Columbus Blue Jackets

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Columbus Blue Jackets
Columbus Blue Jackets logo
founding June 25, 1997
history Columbus Blue Jackets
since 2000
Stadion Nationwide Arena
Location Columbus , Ohio
Team colors Dark Blue  (Union Blue) Red (Goal Red) Silver (Capital Silver)
 
 
league National Hockey League
Conference Eastern Conference
division Metropolitan Division
Head coach United StatesUnited States John Tortorella
Team captain Flags of Canada and the United States.svg Nick Foligno
General manager FinlandFinland Jarmo Kekäläinen
owner United StatesUnited States John P. McConnell
Cooperations Cleveland Monsters ( AHL )
Stanley Cups no
Conference title no
Division title no

The Columbus Blue Jackets ( IPA : [kəˈlʌmbəs bluː ˈdʒæk.ɪts] ) are an American ice hockey franchise of the National Hockey League (NHL) from Columbus , Ohio . It was founded on June 25, 1997 and began playing in the NHL at the beginning of the 2000/01 season . The team plays its home games in the Nationwide Arena and is represented by the colors dark blue, red and silver. The entire external presentation is inspired by the important role of the state of Ohio in the American Civil War . The name "Blue Jackets" goes back to the dark blue uniforms of the United States Army .

The previous history of the Blue Jackets, one of the youngest NHL teams, has been marked by sporting failure. It was not until 2009 that the qualification for the playoffs succeeded for the first time, before the team was only able to win its playoff series ten years later and thus won the Stanley Cup so far.

history

In 2000, in Columbus and Minnesota new franchises of the National Hockey League opened. To fill the ranks of both teams, the NHL Expansion Draft 2000 took place in June . Just one day later, the Columbus Blue Jackets selected Rostislav Klesla in the first round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft . Dave King took over the coaching post.

On October 7, 2000, the club began participating in an NHL season with a 3-5 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks . The first goal in franchise history was scored by Bruce Gardiner . The team missed the playoffs at the end of the season , but the first year could not be described as a bad start, because with 28 wins in the 82 games they got 71 points and for an expansion team that was a relatively good start in the NHL. Also met Geoff Sanderson 30 times this season and goalie Ron Tugnutt showed good performance between the posts.

The 2001/02 season left rather unsuccessful results. In penultimate place in the league and with only 57 points, they finished the season. But the Blue Jackets did not only make negative headlines in the sporting field. On March 16, 2002 in the game against the Calgary Flames , a shot by Espen Knutsen was deflected over the Plexiglas pane into the audience and hit Brittanie Cecil on the head. The girl died two days later, shortly before her 14th birthday. As a result of the tragic incident, nylon nets were hung over the plexiglass panes behind the goals in all arenas of the NHL. The players wore the initials BNC (Brittanie Nicole Cecil) on their helmets at the first home game after the girl's death and the Blue Jackets founded the Brittanie Cecil Memorial Fund, for which money is still collected at home games.

On the morning of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft , the Blue Jackets tried in a transfer deal the "first overall" draft pick, the right to select the first player in the draft, to receive from the Florida Panthers . At the end of Columbus, the Panthers received a third-round draft pick and the option of both teams swapping draft positions in the first round in the coming year should Columbus be ahead of the Panthers in the draft order. For this, both teams swapped the order this year. Columbus was allowed to choose the first player in the draft, Florida the third. The Blue Jackets had made the right decision with this deal and selected Rick Nash in the first round that evening .

The 2002/03 season started relatively well with seven wins in their first 14 games, but they couldn't keep up the performance for long. As the worst team in the Western Conference , they clearly missed the playoffs. Trainer Dave King was fired during the season, General Manager Doug MacLean took over the post. After Ron Tugnutt left before the season, Marc Denis was now a regular goalkeeper and played 77 of the 82 games, just two games away from Grant Fuhr's record.

In the 2003 NHL Entry Draft they secured the rights to Russian Nikolai Scherdew , who played for the Blue Jackets in the 2003/04 season and reached 34 points in 57 games. They also brought in experienced people like Todd Marchant and Darryl Sydor . The season was again disappointing. And MacLean made way for new head coach Gerard Gallant during the season . In the end, the team was second to last in the conference. One of the few bright spots was Rick Nash, who had scored 41 goals in his second season and together with Jarome Iginla from Calgary and Ilya Kowalchuk from Atlanta , who also scored 41 times, received the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy as top scorer in the NHL .

