Columbus Blue Jackets (2024)

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, and prepping to select another player within the first six selections in the NHL Entry Draft are the headlines. The Hockey Writers’ Blue Jackets’ writing staff and co-hosts Nicholas Arnold (me) and Mark Scheig are back with another edition of the Union Junction Podcast to talk about it all. On…

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 to wait until later in the playoffs before they can get to everyone they want to talk to. There is one very important aspect to this entire story that is not getting enough attention. Before we dive into this topic, let’s ask a question. Keep this in mind as we…

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 AHL Playoffs. As of this writing, the Belleville Senators and Toronto Marlies are tied 1-1 in their best-of-three series. The winner of Game 3 will advance to take on the Monsters. How were the Monsters able to win their division despite so many things happening to their roster throughout 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 —…

The Columbus Blue Jackets take on the Florida Panthers tonight at Amerant Bank Arena. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. BLUE JACKETS(26-41-12) atPANTHERS(49-24-6) 7 p.m. ET; BSFL, BSOH Blue Jackets projected lineup Johnny Gaudreau — Dmitri Voronkov — Justin Danforth Alexandre Texier…

The Columbus Blue Jackets take on the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups, sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents and others. BLUE JACKETS(26-40-12) atLIGHTNING(43-27-7) 7 p.m. ET; BSSUN, BSOH Blue Jackets projected lineup Scratched:Carson Meyer Injured:Adam Fantilli (calf laceration), (lower body), Yegor Chinakhov…

The Columbus Blue Jackets take on the Carolina Hurricanes at PNC Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups, sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents and others. BLUE JACKETS(26-39-12) atHURRICANES(48-22-7) 5 p.m. ET; BSSO, BSOH Blue Jackets projected lineup Johnny Gaudreau — Dmitri Voronkov — Alex Nylander Alexandre Texier —…

It is a question that the Columbus Blue Jackets have surely tried to tackle in the past. As this 2023-24 season winds down, it will once again be a question they must face head on. This time though, the team must take a hard look in the mirror and find…

The 2023-24 season has been a slog for the Columbus Blue Jackets. In a campaign that had expanded expectations, Ohio’s team has been tormented by challenge after challenge. One of those challenges early on was their star players not playing like star players. We at The Hockey Writers had been…

The Philadelphia Flyers take on the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups, sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents and others. FLYERS(36-30-11) atBLUE JACKETS(25-39-12) 7 p.m. ET; BSOH, NBCSP Flyers projected lineup Tyson Foerster — Morgan Frost — Travis Konecny Owen Tippett — Scott…