They can sit back and let some desperate team come calling. Fortunately, reports are that they are taking the right steps. Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch quoted Columbus GM Scott Howson taking the approach that fans of the team will have to...

OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated defenseman Nikita Nikitin off injured reserve and placed right wing Jared Boll on injured reserve, retroactive to February 9, club Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Scott...

Being in the NHL’s toughest division, the Central Division in the Western Conference, the Blue Jackets are at the bottom of the league standings with only 41 points this season—nine points below the second-lowest point total. A team in rebuilding mode,...

The 25-year-old Russian native was acquired from St. Louis on November 11 in a trade that sent Kris Russell to the Blues. Nikitin has two goals and 16 assists in a combined 38 games this season. The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed forward Jared Boll...

OH (Sports Network) - The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed forward Jared Boll on injured reserve because of a foot injury. Boll was hurt during a February 9 game against Dallas and has already missed four games. He is listed as week-to-week. In 40...

Jared Boll #40 of the Columbus Blue Jackets skates with the puck against the Atlanta Thrashers on March 11, 2010 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. (Jamie Sabau, NHLI via Getty Images) Boll was hurt during a February 9 game against Dallas and has...

The Philadelphia Flyers, according to McKenzie, have pulled back because of Columbus' asking price, which is believed to include young forwards Sean Couturier and Brayden Schenn. The same is the case with the Toronto Maple Leafs; like his counterpart...

ESPN Insider colleague Craig Custance examined the top teams that could be in the market for Nash, listing the LA Kings and New York Rangers as the top two options. A few weeks ago I wrote about a few teams and the top prospects that could be traded at...

The Philadelphia Flyers, according to McKenzie, have pulled back because of Columbus' asking price, which is believed to include young forwards Sean Couturier and Brayden Schenn. The same is the case with the Toronto Maple Leafs; like his counterpart...

Submit Vote vote to see results That doesn’t look to be true anymore. There has been talk of the Los Angeles Kings, who can’t score right now to save their life, getting seriously involved in trade talks. Eklund from Hockey Buzz is reporting about what...

San Jose has won the last four meetings with the Blue Jackets and has claimed the previous two encounters in Columbus. The Sharks hope a visit to the home of the NHL's worst team can get their epic road trip on the right track, as San Jose takes on the...

Network) - The Sharks hope a visit to the home of the NHL's worst team can get their epic road trip on the right track, as San Jose takes on the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight at Nationwide Arena. The Sharks are just 1-3-1 so far on a nine-game swing and...

He's scored just 22 points in 38 games and has lacked the nightly intensity that made him a superstar with the Philadelphia Flyers. Philadelphia filled its biggest need by acquiring blueliners Nicklas Grossman and Pavel Kubina within the last week, so...

The Sharks are just 1-3-1 so far on a nine-game swing and the Pacific Division leaders have tied a season-high with three straight losses entering tonight's tilt. San Jose's last four-game slide came during an 0-6-0 stretch from Jan. 3-13 of last season.

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If they want to go anywhere past the first week of April, the Kings will need to improve the anemic offense and put goals on the board. Trading for Rick Nash is the best way of doing so. Nash currently leads the Columbus Blue Jackets with 19 goals and...

While much of Leafs Nation hopes that Rick Nash is Burke's primary target, it may in fact be Jeff Carter, a player the Leafs boss has coveted in the past. Regardless, both players come with big-ticket contracts, and while Burke has declared on numerous...

Sure, the Columbus Blue Jackets may let go of Rick Nash and Jeff Carter (for the right price, of course), though these three big names won't be going anywhere, try as the rumor mill might to suggest otherwise. Submit Vote vote to see results The...

To acquire a superstar player at the deadline, Rask would likely have to be part of the deal. For example, according to ESPN Boston's James Murphy, the Columbus Blue Jackets talked to the Bruins about their captain and star winger Rick Nash. The Blue...