Brian Hedger

Columbus

Blue Jackets Beat Reporter at The Columbus Dispatch

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Columbus Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell makes staff changes, keeps three assistants

1 day ago | dispatch.com | Brian Hedger

The Blue Jackets are changing up their support staff and have agreed to contract extensions with three of coach Dean Evason’s assistants. Don Waddell, the team’s president of hockey operations/general manager, didn’t return a request for comment but a team official did confirm that strength and conditioning coach Kevin Collins, who joined the team in 2010, will not return. Video coach Dan Singleton, equipment manager Jamie Healy and assistant athletic trainer Naoto Goto also won't return.
Columbus Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell makes staff changes, keeps three assistants

1 day ago | usatoday.com | Brian Hedger

The Blue Jackets are changing up their support staff and have agreed to contract extensions with three of coach Dean Evason’s assistants. Don Waddell, the team’s president of hockey operations/general manager, didn’t return a request for comment but a team official did confirm that strength and conditioning coach Kevin Collins, who joined the team in 2010, will not return. Video coach Dan Singleton, equipment manager Jamie Healy and assistant athletic trainer Naoto Goto also won't return.
Former Ohio State star Neal Shipley continues to make waves in pro golf

1 day ago | golfweek.usatoday.com | Brian Hedger

Neal Shipley continues to make waves in the all-too-often stuffy world of professional golf. Offering a rapidly improving game and a relatable personality, the former Ohio State golfer is making quite a name for himself in golf circles. His latest foray into the media side of pro golf is a Q&A with Skratch reporter Dan Rapaport, who stars on the Netflix series “Full Swing,” which features Shipley in its third season. Rapaport released a video clip of the “rapid fire” Q&A on April 20.
Columbus Blue Jackets free agency glance: who might stay, go or join the mix

1 day ago | dispatch.com | Brian Hedger

The Blue Jackets have 10 weeks to figure out what to do about nine unrestricted free agents before the start of free agency at noon July 1. They also have three restricted free agents who could lapse beyond that date before getting a contract resolution, so a Blue Jackets front office led by president of hockey operations/general manager Don Waddell has another busy spring/summer ahead.
Columbus Blue Jackets may go into 2025-26 with a 'status quo' in goaltending

2 days ago | dispatch.com | Brian Hedger

Anybody going into this Blue Jackets offseason thinking they’ve seen the last of Elvis Merzlikins in the Columbus net might want to sit down for this one. Asked if he felt the team’s payroll was at a point where a contract buyout or two could take place this summer, Blue Jackets president of hockey operations/general manager Don Waddell shook his head. “That’s not something we’re looking at,” he said.
After first Korn Ferry Tour win, OSU alum Shipley continues to make waves in pro golf

2 days ago | dispatch.com | Brian Hedger

Neal Shipley continues to make waves in the all-too-often stuffy world of professional golf. Offering a rapidly improving game and a relatable personality, the former Ohio State golfer is making quite a name for himself in golf circles. His latest foray into the media side of pro golf is a Q&A with Skratch golf insider Dan Rapaport, who stars on the Netflix series “Full Swing,” which features Shipley in its third season. Rapaport released a video clip of the “rapid fire” Q&A on April 20.
Four Ohio State Buckeyes linemen honored at Cleveland Cavaliers' NBA playoff game

2 days ago | usatoday.com | Brian Hedger

The celebration of the Ohio State football team's national championship continued Sunday night in Cleveland. After touring the nation’s capital, including a White House visit in which Vice President JD Vance dropped the team's championship trophy, the Buckeyes had four offensive linemen recognized at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse during the Cleveland Cavaliers’ playoff opener, a 121-100 victory over the Miami Heat.
5 tasks on Columbus Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell's offseason 'to do' list

3 days ago | dispatch.com | Brian Hedger

The Stanley Cup Playoffs began April 19 without the Blue Jackets, who finished two points shy of claiming the final wild card spot in the NHL’s Eastern Conference. Now, Blue Jackets president of hockey operations/GM Don Waddell and his staff take center stage. More: 5 things the Columbus Blue Jackets can improve to make the playoffsAfter watching his team take a heated playoff race down to the wire, Waddell and his front office find themselves in a great spot starting another busy spring/summer.
5 tasks on Columbus Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell's offseason 'to do' list

3 days ago | lancastereaglegazette.com | Brian Hedger

The Stanley Cup Playoffs began April 19 without the Blue Jackets, who finished two points shy of claiming the final wild card spot in the NHL’s Eastern Conference. Now, Blue Jackets president of hockey operations/GM Don Waddell and his staff take center stage. More: 5 things the Columbus Blue Jackets can improve to make the playoffsAfter watching his team take a heated playoff race down to the wire, Waddell and his front office find themselves in a great spot starting another busy spring/summer.
5 tasks on Columbus Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell's offseason 'to do' list

3 days ago | portclintonnewsherald.com | Brian Hedger

The Stanley Cup Playoffs began April 19 without the Blue Jackets, who finished two points shy of claiming the final wild card spot in the NHL’s Eastern Conference. Now, Blue Jackets president of hockey operations/GM Don Waddell and his staff take center stage. More: 5 things the Columbus Blue Jackets can improve to make the playoffsAfter watching his team take a heated playoff race down to the wire, Waddell and his front office find themselves in a great spot starting another busy spring/summer.