The Hockey News Sunday Recap: Columbus Blue Jackets

NEWS & NOTES

2025-26 Player Review: Charlie Coyle

2025-26 Player Review: Charlie Coyle Coyle was drafted 28th overall in the 2010 draft by the San Jose Sharks.

Contract Status – Unrestricted Free Agent on July 1.

Games Played – 82 – Played all 82 games for the 5th time in his career.

Goals – 20 – He scored 20 goals in a season for only the third time in his career (25 in 2023-24 with Boston & 21 in 2015-16 with Minnesota). He had 7 power play goals which tied his career high.

Assists – 38 – He tied his career high in assists that he set in 2017.

Points – 58 – Finished just two points shy of his career high set in 22-23 with Boston. Up from 35 in 2024-25.

2025-26 Player Review: Mathieu Olivier Olivier was undrafted out of Biloxi, Mississippi.

Contract Status – Going into year two of a 6-year contract signed in 2025.

Games Played – 61– Down from 82 the previous season. He had two stretches where he was injured, including the final eight games after breaking his hand in a fight.

Goals – 15 – Was on a 20 goal pace, but due to missed games, he finished three shy of his career high.

Assists – 11 – Would’ve set a career high with 15 assists if not for the missed games.

Points – 26 – Olivier was on pace to hit 35 points.

2025-26 Player Review: Denton Mateychuk Mateychuk was drafted 12th overall in 2022.

Contract Status – Going into year 3 of his ELC. He’ll be an RFA at the end of the 26-27 season.

Games Played – 75 – He played 45 in his rookie season after being called up mid-way through the year.

Goals – 13 – Mateychuk scored lots of good, timely goals, and didn’t waste any opportunities. He scored one power play goal.

Assists – 18 – Something tells me Mateychuk is going to be an assist machine in his career. He had two power play assists.

Points – 31 – Finished on a 34 point pace. He and Zach Werenski could easily put up 150 points between the two of them.

2025-26 Player Review: Ivan Provorov Provorov was acquired by the Blue Jackets on June 6, 2023.

Contract Status – Going into year 2 of a 7-year contract signed in the summer of 2025.

Games Played – 82 – He played 82 games for the 4th straight season, and 7th time in his career. In three seasons with the CBJ, he’s never missed a game.

Goals – 9 – His 9 goals were tied for the 3rd highest of his career.

Assists – 22 – His 22 assists are the third highest of his CBJ career, and 5th highest of his career.

Points – 31 – 5th highest points total of his career, and third highest in his CBJ tenure.

2025-26 Player Review: Dmitri Voronkov Voronkov was the 114th pick in the 2019 NHL Draft.

Contract Status – Going into year two of a two-year deal signed in July of 2025 at $4,175,000 per season.

Games Played – 63 – Down from 73 the year before.

Goals – 17 – Down from 23 the year before. He had 7 power play goals and one GWG.

Assists – 15 – Down from 24 the previous season.

Points – 32 – Down from 47 in 2024-25.

Four Former Blue Jackets Could Play For Switzerland At 2026 IIHF World Championships The slew of current and former Blue Jackets could be making the trip to Switzerland this year.

Forwards Grégory Hofmann and Calvin Thürkauf will most likely end up playing in the tournament.

Hofmann played 24 games for Columbus back in 2021-22 and had 7 points. He currently plays for EV Zug of the Swiss National League. He did not play in the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Former Blue Jackets Forward Is On Fire Right Now This former Blue Jackets forward is playing some excellent hockey for the Stars.

While the series between the Stars and Wild is currently tied up, Duchene is doing all he can to help Dallas. In four games so far this postseason for the Stars, Duchene has recorded two goals, five assists, and seven points. With this, there is no question that the former Blue Jackets forward is on fire right now.

Ex-Blue Jackets Forward Is Ice-Cold So Far This Postseason This former Blue Jackets forward has had a slow start to the playoffs.

In five games for the Penguins so far this postseason, Chinakhov has zero points and a minus-4 rating. He has also had zero shots in each of his last two games.

Ex-Blue Jackets Forward Has Big Playoff Moment For Canadiens This former Blue Jackets forward had a clutch moment with the Canadiens

At the 1:06 mark of the third period, Texier scored the Canadiens’ game-winning goal. It was a nice goal for the former Blue Jackets forward, too, as he beat Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy on the rush with an excellent snapshot.

REPORT: Blue Jackets Defensive Prospect To Return To Europe According to Elite Prospects European Scout Honza Zoufal, Stanislav Svozil, who was drafted 69th overall in the 2021 NHL Draft, is in talks with HC Kometa Brno, which plays in the Czech Extraliga. Svozil’s contract will expire at the end of the season, making him a restricted free agent.

According to Elite Prospects European Scout Honza Zoufal, Stanislav Svozil, who was drafted 69th overall in the 2021 NHL Draft, is in talks with HC Kometa Brno, which plays in the Czech Extraliga. Svozil’s contract will expire at the end of the season, making him a restricted free agent.

OPINION: Re-Sign Corson Ceulemans And Promote Him To The NHL Corson Ceulemans was drafted 25th overall in 2021.

Ceulemans was drafted 25th overall in 2021 by former GM Jarmo Kekäläinen. The thought when he was drafted was that after college and a year or two in the AHL, he would be ready to go. Unfortunately, Ceulemans ended up being a victim of Kekäläinen’s swing for the fence trades of Ivan Provorov and Damon Severson, more specifically, Severson.

Blue Jackets Must Target Sabres Star Forward This Summer The Blue Jackets would be wise to target Sabres forward Alex Tuch if he hits the market this off-season.

One specific area that the Blue Jackets could look to improve is their top six. When looking at their roster, one specific need they have is another high-impact winger.

Due to this, if Alex Tuch ends up testing the free-agent market instead of re-signing with the Buffalo Sabres this off-season, the Blue Jackets should strongly consider making a push for him.

Next Up For Columbus: The NHL Draft Lottery on May 5, 2025, where the CBJ will most likely pick 14 or 15.

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