hopes and calling the team's defense and goaltending into question.
It doesn’t get much bigger than Saturday night at Nationwide Arena. The winner of the game between the New York Rangers and Columbus Blue Jackets will own the second wildcard spot in the Eastern Conference.
It is the middle of January, and the Columbus Blue Jackets hold a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. If that’s not the best storyline of the NHL season to date, we’re not sure what is.
The Columbus Blue Jackets announced Monday that they have signed Zach Aston-Reese to a one-year contract extension worth $775,00. Columbus originally claimed Aston-Reese off waivers from the Vegas Golden Knights back in October.
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.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have been one of the best surprises of the 2024-25 NHL season and currently hold a spot in the Eastern Conference playoff picture.
With the Golden Knights’ preseason having come to a close, let’s take a look at five standouts from Vegas’s exhibition play. At long last, the NHL offseason is over.
The Detroit Red Wings announced Friday morning that they assigned forward Zach Aston-Reese to their American Hockey League affiliate the Grand Rapids Griffins.