Cameron Thompson
I'm Cameron Thompson and I cover the Blue Jackets for The Hockey Writers. Ever since I watched my first NHL and Blue Jackets game at the age of seven, I have been hooked on the best game in the world ever since. I am a 2019 graduate of The Ohio State University and covered all types of sports, most notably Buckeye hockey.
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Blue Jackets Prospect Fix-Wolansky Poised for Breakout Season
September 1st, 2020 During an NHL draft, nothing is ever certain. Sure, the consensus top-3 or 5 picks usually go off the board without surprise, but even then, it doesn't happen all the time. The Columbus Blue Jackets selected Pierre-Luc Dubois over Jesse Puljujarvi or Barrett Hayton was picked by the Arizona Coyotes with the 5th-overall pick in the 2018...
Blue Jackets Seeing Signs of Wennberg Returning to His Old Form
August 28th, 2020 At the time of his selection with the 14th-overall pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, Alexander Wennberg was seen as a key piece for the Columbus Blue Jackets franchise moving forward as a possible top-line or top-six center as the first selection of newly hired Finnish general manager Jarmo Kekalainen. However, in the seven years...
Blue Jackets Looking For Veteran Impact
July 31st, 2020 With the exhibition games starting to wrap up, the NHL is now just days away from putting its 24-team playoff format into its next stage with the play-in qualifiers giving each of the 16 teams a chance in a five-game series to grab a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. In a perfect world, there would be more exhibition games and...
Blue Jackets Could Use Some Magic From Youth
July 27th, 2020 The National Hockey League is days away from attempting to complete its 2019-20 season with a 24-team playoff tournament to decide a Stanley Cup Champion. The Columbus Blue Jackets, among the other 23 teams, brought a roster of 31 players into the "secure zones" or "bubbles" located in the hub cities of Toronto, Ontario, and...
Blue Jackets Beginnings: Doug MacLean's Tenure as GM
June 29th, 2020 The Columbus Blue Jackets were awarded an expansion franchise on June 25, 1997, and were set to take the necessary steps to establish itself in the National Hockey League in the 2000-01 season. Enter Doug MacLean who was hired as the first general manager in Blue Jackets history on Feb. 11, 1998. His previous managerial experience...
Blue Jackets Roster Impact From the Gaborik Trades
June 4th, 2020 Since breaking into the National Hockey League in the 2000-01 season after being selected third overall in 2000 by the new expansion franchise, the Minnesota Wild, the hockey world knew that the Slovak forward Marian Gaborik could leave his mark with the Wild and the NHL. 20 years later, no one could have expected the impact the...
