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  • • Are the Blue Jackets better or worse today?
    Now that we are almost a week removed from the start of NHL free agency and much of the off-season business has been addressed, it’s time to look at where things stand and ask: are the Columbus Blue Jackets better or worse now than they were over the last season? A few caveats: of course, this is just looking at things on paper. We can’t project how healthy the team may be (hopeful...2025
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  • • Blue Jackets massively improve defense by signing Ivan Provorov to a seven-year, $60 million deal
    Coming into the offseason, Don Waddell promised to improve this team’s biggest weakness; it’s defensive unit. After seeing no paths to doing so over the next 24 hours, he has instead committed to it for the next seven years. Defenseman Ivan Provorov was reportedly signed to a seven-year deal worth $8,500,000 per year tonight. Ivan Provorov, signed 7x$8.5M by CBJ, is a minute-mun...2025
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  • Sweden's Vass rounds out BU's D corps; Draft recap; Fabbro re-ups with Columbus
    • Sweden's Vass rounds out BU's D corps; Draft recap; Fabbro re-ups with Columbus
                            As noted in Saturday's post, BU Men's Hockey reposted the Columbus Blue Jackets' post announcing their selection of defenseman Malte Vasse in the third round—#76 overall—of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. We'll now consider his long-rumored commitment to BU to be official and provide some background on the very...2025
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  • • Blue Jackets Sign Dante Fabbro to Four-Year, $16.5 Million Extension
    Just one day after saying he wanted to follow up with defenseman Dante Fabbro on a possible contract extension, GM Don Waddell got the job done. In the process, he…...2025
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  • • 2025 NHL Entry Draft Open Thread
    Tonight (Friday, June 27), the NHL will host the first round of the annual entry draft, beginning at 7 p.m. on ESPN. The prospects and commissioner Gary Bettman will be at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, while the front offices will be back in their home offices, much like the COVID drafts of 2020 and 2021. Rounds 2-7 will be held beginning at noon on Saturday, June 28, and can be viewed on NH...2025
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  • • 2025 NHL Draft Targets: Defense
    If Don Waddell ends up walking to the podium for either pick #14 or #20, he should pick the best available player. With that said, it’s certainly possible the “best available” list could be a bit biased towards a big need, defensemen. This year’s draft isn’t perceived to be as strong as recent years. Additionally, there is little consensus among the various websit...2025
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  • • Are the Blue Jackets better or worse today?
    2025
  • • Sweden's Vass rounds out BU's D corps; Draft recap; Fabbro re-ups with Columbus
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  • • Waddell’s Wishlist: Nikolaj Ehlers is the free agency consolation prize
    Leading up to the 2025 NHL Draft on June 27-28, we will explore both trade targets and free agent targets that Don Waddell may want to explore in his quest to improve the Blue Jackets for next season. Yesterday, we covered the top forward on the free agent market, Mitch Marner. While he will be coveted by most teams in the league, not as many can meet his asking price, and he can be picky with ...2025
  • • Waddell’s Wishlist: The case for and to Mitch Marner
    Leading up to the 2025 NHL Draft on June 27-28, we will explore both trade targets and free agent targets that Don Waddell may want to explore in his quest to improve the Blue Jackets for next season. Three years ago, the Columbus Blue Jackets shocked the hockey world by signing the biggest star on the market, coming off his first 100-point season for his longtime Canadian team, in large part d...2025
  • • Stanley Cup Final/Offseason Open Thread
    Well, we’re finally here: the last series of the 2024-25 NHL season. Ok, we’re not actually here, since for some reason it won’t start until Wednesday, even though both of the conference finals wrapped up last week. WHATEVER. What we have is a rematch of last year’s final, but this time the Edmonton Oilers will have home ice advantage over the defending champion Florida Pan...2025
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  • • 2024-25 Player Review: JVR was an unexpected VIP for the CBJ
    In early fall, Don Waddell found himself in desperate need of a forward. There was not only the tragic passing of Johnny Gaudreau, but also the trade of Patrik Laine a week before, and news that Justin Danforth’s recovery from off-season wrist surgery would keep him out for the duration of preseason, and possibly the start of the regular season. There were certainly prospects who could conte...2025
  • • 2024-25 Player Review: Kevin couldn’t take it to Labanc
    After the trade of Patrik Laine and the tragic passing of Johnny Gaudreau, the Columbus Blue Jackets saw themselves with a shortage of veteran forwards going into the 2024-25 season. General Manager and President of Hockey Operations Don Waddell scoured the league for players that fit the bill and could fill some gaps in the roster. In September, he signed James van Riemsdyk to a one year deal....2025
  • • 2024-25 Player Review: Justin Danforth provided critical depth
    Can I be honest about some biases? First of all, Justin Danforth is a Short King. He’s listed at 5’8″, which we all know means he’s around 5’6″, which is my actual height. I’m always happy to see small players succeed at this level, which is why Cam Atkinson remains one of my all-time favorites. In addition, Danforth is just a great story. He only made ...2025
  • • 2024-25 Player Review: Dmitri Voronkov is Big Boss
    Voronkov was a revelation when he came over from Russia two years ago. Sold to us as a physically imposing bottom 6 guy with some skill he has rapidly become a top line caliber player. “Voro” has surprisingly soft hands and is a tremendous net front player. He’s great at getting pucks off the wall and to his teammates in scoring chances and is a menace on the forecheck, deftly sw...2025
  • • Guest Post: Family, Loss, and Hockey
    Editor’s Note: former Cannon writer and longtime commenter Dan Flashes reached out to ask if he could share a piece he wrote about his family and the 2024-25 season. This is something different than we usually do here but I think you’ll appreciate it. In case you haven’t noticed (“And judging by the attendance, you haven’t,” —Harry Doyle), I haven’t been commenting here for a bit. ...2025

