Columbus Blue Jackets (2024)

The Cleveland Monsters could have very easily lost Game 3 of their series against the Belleville Senators on Wednesday night. They endured long stretches of play when the Senators dominated the puck. In the end, the Monsters found a way to win deep into the night. Owen Sillinger scored the game-winning goal in double overtime to lift the Monsters to a dramatic 3-2 win in front of 12,659 fans at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. This was the largest crowd to see a game in the Calder Cup playoffs since the Monsters Game 4 win in the 2016 Finals. The story of…

The Columbus Blue Jackets were hoping to get lucky once and for all at the 2024 NHL Draft Lottery. While they didn’t win the ultimate prize, they didn’t lose any ground either. The Blue Jackets held their ground and will pick fourth overall at the 2024 NHL Draft in Las Vegas. Given the early perception of what this draft class looks like at the top, the Blue Jackets are primed to vastly improve their already deep prospect pool. They can go in any number of directions. Recap of Lottery This Draft Lottery was the first since 2010 in which no…

The ping pong balls have spoken. The lineup for the first half of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft is officially set. For the first time since the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, the draft lottery did not create a change in the order of selection. With the San Jose Sharks winning first and the Chicago Blackhawks winning second in the 2024 NHL Draft Lottery, the Columbus Blue Jackets will be standing pat and picking fourth overall. This is the fourth time that the Blue Jackets will be picking fourth in the draft. The last time they did so was in 2010…

From Philadelphia to Los Angeles, Jeff Carter’s had a quietly successful career at the NHL level. He broke into the league at the age of 21 with the Philadelphia Flyers who drafted him 11th overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. Carter spent six seasons with the Flyers following his…

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. To say the Blue Jackets have had awful luck at the Draft Lottery would be…

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. The GM search remains the hot topic around the Blue Jackets. Are…

While the playoffs rage on, the season has ended for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Excluded from the tournament for the fourth straight season, there is a lot on the team’s ‘to-do’ list over the next few months. Hiring a new general manager (GM), making decisions on almost 20 expiring contracts,…

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? With the regular season over, the Blue Jackets have begun their process of determining which candidates to interview. They will likely have…

The Columbus Blue Jackets’ regular season has been over now coming up on a couple of weeks now. But meaningful hockey within their organization is about to ramp back up. The Cleveland Monsters are still waiting to find out who their opponent will be in the second round of the…

A veteran of 1,058 NHL games, Jakub Voracek announced his retirement at the age of 34. The Czech winger had 223 goals and 583 assists for 806 points. At his best, Voracek was one of the best players in the NHL. What did he do in his career, and why…

The Columbus Blue Jackets need a major shake up. What that shake up needs to be exactly is yet to be determined. But securing only 59 and 66 points in consecutive seasons is nowhere near good enough even if the team feels progress has been made. Welcome to our 2023-24…

The Columbus Blue Jackets held their end of season media availability on Wednesday at Nationwide Arena. A total of 16 players and head coach Pascal Vincent took to the podium to address their thoughts going into an offseason full of intrigue with the possibility of many changes coming. We will…

That didn’t take long. Luca Del Bel Belluz scored his first NHL goal, on his first NHL shot no less, in Tuesday night’s (April 16) game against the Ottawa Senators. The Blue Jackets added Del Bel Belluz to the club’s roster on emergency recall from the Cleveland Monsters of the…

The Carolina Hurricanes take on the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight at the Nationwide Arena. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. HURRICANES(52-22-7) atBLUE JACKETS(26-43-12) 7 p.m. ET; BSSO, BSOH Hurricanes projected lineup Teuvo Teravainen — Jack Drury — Martin Necas Bradly Nadeau —…

Welcome to Game 82. For the Columbus Blue Jackets, it means the end of their 2023-24 season. It also means starting to look forward to better days after a tough season for many. As for the game itself against the Carolina Hurricanes, it means absolutely nothing in the standings. The…

Ahead of their final game in the regular season, the Columbus Blue Jackets have announced they’ve signed one of their top prospects, Gavin Brindley to a three-year entry-level contract. Brindley was drafted in the second round of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, 34th overall, out of the University of Michigan…

We are just around the corner from the final game of the 2023-24 season for the Columbus Blue Jackets. There’s been a lot of drama this season from the Mike Babco*ck debacle to the yo-yoing of David Jiricek between the NHL and the American Hockey League (AHL), the firing of…

The Columbus Blue Jackets are done to their final game of the regular season this coming Tuesday against the Carolina Hurricanes. Once the buzzer sounds, the real work will begin in making significant changes to the team. Change is not only expected, but expected to be many. The Blue Jackets…

The Columbus Blue Jackets take on the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups, sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents and others. BLUE JACKETS(26-42-12) atPREDATORS(46-29-5) 8 p.m. ET; BSSO, BSOH Blue Jackets projected lineup Johnny Gaudreau — Justin Danforth — Dmitri Voronkov Alexandre Texier —…