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The Jackets have dealt all three unrestricted free agents on the active roster. Raffi Torres to Buffalo, Milan Jurcina back to Washington and Modin to LA.

Blue Jackets General Manager found himself between a rock and a hard place this training camp. The issue: the CBJ had not brought anyone in to help improve the league’s worst power play last season. Going into training camp, Howson seemed to be in prime position to strike a deal for that coveted offensive defenseman [...]

Taking another giant step in his effort to wrap up the team’s young stars for the foreseeable future, GM Scott Howson has reached agreement with center Antoine Vermette to a five-year contract extension, worth a reported $18.75 million. Vermette, acquired at the trade deadline last year in a trade that sent goalie Pascal LeClair and [...]

According to a report on NHL Fanhouse (here), and later by ESPN, Ottawa has finally consummated a deal for troubled winger Dany Heatley, shipping him to the San Jose Sharks in a three team deal that has the Sharks sending former captain Patrick Marleau to the Los Angeles Kings, and the Kings packaging forward Alexander Frolov [...]

There was a great article in The Columbus Dispatch on Tuesday regarding last summer’s Tyutin & Backman for Zherdev & Fritsche trade. The article took a look at what those players have done since then, and which team got the better of the trade. It got me thinking about some other noteworthy trades in Jackets [...]

The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed center Samuel Pahlsson to a three-year contract announced team General Manager Scott Howson on Wednesday. Pahlsson is a nine year NHL veteran who has tallied 54 goals, and 92 assists for 146 points in 557 career games with Boston, Anaheim, and Chicago. With the futures of Manny Malhotra, and [...]