The 2004/05 season had to be canceled because the NHL, the team owners and the players could not agree on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement , a kind of collective agreement.

In the summer of 2005, the Blue Jackets brought Adam Foote from the Colorado Avalanche , but the team got off to a bad start due to injuries at Nash and Scherdew. In mid-November, management hired superstar Sergei Fyodorov from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim . Rick Nash still got 54 points in the 54 games he played in the season. The other talent Nikolai Scherdew reached the same mark with 27 goals and 27 assists . But in the table the good performances of the young players were not reflected and Columbus could only leave Chicago and St. Louis behind. However, with 35 wins, it was the most successful season in team history.

After the 2005/06 season goalkeeper Marc Denis was transferred to the Tampa Bay Lightning . His role is to take Pascal Leclaire , who was Columbus' first choice in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft . This shows that the management would like to build on the young talents around Leclaire, Nash and Scherdew in particular. Todd Marchant left the team, Anson Carter was brought in by the Vancouver Canucks .

After the Blue Jackets started weak with five wins and nine losses in the 2006/07 season , coach Gallant was dismissed. As a successor they signed Ken Hitchcock , who had to leave the Philadelphia Flyers just a few weeks earlier .

Venues

The exterior of the Nationwide Arena

Since its inaugural season , the Blue Jackets have played their home games in the Nationwide Arena , an 18,136-seat multi-purpose arena .

The decision to build the US $ 150 million arena was approved at the instigation of John H. McConnell , the first owner of the Columbus Blue Jackets, in May 1997, whereupon the city of Columbus only a few weeks later the bid for one of two new NHLs -Franchises got. The construction was financed by the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company . After the arena was completed in 2000, the Columbus Blue Jackets started playing there for the 2000/01 season .

With the death of 13-year-old Brittanie Cecil, who was hit by a puck there in 2002 , the arena gained inglorious notoriety. In 2007, the NHL Entry Draft was held over two days in the hall.

Farm teams

season Farm team league
2000/01/2006/07 Dayton Bombers ECHL
2007/08 Elmira Jackals ECHL
2000 / 01-2009 / 10 Syracuse crunch AHL
2004 / 05–2008 / 09 Youngstown SteelHounds CHL
2008/09 Johnstown Chiefs ECHL
2009/10 Gwinnett Gladiators ECHL
2010 / 11–2014 / 15 Springfield Falcons AHL
2010/11 Fort Wayne Comet CHL
2011/12 Chicago Express ECHL
2012 / 13–2014 / 15 Evansville IceMen ECHL
since 2015/16 Lake Erie / Cleveland Monsters AHL
2015/16 Kalamazoo Wings ECHL

Like all NHL teams, the Columbus Blue Jackets maintain several farm teams in sub-leagues . The Blue Jackets have owned the most important talent factory since the beginning of the 2015/16 season in Cleveland in the US state of Ohio , where the Lake Erie Monsters (since August 2016 Cleveland Monsters ) play in the American Hockey League . The American Hockey League is declared as a minor league of class AAA and thus the highest possible level below the NHL. In addition to the AHL club, the Blue Jackets have also been working with the Kalamazoo Wings from the ECHL since the 2012/13 season . Other collaborations in the minor leagues took place between previously with the Dayton Bombers , Elmira Jackals , Syracuse Crunch , Youngstown SteelHounds , Johnstown Chiefs , Gwinnett Gladiators , Fort Wayne Komets , Chicago Express and Evansville IceMen .

owner

The current owner and main shareholder of the team is the American John P. McConnell, who took over after the death of his father John H. McConnell on April 25, 2008, after he had previously acted as his father's deputy. In 1997, John H. McConnell was instrumental in building the Nationwide Arena , which made it possible for the City of Columbus to award an NHL franchise. At the time, he acquired 78 percent of the club's shares, which his family owned. Other shareholders are Wolfe Enterprises, a subsidiary of the local press The Columbus Dispatch , with ten percent, property developer Ron Pizzuti and Crane Plastics with five percent each, and the former owner of Columbus Chill from the East Coast Hockey League , Horn Chen, with two percent.

Miscellaneous

mascot

Stinger , an anthropomorphic hornet , has been the team's mascot since the 2000/01 debut season and entertains the crowd during the Blue Jackets' home games. In addition to appearing at the NHL games, the mascot can also be booked for birthday parties, hospital visits and the like.

