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 ...

Dmitri Voronkov, Jordan Harris and Daniil Tarasov will also become free agents if they’re not re-signed by July 1, but ...

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

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

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 ...

Asked if he felt the team’s payroll was at a point where a contract buyout or two could take place this summer, Blue Jackets president of hockey operations/general manager Don Waddell shook his ...

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

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

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 ...

When GM Don Waddell gave his exit interview last Friday, he made a few interesting comments. One of the comments was that he thought he "has most of the pieces in the locker room" to make a playoff ...