The Columbus Blue Jackets had themselves quite the Trade Deadline week, including four trades and three games.
Columbus made a trade with the Arizona Coyotes; Los Angeles Kings; Minnesota Wild; and Vegas Golden Knights.
Jon Gilles comes to the organization and joins the Cleveland Monsters with the AHL.
Jakub Voracek's cap hit moves off the books to the Coyotes.
Vladislav Gavrikov and Joonas Korpisalo head west to the Kings.
Gustav Nyquist gets a chance at the playoffs with the Wild.
Jonathan Quick is flipped from Los Angeles to be part of the Vegas tandem.
Michael Hutchinson becomes the backup goaltender to Elvis Merzlikins for the remainder of the regular season.
Columbus upset Buffalo on ESPN+ with an Eric Robinson hat trick.
Seattle bested Columbus in front of a sold out crowd for the first home game of March.
Ottawa defeated Columbus in the home debut of Jakob Chychrun.
This week we got a road game against the Pittsburgh Penguins and on Saturday night with the St. Louis Blues.
The Penguins continue to their March to the playoffs with a home game with a retooled roster.
St. Louis is in the beginning of their reset with a rare sell off at the deadline.
Below are former Blue Jackets skaters that were moved during the deadline season this year, and what the rosters would look like if it was West v East alumni.
Former CBJ on the Move
F Max Domi (CHI) -> DAL D Scott Harrington (SJS) -> NJD -> ANA D Jack Johnson (CHI) -> COL G Keith Kinkaid (BOS) -> COL F Tyler Motte (OTT) -> NYR
WC CBJ Alumni
Matt Duchene--Ryan Johansen--Max Domi Gustav Nyquist--Alex Wennberg--Oliver Bjorkstrand Devin Shore--Sam Gagner--Kevin Stenlund Jonathan Marchessault--William Karlsson--Brandon Saaad Jakub Voracek
Vladislav Gavrikov--Seth Jones Michael Del Zotto--Scott Harrington Markus Nutivarra--Jack Johnson Ryan Murray John Moore
Joonas Korpisalo Jonathan Quick Keith Kinkaid
EC CBJ Alumni
Artemi Panarin--Nick Foligno--Josh Anderson Sonny Milano--Tyler Motte--Derrick Brassard Ryan Dzingel--Jeff Carter--Cam Atkinson Ben Harpur--Zac Dalpe--Dillon Hearherington
Mike Reilly--Anton Stralman Nick Holden--Ian Cole Gabriel Carlsson--Kevin Connauton
Sergei Bobrovsky Anton Forsberg
Note - I know Harpur only played preseason games, I did my best to look at guys under NHL contract to fill a whole roster lineup. The east has more defenders.
Other stories from this week:
1. Former first round pick Derrick Brassard became the third Blue Jackets ever to be drafted and play 1,000 NHL games. Jakub Voracek accomplished the same feat earlier in the season; Rick Nash was first.
2. Ohio State and Penn State have been locked into the Big 10 Quarterfinals during the announcement of the new OSU hockey arena beginning construction to be completed near 2026. Congratulations to the ever growing collegiate hockey market in the O-H-I-O market.
3. Cleveland and Wilkes Barre competed in the AHL Outdoor Classic this season, and with Sun delay, the Monsters pulled off the win in overtime. Congratulations Monsters!