Media presence

The television partner of Columbus Blue Jackets is the special interest broadcaster Fox Sports Net , which broadcasts almost all regular season games through the broadcaster FSN Ohio, which covers the regional TV market. Danny Gare , Steve Yzerman's predecessor as captain of the Detroit Red Wings , analyzes the games alongside veteran sports commentator Jeff Rimer . Jeff Hogan guides the audience through the third breaks and is responsible for interviews with players and officials. The television stations Versus and NBC hold the transmission rights for the entire US market. However, the two stations only broadcast a few selected San Jose Sharks games during the season, but these are mainly exclusive.

During the playoffs, FSN Ohio would broadcast the playoff games of the first two rounds, unless they are broadcast by NBC. The remainder of the playoffs up to and including the final series of the Stanley Cup will be shown by NBC and Versus in the United States.

In Canada, CBC is the primary network for regular season and playoff games. TSN also holds transmission rights to NHL games, but is only allowed to show the games that CBC does not broadcast. However, both channels mainly focus on games with Canadian participation, so that only a few games of the Columbus Blue Jackets can be seen in Canada.

Outside of the local Columbus Blue Jackets TV market, all of the team's games can be received via the NHL Center Ice package, which is subject to a fee .

In Europe, NASN holds the rights to the NHL games. During the season, some Columbus Blue Jackets games will be broadcast, with NASN using broadcasts from the responsible broadcasters in the USA.

In addition, the Blue Jackets games can be received via the Blue Jackets Radio Network , which consists of 28 individual radio stations. Here George Matthews comments on the games in the franchise . He is supported by the ex-player and scout Bill Davidge as an expert. Thanks to the official websites of the National Hockey League and the Columbus Blue Jackets, radio broadcasts of the games can also be received worldwide.

About the Internet send Yahoo and Comcast , the parent company of the TV channel Versus, selected games of the NHL live, including some of the Columbus Blue Jackets. The service is free, but access is restricted to US-based internet users. Users within the Blue Jackets TV market cannot use the Comcast service for Columbus Blue Jackets games. All of the team's games outside of the local TV market can also be received via the Internet via the paid NHL Center Ice Online service.

Achievements and honors

Sporting successes

The Columbus Blue Jackets have hardly had any sporting success since they started playing in the 2000/01 season . A third place in the Central Division in the 2005/06 season is the best placement in the regular season and so the team has not been able to win a division title so far. This third place was not enough to qualify for the first playoff round. The franchise team managed to do this for the only time so far in the 2008/09 season when they failed in the Conference quarterfinals at the Detroit Red Wings .

NHL Awards and All-Star Team Nominations

Since the franchise was founded , three Columbus Blue Jackets players have won one of the individual NHL awards. In addition, three players made it into the all-rookie team and one into an all-star team .

Rick Nash won the first award for the team in the 2003/04 season when he won the Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy for the best goalscorer of the season with his 41 goals . He shared this title with Jarome Iginla and Ilya Kovalchuk , who scored just as many hits.

A year earlier, Nash had been elected to the all-rookie team with 39 points in 74 games thanks to his good debut season. The same was achieved in the 2001/02 season defender Rostislav Klesla .

As the first player in the Blue Jackets, goalkeeper Steve Mason won the Calder Memorial Trophy for the best newcomer to the league in the 2008-09 season . At the same time, he was also appointed to the all-rookie team.

NHL All-Star Game Nominations

A total of 15 Columbus Blue Jackets players have been voted into the All-Star Game by fans because of their popularity or have been nominated by the coaches because of their performance.

After the franchise no player had received a nomination in the first season, took the Norwegian Espen Knutsen at the NHL All-Star Game in 2002 for the first time a player of the team from Ohio part in the game that the at that time in the format "North America against the rest World ”. A year later, the then team captain, Ray Whitney, followed . For the 2004 NHL All-Star Game , Rick Nash finally received his first nomination.

After a two-year failure of the All-Star Games because of the lockout in 2005 and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Nash was the only one to represent his club again in the All-Star Game in 2007 . He received his third nomination in a row again a year later, when he narrowly missed the nomination as the most valuable player despite a hat trick . In total, Nash was nominated five times in a row from 2004 to 2011 and thus holds the franchise record.

