Category: Aaron Portzline
NHL News: Released from PTO, On Waivers, Hurricanes, Canadiens, and Using LTIR
Philadelphia FlyersPlayers on waivers : Players who were placed on waivers. Carolina Hurricanes: , Stelio Mattheos, , , and The Hurricanes and Dronov part ways : The Carolina Hurricanes and defenseman Grigorii Dronov have agreed to mutually part ways. : The Hurricanes announced on Monday that they had signed Dronov...
Read moreEast Notes: Chychrun, Nyquist, Larsson
Aaron PortzlineA few days ago, we covered an update on the ongoing Jakob Chychrun trade rumors. In that update, TSN’s Darren Dreger reported that trade talks on Chychrun were more active than they’d been in recent months, and he specifically named the Columbus Blue Jackets as a potential suitor for Chychrun’s serv...
Read moreNHL Rumors: Blue Jackets Looking To Lock Up Defenseman Long-Term
Columbus Blue JacketsThe Columbus Blue Jackets are looking to continue to build their team up and be competitive for years to come. With Johnny Gaudreau signing there long-term and Patrik Laine committing to the team, it appears as though Columbus is becoming a more desired location to come to and stay. With that, the...
Read moreBlue Jackets Re-Sign Trey Fix-Wolansky
Blue JacketsThe Blue Jackets have re-signed winger Trey Fix-Wolansky to a one-year, two-way contract.
Read moreNHL News: Patrik Laine, Oliver Bjorkstrand And More Columbus
AthleticPatrik Laine will stay in Columbus with the Blue Jackets but Oliver Bjorkstrand was traded to the Seattle Kraken. Here is more fallout.
Read moreNHL News: Patrik Laine, Oliver Bjorkstrand And More Columbus
AthleticPatrik Laine will stay in Columbus with the Blue Jackets but Oliver Bjorkstrand was traded to the Seattle Kraken. Here is more fallout.
Read moreColumbus Blue Jackets Sign Patrik Laine
AthleticThe Columbus Blue Jackets have signed Patrik Laine to a four-year contract worth a total of $34.8MM. The $8.7MM average annual value will make him the team’s second highest-paid forward, coming in a little behind Johnny Gaudreau and just ahead of Jakub Voracek. Though he qualified for it, Laine had...
Read moreNick Blankenburg Signs Two-Year Contract
University of MichiganThe Columbus Blue Jackets have signed young defenseman Nick Blankenburg to a two-year contract worth a total of $1.65MM, after impressing in his short stint at the end of the season. Aaron Portzline of The Athletic reports that the deal is one-way in both years and will pay $800K in 2022-23 and $850...
Read moreNHL Rumors: Columbus Blue Jackets and the Edmonton Oilers
Aaron PortzlineBlue Jackets GM Kekalainen on moving up or down in the draft. Oilers waiting on Smith and Keith. Puljujarvi didn't ask for a trade.
Read moreNHL Rumors: Columbus Blue Jackets and the Edmonton Oilers
Jarmo KekalainenBlue Jackets GM Kekalainen on moving up or down in the draft : The have multiple first-round picks and when asked about moving up from No. 6, GM Jarmo Kekalainen said: “I doubt we’re going to move up from six. It would probably take (No. 6 and) No. 12, and we’re not going to do that. We’re most lik...
Read moreMetropolitan Notes: Laine, Husso, Brunette
Winnipeg JetsWhile the Winnipeg Jets have a situation on their hands with Pierre-Luc Dubois and his reported desire to test free agency in two years, the Columbus Blue Jackets aren’t facing a similar issue with the main player they received in the Dubois trade: Patrik Laine. According to Aaron Portzline of The A...
Read moreEast Notes: Blue Jackets Draft, Sanderson, Burke
Blue JacketsWhile no team can quite match the draft pick stockpile the Arizona Coyotes have amassed for next month’s draft, the Columbus Blue Jackets might be the team best positioned for the first round specifically. The Blue Jackets hold the sixth and twelfth-overall selections, and according to Aaron Portzli...
Read moreBlue Jackets Re-Sign Brendan Gaunce
Blue JacketsThe Blue Jackets have re-signed center Brendan Gaunce to a two-year, two-way deal.
Read moreColumbus Blue Jackets Extend Daniil Tarasov
AthleticA promising young goalie is under contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets for the next three years. The team announced a three-year extension for Daniil Tarasov today worth $3.15MM, paying him $1.05MM per season. The Athletic’s Aaron Portzline reports that the deal pays Tarasov $750,000 in 2022-23,...
Read moreColumbus Blue Jackets Extend Joonas Korpisalo
Columbus Blue JacketsAfter a bad year and a serious surgery, Joonas Korpisalo isn’t going anywhere. The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed the pending free agent goaltender to a one-year contract extension for the 2022-23 season. Aaron Portzline of The Athletic reports that the deal is worth $1.3MM. Korpisalo, 28, underw...
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