Don Waddell Opens Door for Major Move on Draft Night

Don Waddell Opens Door for Major Move on Draft Night

The Columbus Blue Jackets made a valiant charge at the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2025. Unfortunately, they were unable to overcome the Montreal Canadiens for the final playoff spot in the East. Columbus is a team on the rise, though, and general manager Don Waddell is looking to make some major moves.Waddell and the Blue Jackets have two first-round picks to work with at the 2025 NHL Draft. However, there is a chance they don’t use one or both of …

After the last extremely turbulent season that was marked by the tragic death of Johnny Gaudreau, the Columbus Blue Jackets will try to reverse the steam in the summer to return to strength next season.They who still spent almost qualifying for the playoffs even if nobody gave them any chance at the beginning of the year, they now have a lot of room to manoeuvre under the salary ceiling as well as several available ammunitions.On this subject, t…

Blue Jackets Shopping First-Round Picks

The Blue Jackets have made both of their first-round picks in the 2025 draft available for trade, general manager Don Waddell told Mark Scheig of The Hockey Writers. Columbus enters the draft with the No. 14 and No. 20 overall selections, the latter of which they acquired from the Wild in last November’s David Jiricek trade. It’s the first time since 2022 that the Jackets haven’t held a top-five pick, and the first time since 2020 that they have…