The All-Star Game 2015 hosted the Blue Jackets and provided three players, with Ryan Johansen being named Most Valuable Player.

The YoungStars Game, which was introduced in 2002 and is played between the best newcomers to the League as part of the program of the actual All-Star Game, has so far included four Blue Jackets players nominated by the league management. These were Rostislav Klesla in 2002 and 2003, as well as Rick Nash, also in 2003, and the Russian Nikolai Scherdew in 2004. Steve Mason decided not to participate in 2009 due to an injury. In 2012 Ryan Johansen took part as a rookie in the newly introduced skills competition .

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime or shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded

season GP W. L. T OTL Pts GF GA space Playoffs
2000/01 82 28 39 9 6th 71 190 233 5th, Central not qualified
2001/02 82 22nd 47 8th 5 57 164 255 5th, Central not qualified
2002/03 82 29 42 8th 3 69 213 263 5th, Central not qualified
2003/04 82 25th 45 8th 4th 62 177 238 4th, Central not qualified
2004/05 1 - - - - - - - - -
2005/06 82 35 43 - 4th 74 223 279 3rd, Central not qualified
2006/07 82 33 42 - 7th 73 201 249 4th, Central not qualified
2007/08 82 34 36 - 12 80 193 218 4th, Central not qualified
2008/09 82 41 31 - 10 92 226 230 4th, Central Conference quarterfinals lost, 4-0 ( Detroit )
2009/10 82 32 35 - 15th 79 216 259 5th, Central not qualified
2010/11 82 34 35 - 13 81 215 258 5th, Central not qualified
2011/12 82 29 46 - 7th 65 202 262 5th, Central not qualified
2012/13 2 48 24 17th - 7th 55 129 119 4th, Central not qualified
2013/14 82 43 32 - 7th 93 231 216 4th, Metropolitan Conference quarterfinals lost, 2-4 ( Pittsburgh )
2014/15 82 42 35 - 5 89 236 250 5th, Metropolitan not qualified
2015/16 82 34 40 - 8th 76 219 252 8th, Metropolitan not qualified
2016/17 82 50 24 - 8th 108 249 195 3rd, Metropolitan Conference quarterfinals lost, 4-1 ( Pittsburgh )
2017/18 82 45 30th - 7th 97 236 226 4th, Metropolitan Conference quarter-finals lost, 2-4 ( Washington )
2018/19 82 47 31 - 4th 98 256 231 5th, Metropolitan Conference quarterfinals win, 4-0 ( Tampa Bay )
Conference semi-finals defeat, 4-0 ( Boston )
total 1432 627 650 33 132 1419 3776 4233 5 playoff appearances
6 series: 1 wins, 5 losses
31 games: 11 wins, 20 losses
1 season because of the NHL lockout 2004/05 failed
2 season shortened due to the 2012/13 NHL lockout

Franchise records

Selected player records of the franchise over the entire career as well as over individual seasons are listed below.

Career

Rick Nash holds various franchise records
Surname number
Most games Rick Nash 674 (in 9 seasons)
Most consecutive games RJ Umberger 288 (October 10, 2008 to January 10, 2012)
Most goals Rick Nash 289
Most templates Rick Nash 258
Most of the points Rick Nash 547 (289 goals + 258 assists)
Most penalty minutes Jared Boll 1195
Most shutouts Sergei Bobrowski * 33

* active player in the Blue Jackets; Status after the end of the 2018/19 season

season

Surname number season
Most goals Rick Nash
Cam Atkinson 		41 2003/04
2018/19
Most templates Artemi Panarin 59 2018/19
Most of the points Artemi Panarin 87 (28 goals + 59 assists) 2018/19
Most points as a rookie Pierre-Luc Dubois 48 (20 goals + 28 assists) 2017/18
Most points as a defender Seth Jones 57 (16 goals + 41 assists) 2017/18
Most penalty minutes Jody Shelley 249 2002/03
Most wins as a goalkeeper Sergei Bobrovsky 41 2016/17

Trainer

Abbreviations: GC = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after
overtime , Pts = points, Pts% = point quota

