Don Waddell will handle Columbus Blue Jackets’ president of hockey operations/GM dual role Waddell made it clear he’s not looking for a GM to share the workload with this summer or ...

"Don Waddell is one of the most experienced and respected executives in our sport with over four decades of experience as a player, scout, head coach, general manager and team president,” team ...

The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed long time veteran Brendan Smith to a PTO today. Smith has played 726 games for the ...

Former Carolina Hurricanes general manager Don Waddell was named the president of hockey operations, general manager and alternate governor for the Columbus Blue Jackets, the franchise announced ...

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Majority owner Tom Dundon, left, looks on as Don Waddell speaks to reporters after it was announced he would be the team’s new general manager, a position he has held in the interim since Ron ...

Waddell Is a Huge Step Up For the Blue Jackets Waddell has spent the past decade with the Carolina Hurricanes, serving as team president from 2014-18 and as president and general manager since 2018.

Waddell said. “ (Goaltending coach Nick Backstrom) said he has great hockey sense, which you don’t hear a lot about a goalie. “We were very comfortable making a play to go get him.” ...

Waddell: We don't have a lot of holes, but we do have some areas we'd like to address Hurricanes GM Don Waddell and head coach Rod Brind'Amour spoke to the media to put a bow on the 2022-23 season.

Waddell, 60, joined the franchise in 2014. A native of Detroit, Michigan, he won a Stanley Cup with the Detroit Red Wings in 1998 when he was the team's assistant general manager.

Contracts don’t help me that much, candidly. I understand that I’m alone on this one but that’s how I feel.” Waddell had been performing his duties without a contract since June 30.

Don Waddell says if he would have played longer in the NHL, he might not have had the same career as an executive. Only a handful of people have been an NHL player, coach, general manager and team ...