Columbus Blue Jackets

Get Up-To-Date On All Your Columbus Blue Jackets News, Highlights, Transactions, Injury Reports, Prospect Updates, Photos, and More.

Can The Kings Count on Their Goaltending in the Playoffs?

Undoubtedly, the Los Angeles Kings have had one heckuva hockey season. As of this writing (Tuesday, April 11), the team, who clinched a spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs for a second straight season, is 46-25-10 with 102 points. They are currently third in the Pacific Division and 11th in the league. Throughout the regular […]

Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty Images

The Panthers Have the Heart of a Lyon

After being the best team in the league last season, the Florida Panthers struggled to find their way for much of this year. Do not look now, but the Panthers appeared to have found themselves at the most important time of the regular season. Thanks to a Buffalo Sabres loss to the New Jersey Devils […]

Leafs Get Back In The Win Column With 4-2 Victory Over Columbus

The Leafs were coming into this one off of a disappointing 5-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings Sunday night. With just six regular season games remaining, the Leafs’ primary focus is to iron out any wrinkles and get everyone healthy down the stretch. Before this one, Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe mentioned he’s wanted […]

Kirill Marchenko eyeing a Columbus Blue Jackets franchise record

Kirill Marchenko has been worth the wait for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Drafted in the second round of the 2018 NHL Draft, Marchenko elected to play in the KHL, where the young forward would play until the end of the 2021-22 season. After a strong training camp, Marchenko was sent to the AHL and the […]

Panarin Heating Up At The Right Time for The Blueshirts

Since signing with the New York Rangers as an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2019, Artemi Panarin has been an offensive monster. Panarin, 31, led the team with 95 points (32 goals and 63 assists) in 69 games in his first season with the club. In the following COVID-shortened season, he had 58 […]

Opinions on Sillinger being assigned to Cleveland

The Columbus Blue Jackets have demoted C Cole Sillinger to the Cleveland Monsters. Or, as the organization put it, they loaned. After all, that sounds more gentle. The facts are this is a move that is way overdue and should have been made at the end of November. Last season Sillinger put together an excellent […]

Johnny Gaudreau is quietly having a good season for the Columbus Blue Jackets

Johnny Gaudreau has given Columbus Blue Jackets fans a reason to tune in during this long season for the team. Gaudreau has been as advertised for the Blue Jackets organization and is one of the team leaders. His numbers on a losing team are impressive, 62- points (leads the team,) 45- assists (leads the team,) […]

Quick Off to Great Start in Vegas

Do not look now, but it looks like Vegas Golden Knights’ new goaltender Jonathan Quick has turned back the clock. After struggling with the Los Angeles Kings for much of the season, his fortunes, at least for now, seemed to have changed in Vegas. That might be an understatement. Since being traded to the Golden Knights […]

The Columbus Blue Jackets would be wise to extend Kent Johnson this offseason

In this rookie season, Kent Johnson has lived up to his projections for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Johnson has scored 13 goals and 18 assists with 31 points to date, making him one of the top NHL rookies. The offensive numbers do not tell the whole story. Johnson has cleaned up his play defensively and […]

Wild Will Need Their Goaltending To Be Big Down the Stretch

For the last 11 games, everything went the Minnesota Wild’s way. The team gained at least a point in every game, and more importantly, they put themselves right in the thick of things in the Central Division. In fact, thanks to their recent stretch of outstanding play, as of this writing (Thursday, March 9), the […]