Surname season Regular season Playoffs
GC W. L. T OTL Pts Pts% GC W. L.
Dave King 2000/01/2002/03 * 204 64 106 21st 13 162 .397 - - -
Doug MacLean 2002/03 * - 2003/04 * 79 24 43 8th 4th 60 .380 - - -
Gerard Gallant 2003/04 * - 2006/07 * 142 56 76 4th 6th 122 .430 - - -
Gary Agnew ** 2006/07 * 5 0 4th - 1 1 .100 - - -
Ken Hitchcock 2006/07 * –2009 / 10 * 284 125 123 - 36 286 .504 4th 0 4th
Claude Noël ** 2009/10 * 24 10 8th - 6th 26th .542 - - -
Scott Arniel 2010 / 11–2011 / 12 * 123 45 60 - 18th 108 .439 - - -
Todd Richards 2011/12 * –2015 / 16 * 260 127 112 - 21st 275 .529 6th 2 4th
John Tortorella since 2015/16 * 321 176 118 - 27 379 .590 21st 9 12

* Change during the current season; ** Interim trainer

As the first coach in the history of the franchise, the Blue Jackets had signed Dave King, an internationally experienced man who, after having worked for the Canadian national team for many years, had also gained experience in the NHL with the Calgary Flames . Although the management did not expect great sporting success in the first few years, when the expected upward trend was still a long time coming in the third year, the then General Manager Doug MacLean took over the coaching position himself. A few years earlier, MacLean had already successfully managed a newly founded team with the Florida Panthers . For the following season, assistant coach Gerard Gallant was a hopeful man for the coaching staff, who was given responsibility behind the gang during the season, while MacLean concentrated on his managerial duties.

During Gallant's time as head coach, the 2004/05 season, which was canceled due to the lockout , first fell . In the following year he was able to achieve a better win rate with the team than his two predecessors. However, a poor start to the 2006/07 season with only five wins from 14 games led to his early release. After assistant coach Gary Agnew had temporarily looked after the team for five games, an experienced coach was signed in Ken Hitchcock . In the course of the 2008/09 season Hitchcock exceeded the record set by Dave King in wins and led the team for the first time in its history in the playoffs. The 2009/10 season was not as successful as the previous one and Hitchcock was fired on February 3, 2010. His previous assistant Claude Noël was promoted from management on an interim basis and filled the position without much success until the end of the season.

During the summer break, the Blue Jackets held talks with several candidates. After a rejection by preferred candidate Guy Boucher , Scott Arniel was officially introduced as the new head coach on June 8, 2010. Arniel's tenure only lasted until January 9, 2012, when he was dismissed due to continued unsuccessfulness and replaced by the American Todd Richards on an interim basis. Richards was later given a permanent contract and looked after the Blue Jackets in the episode until October 2015, when he was sacked after seven losses in the first seven games and replaced by John Tortorella .

General manager

Surname season
Doug MacLean 2000/01/2006/07 *
Jim Clark ** 2006/07 *
Scott Howson 2007 / 08–2012 / 13 *
Jarmo Kekäläinen since 2012/13

* Change during the current season
** Interim General Manager

The Columbus Blue Jackets started their first season in the National Hockey League with the NHL experienced Doug MacLean as General Manager (GM) . MacLean, who had reached the final games of the Stanley Cup in the 1995/96 season as head coach of the Florida Panthers completely surprisingly , had already been hired in February 1998 and had since prepared the franchise for the NHL.

MacLean succeeded in his tenure, which ended early at the end of the 2006/07 season , never to lead the team into the playoffs. Even the conclusion with a positive seasonal balance did not succeed during his tenure. Finally, MacLean was fired on April 18, 2007 and replaced by the previous assistant GM Jim Clark, who initially served as interim GM. On June 14, 2007, Scott Howson , up until then assistant GM at the Edmonton Oilers , was introduced as the new general manager. After only one play-off participation in 5 seasons, Howson was relieved of his duties as general manager of the franchise on February 12, 2013

One day later, the Finn Jarmo Kekäläinen was introduced as the third general manager in the history of Blue Jackets . He previously worked as assistant general manager for the St. Louis Blues in the NHL and as general manager for the Finnish club Jokerit Helsinki in the SM-liiga.

