The Columbus Blue Jackets were, surprisingly, a playoff contender in 2024-25. What's next? GM Don Waddell has the tools to ...

Blue Jackets extend assistants Backstrom, Boll and McCarthy while parting ways with four support staffers, including strength ...

Columbus made major progress in the standings this season. The sense, however, is that Waddell is not content with slow ...

Damon Severson is signed through the 2031 season at $6,250,000 per season. The only way Waddell could trade him is by eating ...

The Blue Jackets were expected to spend the final months of the season tracking the NHL draft lottery odds, not doing playoff ...

After nearly getting the Blue Jackets to the playoffs with an upstart season, Evason will aim for world championship gold as ...

Now, Blue Jackets president of hockey operations/GM Don Waddell and his staff take center stage. After watching his team take a heated playoff race down to the wire, Waddell and his front office ...

A season no one will ever forget ended sooner than everyone would like, but the bonds built between the team and fan base ...

Coach Dean Evason doesn’t want to hear that the Columbus Blue Jackets had a strong year, or that they dealt with ...

So is balancing expectations with reality. It's a fine line, and one that hockey veterans like Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Don Waddell walk regularly. And while a positive attitude alone ...

The Columbus Blue Jackets held their exit interviews following the conclusion of the 2024-25 season. Here are our 13 ...