It has been a relatively quiet offseason, to date, for Columbus Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell. Does it hurt his team's playoff ...

Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell failed to meet his offseason goals of acquiring a top-six winger, top-four right-shot defenseman, and upgrading the goaltender position. Waddell re-signed defensemen ...

Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell failed to meet his offseason goals of acquiring a top-six winger, top-four right-shot defenseman, and upgrading the goaltender position. Waddell re-signed defensemen ...

Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell has two first-round draft picks and significant salary cap space to improve his team. Waddell is seeking a top-six forward, a right-shot defenseman, and potentially a ...

Buyouts aren’t something Don Waddell, the Blue Jackets’ president of hockey operations/general manager, is considering, even with goalie Elvis Merzlikins on a contract with only two years left ...

Sep 18, 2024; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Don Waddell, right, and head coach Dean Evason talk to reporters during a press conference for media day at Nationwide Arena.

The 2025 NHL Draft is just hours away, and Don Waddell holds two first-round picks. He prefers not to use them and to instead trade them to improve his team, so what will he do?

Buying out Merzlikins would keep him on Columbus Blue Jackets' payroll through 2028-29 Merzlikins has two years left on his contract, a deal which carries a $5.4 million charge against the cap.

So we look at all possibilities.” Though the Blue Jackets have more than $40 million in cap space this summer, Waddell has identified the trade market as his ideal method of improving his team.

The Blue Jackets remain a team to monitor. Even after the signing, they have a wealth of salary cap space and Waddell has shown his hand already. He wants to make Columbus a playoff team as soon ...

Other GMs are paying attention and hoping to emulate that, including Blue Jackets general manager Don Waddell, who just recently passed his first anniversary in Columbus. The Blue Jackets have ...