player

Squad for the 2019/20 season

As of August 6, 2020

No. Nat. player Item Date of birth in org. since place of birth
70 FinlandFinland Joonas Korpisalo G April 28, 1994 2014 Pori , Finland
90 LatviaLatvia Elvis Merzļikins G April 13, 1994 2019 Riga , Latvia
44 RussiaRussia Vladislav Gavrikov D. November 21, 1995 2019 Yaroslavl , Russia
4th CanadaCanada Scott Harrington D. March 10, 1993 2016 Kingston , Ontario , Canada
3 United StatesUnited States Seth Jones -  A D. 03rd October 1994 2016 Plano , Texas , USA
46 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dean Kukan D. 0July 8, 1993 2015 Volketswil , Switzerland
27 CanadaCanada Ryan Murray D. September 27, 1993 2013 White City , Saskatchewan , Canada
65 FinlandFinland Markus Nutivaara D. 0June 6, 1994 2016 Oulu , Finland
58 CanadaCanada David Savard D. October 22, 1990 2010 Saint-Hyacinthe , Quebec , Canada
8th United StatesUnited States Zach Werenski D. July 19, 1997 2016 Grosse Pointe , Michigan , USA
77 CanadaCanada Josh Anderson Injured.svg RW 0May 7, 1994 2013 Burlington , Ontario , Canada
13 United StatesUnited States Cam Atkinson -  A. RW 0June 5th 1989 2011 Riverside , Connecticut , USA
52 SwedenSweden Emil Bemström C. 0June 1, 1999 2019 Nykoping , Sweden
28 DenmarkDenmark Oliver Bjorkstrand RW April 10, 1995 2013 Herning , Denmark
17th United StatesUnited States Brandon Dubinsky Injured.svg C. April 29, 1986 2012 Anchorage , Alaska , USA
18th Flags of Canada and the United States.svg Pierre-Luc Dubois C. June 24, 1998 2016 Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts , Québec , Canada
71 Flags of Canada and the United States.svg Nick Foligno -  C. LW October 31, 1987 2012 Buffalo , New York , USA
38 CanadaCanada Boone Jenner -  A C. June 15, 1993 2012 London , Ontario , Canada
20th CanadaCanada Riley Nash C. 0May 9, 1989 2018 Consort , Alberta , Canada
14th SwedenSweden Gustav Nyquist RW 0September 1, 1989 2019 Halmstad , Sweden
74 CanadaCanada Devin Shore C. July 19, 1994 2020 Ajax , Ontario , Canada
42 FranceFrance Alexandre Texier C. September 13, 1999 2018 Grenoble , France
10 SwedenSweden Alexander Wennberg C. November 22, 1994 2014 Nacka , Sweden

Team captains

In the history of the Columbus Blue Jackets there have been six different players who have held the office of team captain.

year Surname
2000-2002 Lyle Odelein
2002-2003 Ray Whitney
2003-2005 Luke Richardson
2005-2008 Adam Foote
2008–2012 Rick Nash
since 2015 Nick Foligno

The first player with the "C" on his chest in 2000 was the experienced defender Lyle Odelein , who was signed by the Phoenix Coyotes in the course of the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft . Odelein already had eleven seasons of experience in the NHL and a title win with the Montréal Canadiens and was therefore the right person to lead the young team into the first season. After Odelein had been delivered to the Chicago Blackhawks at the end of the 2001/02 season , Ray Whitney took over for the rest of the season as well as for the following the office of team captain.

At the beginning of the 2003/04 season, the coaching staff considered Luke Richardson again an experienced defender with the captaincy, but this - due to the lockout in the 2004/05 season  - only filled one and a half seasons. Like Odelein, he was transferred to a competitor shortly before the end of the 2005/06 season . Adam Foote then followed him in the position. However, after almost two years, he also requested a change to another team and thus released the office. A few days after Foote's change, on March 12, 2008, the team management handed the "C" permanently to Rick Nash , who is one of the longest serving players on the team.

After Nash was transferred to the New York Rangers in July 2012 , the office was not reassigned and instead three to four assistant captains were nominated. A new team captain was not appointed until May 20, 2015, after the 2014/15 season in Nick Foligno .

Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame

To date, a Columbus Blue Jackets player has been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Surname Recording date position
Sergei Fyodorov 2015 player

Blocked jersey numbers

The famous 99 of the Canadian Wayne Gretzky is the only jersey number that has been banned throughout the league since February 6, 2000 and is therefore no longer given to a player.

