Category: Don Waddell
Blue Jackets’ Evason Wants to Bring Passion & Structure
Dean EvasonColumbus Blue Jackets’ GM Don Waddell set out on a mission in his search for a head coach. The team was missing some key elements. In the hiring of Dean…
Read moreRFA Kirill Marchenko Upset At Lack of a "Worthy" Offer From Blue Jackets
Don WaddellAfter back-to-back 20-goal seasons to start his NHL career, restricted free agent Kirill Marchenko is frustrated at the lack of talks around a new contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets. In fact, the 24-year-old winger says he has yet to have a conversation with new GM Don Waddell. Kirill Marchenk...
Read moreBlue Jackets RFA Kirill Marchenko Still Awaiting Offer
Responsible GamingThe Columbus Blue Jackets are entering the dog days of July with a long list of chores still not done, including four remaining restricted free agents. New general manager Don Waddell has shared that the team is solely focused on finding their next head coach, but the dragging negotiations have star...
Read moreExploring the Blue Jackets’ Head Coaching Finalists
Jarmo KekalainenAs we work our way through July, there is one head coaching vacancy left in the NHL. The Columbus Blue Jackets were behind the eight ball in hiring a new…
Read moreEast Notes: Marchenko, Johnson, Mangiapane
Blue JacketsThe Columbus Blue Jackets have reportedly talked with restricted free agent forward Kirill Marchenko about both a short-term and long-term contract (as per Aaron Portzline of The Athletic). Marchenko is pushing for a longer-term deal, but with Blue Jackets general manager Don Waddell only in his se...
Read moreSnapshots: Blue Jackets, Tavares, Parise
Dean EvasonAaron Portzline of The Athletic reports that the Columbus Blue Jackets management will meet in person this week with two potential candidates for their head coaching vacancy. Portzline believes that the two candidates are former Minnesota Wild bench boss Dean Evason and Jay Woodcroft, who was fired...
Read moreCBJ Union Junction Podcast: 2024 NHL Draft & Free Agency Recap
Columbus Blue JacketsThe Columbus Blue Jackets have had a busy last week as they worked through the “Christmas and New Year’s” of the NHL’s calendar. Over that stretch of time new general…
Read moreBlue Jackets’ Waddell Talks Upcoming NHL Draft & Free Agency
Pascal VincentThe Columbus Blue Jackets are in the midst of an intense busy stretch of their offseason. They now enter the week of the 2024 NHL Draft at the Sphere in…
Read moreBlue Jackets Not Expected To Move Elvis Merzlikins
Pascal VincentIt’s been an offseason of delayed change for the Blue Jackets, who took until late May to appoint Don Waddell as their next general manager and until this week to fire head coach Pascal Vincent. With the coaching change being Waddell’s first real mark on the franchise, many wondered if he may have s...
Read moreBlue Jackets’ Waddell Talks Vincent, Coaching, Laine & More
Pascal VincentNew Columbus Blue Jackets President and General Manager Don Waddell held his predraft media availability at Nationwide Arena on Thursday morning. He spoke for almost 30 minutes on a wide…
Read moreHurricanes remove interim tag, name Tulsky GM
Eric TulskyEric Tulsky, who took over for the departed Don Waddell in May, has been promoted to GM, the Hurricanes announced Tuesday.
Read moreTulsky named general manager of Hurricanes
Columbus Blue JacketsEric Tulsky was named the 10th general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday. Tulsky, an assistant GM since 2020, held the position on an interim basis since Don Waddell resigned May 24 after 10 years with the organization. Waddell … Continue reading → The post Tulsky named general manager o...
Read moreBlue Jackets Signal New Era With Firing of Pascal Vincent
Blue JacketsColumbus Blue Jackets’ President and General Manager Don Waddell said that he was going to spend some time with head coach Pascal Vincent to get to know him. Apparently, Waddell…
Read moreBlue Jackets Fire Head Coach Pascal Vincent
Pascal VincentThe Columbus Blue Jackets have announced that they’ve relieved their head coach Pascal Vincent of his duties. The news reported by Elliotte Freidman of Sportsnet. In a press release, Blue…
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