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  • $300M Gets You Games
    • $300M Gets You Games
    Seated above from left to right are Carolina Hurricanes president and general manager Don Waddell, Centennial Authority chairman Philip Isley, and North Carolina State athletic director Boo Corrigan. Normally, the two men on the ends sit across from Isley when it comes to negotiating arena deals, but the three men were seated together today as they announced an agreement that will renovate the 24-...2023
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Timeline

  • 2025
    "Just one day after saying he wanted to follow up with defenseman Dante Fabbro on a possible contract extension, GM Don Waddell got the job done."

  • 2024
    "Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell discussed trying to get the team focused for the upcoming season in the aftermath of Johnny Gaudreau's death."

  • 2023
    "Don Waddell did everything he could to add to this team and made critical…"

  • 2021
    "Habs News: NHL, Montreal Canadiens, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Marc Bergevin, Carolina Hurricanes, Sebastian Aho, Offer Sheet, Don Waddell ROCKET SPORTS MEDIA | LAVAL, QC."

  • 2020
    "Losing Dougie Hamilton and Brett Pesce left the Hurricanes' blueline shorthanded, but Carolina GM Don Waddell made two moves to bolster his defense, adding Brady Skjei and Sami Vatanen."

  • 2019
    "The Carolina Hurricanes have re-signed team president and general manager Don Waddell to a three-year contract extension        "

  • 2017
    "Hurricanes president Don Waddell played one NHL game, and his favorite Christmas gift came decades later, his jersey his wife was able to locate."

  • 2015
    "” Don Waddell, the president of the Carolina Hurricanes was less vicious in his assessment of the player following his buyout but left little room for misunderstanding in conversation with Chip Alexander of the News & Observer: [Semin] didn’t buy into the culture that our coach [Bill Peters] was trying to get in the locker room."

