Things just have not worked out for goaltender Elviz Merzlikins with the Blue Jackets, and it's time for a change of scenery.

Waddell and the Blue Jackets have two first-round picks to work with at the 2025 NHL Draft. However, there is a chance they don’t use one or both of those selections. The Columbus general manager said ...

This is a Blue Jackets season to trust the new president/general manager, Don Waddell. It is a season to believe that Waddell, 66, in the last posting of what has been a long career, knows what he ...

Players who play and live in Columbus have grown to understand that it's a very underrated city. Columbusites have always ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Don Waddell surprised many in the Carolina Hurricanes organization last May when he announced, only a day after the Hurricanes were bounced from the second round of the playoffs ...

I invested everything I’ve got, and I’m still going to do it until the day I’m being told, ‘No, don’t show up to the rink tomorrow.’” Waddell isn’t tipping his hand. He has enjoyed ...

I don't have any problem rewarding players that have proven it and do it." He was also asked if he felt confident that they could avoid arbitration. Waddell says, "The player filed for arbitration ...

Hurricanes GM Don Waddell and head coach Rod Brind'Amour spoke to the media to put a bow on the 2022-23 season. Waddell and Brind'Amour spoke about pending UFA's, the goalie situation and what ...

“I don’t think anybody’s focused right now other than on the grieving part, which is understandable.” Much of the burden has fallen to Waddell, who has been in discussions with the NHL and ...