The Columbus Blue Jackets have avoided arbitration with one of their most important remaining restricted free agents. According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the Blue Jackets have signed Cole Sillinger to a three-year, $13.875MM ($4.625MM AAV) contract. A few hours after the announcement, PuckPedia revealed the year-by-year breakdown of Sillinger’s new contract: Year NHL Salary Signing […]

Notes from the Metropolitan including an update on Adam Fantilli, a Flyers prospect makes his college commitment, and more.

The Blue Jackets avoided arbitration by reaching an agreement to sign forward Cole Sillinger to a three-year, $13.875 million contract.

Despite August soon approaching, 10 NHL clubs currently find themselves without a captain. It’s ground unheard of, thought to be the most vacancies at one time in NHL history, as raised yesterday by The Athletic’s Julian McKenzie. The Anaheim Ducks, Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Los Angeles Kings, New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, […]

Former Columbus Blue Jackets top-three draft pick Jack Johnson is exploring new avenues in his retirement. The veteran of 1,228 NHL games has joined The Ohio State University women’s hockey team as an associate head coach. He will take over the position held by former Blue Jackets teammate James Wisniewski, who has left Ohio State […]

The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed goaltender Jet Greaves to a three-year, $15 million contract through the 2028-29 season.

Jet Greaves and the Columbus Blue Jackets have settled on an extension, first reported by Elliotte Friedman. The Jackets will pay $15MM over the next three seasons at a $5MM cap hit per season to the goaltender. The contract will last through the 2028-29 season, and will take Greaves into an unrestricted free agent status […]

Greaves secured a three-year, $15 million contract with Columbus on Thursday, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update.

The Columbus Blue Jackets will bring back forward Danton Heinen for the 2026-27 season. Heinen has signed a one-year, two-way deal with the Blue Jackets, returning for a full season after joining Columbus in a December trade that sent Yegor Chinakhov to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Heinen spent the second half of the 2025-26 season with […]

The Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes, along with the Columbus Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues, will have their games produced and distributed by the NHL for the coming season as the league branches out into centralized production.

According to Elliotte Friedman, the arbitration filings are in between the Columbus Blue Jackets and goaltender Jet Greaves. Greaves has valued himself at a $7.5MM cap hit, and the Blue Jackets have him at a $2.8MM cap hit. This is a $4.7MM gap between the sides. The hearing is set for this Thursday. Both sides […]

The Montreal Canadiens have announced the signings of two forwards, Jared Davidson and Hunter McKown, to one-year, two-way contracts, according to the team’s website. Davidson, the 24-year-old, earned ten games with the Canadiens, logging an assist in 2025-26 after a strong start to his season in the minor leagues. The majority of his season was […]

Columbus Blue Jackets center Isac Lundestrom has undergone surgery after sustaining an Achilles injury while doing offseason training.

Notes from around the hockey world including Don Waddell's comments on Adam Fantilli, prospect news from the Kings, and more.

The Ontario Reign, the Los Angeles Kings’ AHL affiliate, named Mike Haviland an assistant coach on Tuesday, the team announced. Haviland, 58, arrives with more than two decades of coaching experience across nearly every level of the pro game, most recently spending the past two seasons as an assistant with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Before […]

According to a team announcement, the Columbus Blue Jackets have signed forward Luke Tuch to a two-year, two-way contract. PuckPedia reported that Tuch will earn an $850K salary in the NHL during the 2025-26 season, and a $900K salary in 2026-27. Additionally, he’ll earn $100K and $110K in the AHL, respectively. Tuch, 24, is the […]

The Columbus Blue Jackets will finally see one of their top goaltending prospects play in the organization. According to a team announcement, the Blue Jackets have signed Sergei Ivanov to a two-year, entry-level contract. Columbus drafted Ivanov with the 138th overall pick of the 2022 NHL Draft. He was playing for the MHL’s SKA-1946 St. […]

Notes from Columbus including Don Waddell commenting on Kirill Marchenko's future, a prospect makes his college commitment, and more.

The Columbus Blue Jackets are bringing back a familiar face to their defensive corps. According to Aaron Portzline of The Athletic, the Blue Jackets are signing veteran defenseman Erik Gudbranson to a one-year, $1.75MM contract. Gudbranson, 34, will now have a fifth season in Columbus. The former third-overall pick of the 2010 NHL Draft signed […]

Zach Werenski, who just won the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenseman, ended all drama surrounding his name and trade talks Wednesday, vowing his commitment to the Blue Jackets in a statement, adding "I want to win and I want to do that in Columbus."