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  • • Are the Blue Jackets better or worse today?
    2025
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  • • Blue Jackets massively improve defense by signing Ivan Provorov to a seven-year, $60 million deal
    2025
  • • Sweden's Vass rounds out BU's D corps; Draft recap; Fabbro re-ups with Columbus
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  • • Blue Jackets Sign Dante Fabbro to Four-Year, $16.5 Million Extension
    2025
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  • • 2025 NHL Entry Draft Open Thread
    2025
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  • • 2025 NHL Draft Targets: Defense
    2025
  • • Waddell’s Wishlist: Nikolaj Ehlers is the free agency consolation prize
    2025
  • • Waddell’s Wishlist: The case for and to Mitch Marner
    2025
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  • • Waddell’s Wishlist: Jason Robertson
    Leading up to the 2025 NHL Draft on June 27-28, we will explore both trade targets and free agent targets that Don Waddell may want to explore in his quest to improve the Blue Jackets for next season. There are several players around the league where rumors seem to be swirling—one of them is Jason Robertson. The Stars weren’t planning on trading for and then signing Mikko Rantanen at a $1...2025
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  • • Stanley Cup Final/Offseason Open Thread
    2025
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  • • Are the Blue Jackets better or worse today?
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  • • Sweden's Vass rounds out BU's D corps; Draft recap; Fabbro re-ups with Columbus
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  • • 2025 NHL Draft Targets: Defense
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  • • Waddell’s Wishlist: Nikolaj Ehlers is the free agency consolation prize
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  • • Stanley Cup Final/Offseason Open Thread
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  • • 2024-25 Player Review: Cole Sillinger is a glue guy
    On September 4, 2024, fans and employees of the Columbus Blue Jackets gathered together outside Nationwide Arena to pay a formal tribute to CBJ forward Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew, killed by a drunk driver less than a week before. Earlier that day, general manager and president of hockey operations Don Waddell addressed the media for the first time, followed by the leadership group of ...2025
  • • Recap #82: Blue Jackets close with a win, but work continues this summer
    As the Nationwide Arena speakers blared “Johnny B. Goode” in honor of the late Johnny Gaudreau, the sellout crowd and the Columbus Blue Jackets players cheered for each other following a 6-1 win over the visiting New York Islanders. More on the game below, but first let’s look at where this organization stands now. Although this magical run didn’t end with a berth in the...2025
  • • Recap #78: Jackets and the Jet Battle back against Buffalo
    Technically not out of the playoffs, could the Jackets get two wins in a row at home? First Period The past month or two Buffalo has rounded more or less into the form we expected going into the year and we saw that early on. Buffalo wants to move the puck quickly and create rush chances and while the Jackets looked a little flat footed for much of the game Columbus was able to trade chances...2025
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  • • Reviewing March 25: Somehow hanging on
    Previously: October, November, January Programming Note: There were just seven games in February, so this March recap will includes the last three games of February. Results W 5-1 vs. CHIW 6-4 vs. DALW 5-2 @ DETW 5-3 vs. DETL 2-6 @ TBLL 0-3 @ FLAW 7-3 @ NYRL 3-5 @ NJDL 0-4 vs. VGKL 0-4 vs. NYRL 1-2 vs. NJDL 0-1 (OT) vs. FLAL 3-6 @ PITW 4-3 (SO) @ NYIW 7-6 (SO) vs. VANL 2-3 @ OTT A 7-8-...2025
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  • • Sweden's Vass rounds out BU's D corps; Draft recap; Fabbro re-ups with Columbus
    2025
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  • • 2025 NHL Entry Draft Open Thread
    2025
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  • • Waddell’s Wishlist: The case for and to Mitch Marner
    2025
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  • • Stanley Cup Final/Offseason Open Thread
    2025
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  • • Guest Post: Family, Loss, and Hockey
    2025
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  • • 2024-25 Player Review: Cole Sillinger is a glue guy
    2025
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  • • Your guide to the NHL offseason
    The first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs are underway, but for those teams that missed the postseason – like the Columbus Blue Jackets – it’s already time to look ahead to the offseason. First, there are teams already making changes to their coaching staff. New York (Rangers), Anaheim, Seattle, and Philadelphia have coaching vacancies, and Rick Tocchet’s positio...2025
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  • • Recap #82: Blue Jackets close with a win, but work continues this summer
    2025
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  • • Recap #78: Jackets and the Jet Battle back against Buffalo
    2025
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  • • $300M Gets You Games
    2023
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  • Christmas miracle? Hurricanes president Don Waddell plays one NHL game, unwraps jersey decades later
    • Christmas miracle? Hurricanes president Don Waddell plays one NHL game, unwraps jersey decades later
    Hurricanes president Don Waddell played one NHL game, and his favorite Christmas gift came decades later, his jersey his wife was able to locate.         ...2017
  • • Hurricanes reinforce banged-up blueline by adding Skjei, Vatanen in deals with Rangers, Devils
    Losing Dougie Hamilton and Brett Pesce left the Hurricanes' blueline shorthanded, but Carolina GM Don Waddell made two moves to bolster his defense, adding Brady Skjei and Sami Vatanen. It sends a message that the front office believes this team is a real contender. The post Hurricanes reinforce banged-up blueline by adding Skjei, Vatanen in deals with Rangers, Devils appeared first on TheHockeyNe...2020
  • • Carolina Hurricanes’ Projected 2023-24 Forward Lines
    The roster is beginning to take shape for the Carolina Hurricanes, and lineups are being envisioned. Don Waddell did everything he could to add to this team and made critical…...2023
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  • • 2 Hurricanes Who Must Step Up to Replace Andrei Svechnikov
    The Carolina Hurricanes confirmed their fears on Tuesday (March 14) afternoon, as general manager Don Waddell announced that forward Andrei Svechnikov would be out for the remainder of the season…...2023
  • • Jackets GM eyes season amid grief for Gaudreau
    2024
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  • • Oscar Time: Who would win the NHL Academy Awards?
    Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images Which NHLers are best suited for the Oscars? With the 92nd Academy Awards this Sunday, all eyes will be on Hollywood as the biggest movie stars in the world get recognized for their achievements. It’s the time of year when cinefiles argue like they’re an armchair GM approaching the trade deadline, while even the most peripheral movie fan will keep an eye on wh...2020
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  • • Why Has Analytics Darling Alexander Semin Flunked out of the NHL?
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  • • Hurricanes Replacing What They Were Lacking With DeAngelo
    Don Waddell is not done adding to this roster and has made another impactful signing. Tony DeAngelo returns to the Carolina Hurricanes on a one-year deal and will make $1.675…...2023
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  • • Are the Blue Jackets better or worse today?
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  • • Waddell’s Wishlist: The case for and to Mitch Marner
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  • • Waddell’s Wishlist: Jason Robertson
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  • • Stanley Cup Final/Offseason Open Thread
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  • • 2024-25 Player Review: JVR was an unexpected VIP for the CBJ
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  • • 2024-25 Player Review: Kevin couldn’t take it to Labanc
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  • • 2024-25 Player Review: Daniil Tarasov can’t find his groove
    It’s clear as day that the goaltending situation in Columbus has not been ideal. Elvis played decent hockey at times during the season but fell off significantly down the stretch, while Tarasov struggled for the vast majority of the season. Tarasov, in particular, was near the bottom of the league in many statistical categories. He ranked 70th out of 81 goalies (minimum of 5 games played) i...2025
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  • • 2024-25 Player Review: Justin Danforth provided critical depth
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  • • 2024-25 Player Review: Dmitri Voronkov is Big Boss
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