No. Surname Blocking date
99 Wayne Gretzky February 6, 2000 (league-wide)

Top 10 voting rights in the NHL Entry Draft

Surname year Draft position
Rostislav Klesla 2000 4th
Pascal Leclaire 2001 8th.
Rick Nash 2002 1.
Nikolai Scherdew 2003 4th
Alexandre Picard 2004 8th.
Gilbert Brulé 2005 6th
Surname year Draft position
Derick Brassard 2006 6th
Jakub Voráček 2007 7th
Nikita Filatov 2008 6th
Ryan Johansen 2010 4th
Ryan Murray 2012 2.
Zach Werenski 2015 8th.
Surname year Draft position
Pierre-Luc Dubois 2016 3.

So far, the Columbus Blue Jackets - with the exception of 2009 , 2011 , 2013 and 2014 - have been able to choose a player from the top ten rights in every NHL Entry Draft , which is mainly due to the poor performance of the team during the regular season. Since 2000 there have been 13 voting rights.

The first draft pick in the history of the franchise was defender Rostislav Klesla in fourth overall position in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft . With Rick Nash , the Blue Jackets were able to draft a player in first position in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft and a year later in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft with Nikolai Scherdew another in fourth place. They were also able to select Ryan Johansen in 2010 as fourth overall .

Franchise top point collector

The ten best point collectors in the history of the Columbus Blue Jackets until the end of the regular season 2018/19 and the playoffs 2019 .

Abbreviations: Pos = position, GP = games, G = goals, A = assists, Pts = points, P / G = points per game

Regular season

Surname Item season GP G A. Pts P / G
Rick Nash LW 2002 / 03–2011 / 12 674 289 258 547 0.81
Cam Atkinson RW since 2011/12 527 186 156 342 0.65
David Výborný RW 2000/01/2007/08 543 113 204 317 0.58
Nick Foligno LW since 2012/13 490 125 162 287 0.59
RJ Umberger C. 2008 / 09–2013 / 14 445 120 130 250 0.56
Brandon Dubinsky C. since 2012/13 430 72 153 225 0.52
Boone Jenner C. since 2013/14 419 102 97 199 0.47
Ryan Johansen C. 2011 / 12–2015 / 16 309 79 114 193 0.62
Fyodor Tjutin D. 2008 / 09–2015 / 16 553 39 146 185 0.33
Nikolai Scherdew RW 2003/04/2007/08 283 76 105 181 0.64

Playoffs

Surname Item GP G A. Pts P / G
Artemi Panarin LW 16 7th 11 18th 1.13
Cam Atkinson RW 27 7th 11 18th 0.67
Seth Jones D. 21st 4th 12 16 0.76
Boone Jenner C. 27 7th 7th 14th 0.52
Matt Calvert LW 16 6th 4th 10 0.63
Matt Duchene C. 10 5 5 10 1.00
Nick Foligno LW 24 5 5 10 0.42
Zach Werenski D. 19th 3 7th 10 0.53
Jack Johnson D. 11 4th 5 9 0.82
Pierre-Luc Dubois C. 16 4th 5 9 0.56

Well-known former players

(Team membership and position in brackets)

The striker, who had enjoyed great success in the 1990s, gave the young team security. Often used in defense due to his experience.
The Olympic champion and Stanley Cup winner continued the trend of
defenders as team captain. Like Fyodorov, he led the inexperienced crew.
The Norwegian was the first player to represent the Blue Jackets in the All-Star Game and gained notoriety when a deflected shot from him fatally injured a young spectator.
The Canadian was drafted by the Blue Jackets in 2002 and has spent nine seasons in Columbus. He holds various franchise records, including most games and most points, and was the team's captain from 2008 to 2012
Scherdew's time in Columbus was marked by contract quarrels and, alongside Rick Nash, was part of the up-and-coming generation of the team.
One of the most famous players who was signed in the Expansion Draft . After a change in March 2004, returned briefly in October 2005.
The Czech played over 500 games for the team between 2000 and 2008 and has long held various franchise records.
The striker had two excellent years of play for the Ohio team after arriving from Florida in March 2001 . Team captain in his senior year at the club.

Web links

Commons : Columbus Blue Jackets  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ dispatch.com, Jackets' owners are on solid ice
  2. ↑ Guy Boucher refuse l'offre the Blue Jackets et aurait accepté celle du Lightning
  3. ↑ Columbus Blue Jackets name Scott Arniel Head Coach
  4. ↑ Blue Jackets name Jarmo Kekalainen General Manager , bluejackets.nhl.com, February 13, 2013