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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Scott Powers |James Mirtle |Aaron Portzline |Max Bultman
The Stanley Cup Final is over, and the 2025 NHL Draft is now less than a week away. To get into the spirit, The Athletic asked its NHL staff to look back and identify what they think is each team’s best and worst draft pick of the past 10 years. In response, we heard about the hits, misses, steals, busts and even duds between the 2015 and 2024 drafts. Here are the selections. Anaheim DucksHigh picks such as Trevor Zegras, Mason McTavish and Leo Carlsson have hit.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Aaron Portzline
As great as the Stanley Cup Final has been, there are 30 other clubs ready to get on with the offseason. The Columbus Blue Jackets are hoping to make significant upgrades this summer after taking a major step forward and nearly making the playoffs in 2024-25, and the fun is right around the corner. The first round of the NHL is draft is 10 days away. The start of free agency is just a two-week wait. We asked for your questions, Blue Jackets fans, and, as usual, you did not disappoint.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Aaron Portzline
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A collection of notes, insights, ruminations and did-you-knows gathered throughout the week that was for the Columbus Blue Jackets:Item No. 1: Get physicalTo watch this year's Stanley Cup Final is to marvel at the speed and skill on display from the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers. But you might recoil or wince at times, too, because the series - like every series involving the Panthers - has been incredibly physical.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Aaron Portzline
Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell recently passed his one-year anniversary with the club. It was a highly informative year for Waddell, who had a front-row seat to witness the talent level of the young core and how the dressing room interacts and operates. Now, it's go time. Waddell hopes to upgrade the roster significantly this summer by any means possible, he has said. That includes free agency, offer sheets, trades, etc.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Aaron Portzline
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Summer 2019 was a bittersweet time for the Columbus Blue Jackets. They'd just swept the Presidents' Trophy-winning Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs - one of the greatest upsets in NHL history - to earn the first series win in franchise history. But the Blue Jackets' two star players, forward Artemi Panarin and goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, were poised to leave as free agents.
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