Dusk Before Don

July 1, 2024 - 5:22 AM ET

The Columbus Blue Jackets new management staff made brash and bold moves to shake up the organizational depth of their new 2024-2025 roster. From buyout, defenseman Adam Boqvist has been placed on unconditional waivers. This season there will be a cap credit, where next season will be a cap pena...

Monahan Signs as Main Highlight of Frenzy

July 1, 2024 - 2:27 PM ET

The free agency frenzy has begun on the hockey world on this overcast Canada Day in the States. This will be my reaction blog to the day and rumors similar to the draft coverage from Friday. Former Blue Jackets Eric Robinson joins Carolina one year $950K Jonathan Marchessault inks with Na...

Gambrell Signs; Johnson Returns; Rimer Replacement

July 3, 2024 - 4:18 AM ET

The Columbus Blue Jackets add to the depth of their roster with the additions of forward Dylan Gambrell and defenseman Jack Johnson both to one year league minimum contracts. Gambrell, 27, is an NHL veteran from the San Jose Sharks that played that last few seasons a Ottawa. His most recent stin...

Week One of Waddell Moves

July 4, 2024 - 3:29 PM ET

The first week of major moves by the new Alternate Governor/President of Hockey Operations/General Manager of the Columbus Blue Jackets — Don Waddell — have been completed. Despite all the rumors of things for the club “cooking” on the draft floor, the team remained calm through the storm....

CBJ/CLE Schedule

July 5, 2024 - 7:27 PM ET

The Columbus Blue Jackets and Cleveland Monsters have unveiled their 2024-2025 regular season schedules. The preseason runs from September 23-October 4, 2024. This upcoming preseason there are no split squad series games. The Jackets play three Eastern Conference teams and one from the Western C...

CBJ Sign Goalie; Three to Arbitration

July 7, 2024 - 2:09 AM ET

The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed goaltender Zachary Sawchenko to a one year two way contract worth $775K AAV. Sawchenko, 26, has played in 13 NHL games, all with the San Jose Sharks. He has also played pro with the AHL clubs in San Jose; Chicago; and Abbotsford. His development began with M...

CBJ Quick Hits

July 11, 2024 - 3:46 PM ET

Hello Hockeybuzzards! Apologies for the late blog this week. Long holiday weekend to clear the mind followed by the birthday shared by Bobby Brink and Andrew Copp carried over into the start of the week. Lots of news broke just today regarding the Columbus Blue Jackets, but more specifically the...