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Wesley Minke

Graduate of Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. Avid hockey fan and Blue Jackets writer. Lucky and excited to bring content as often as possible to THW for the Columbus Blue Jackets.

3 New Year’s Resolutions for the Blue Jackets to Stay Hot in 2026

Wesley Minke | January 1, 2026

The Columbus Blue Jackets have shown great signs of growth as a team, and a resolve to find ways to win recently that they didn’t have even two short weeks…

Categories Columbus Blue Jackets

3 Takeaways From the Blue Jackets’ Resilient Road Win Over the Senators

Wesley Minke | December 30, 2025

The Columbus Blue Jackets, amidst tons of injuries, delays, and travel issues, found a way to pull out a big road win to stay hot at the end of 2025.…

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Blue Jackets Season Outlook With 50 Games Remaining Amidst Rough Stretch

Wesley Minke | December 15, 2025

The Columbus Blue Jackets’ season has quickly been derailed after a hot start. They are now on a five-game losing streak, and with 50 games left, they are at a…

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Blue Jackets Continuing to Struggle to Find Consistent Production

Wesley Minke | December 8, 2025

The Columbus Blue Jackets have struggled this season with offensive production, and to be more specific, consistency from their depth scorers. Outside of the top forward line of Kirill Marchenko,…

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3 Quick Fixes to the Blue Jackets’ Third Period Meltdowns

Wesley Minke | December 1, 2025

All too often, the Columbus Blue Jackets have stacked up two competitive periods to open games only to stumble in the third. We haven’t seen a regulation win from the…

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3 Reasons Blue Jackets Fans Should Be Thankful This Season

Wesley Minke | November 28, 2025

This season has been quite a rollercoaster for the Columbus Blue Jackets but with any rollercoaster ride there are very high highs and very low lows. This team has given…

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Blue Jackets 3 Keys to a Win Against the Slumping Canadiens

Wesley Minke | November 17, 2025

After a heartbreaking shootout loss on Saturday night against the New York Rangers, the Columbus Blue Jackets look to finish off the homestand on a positive note with two big…

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3 Keys to a Blue Jackets Victory Over the Oilers

Wesley Minke | November 10, 2025

The Columbus Blue Jackets have found themselves in the midst of a three-game losing streak. In all three of the games the Blue Jackets dropped, they had a chance in,…

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Blue Jackets Are Getting Their Money’s Worth Out of Elvis Merzlikins This Season

Wesley Minke | November 6, 2025

Going into this season, one of the big question marks for the Columbus Blue Jackets was the goaltending situation at hand between the incumbent starter from a year ago, Elvis…

Categories Blue Jackets Goaltending, Columbus Blue Jackets

Are the Blue Jackets a Legitimate Threat to Win the Metropolitan Division?

Wesley Minke | October 30, 2025

The Columbus Blue Jackets have opened the 2025-26 season with a 6-4-0 record through their first 10 games and have seen stiff competition in those games. Of the first 10…

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3 Takeaways From the Blue Jackets’ Blowout 6-3 Win over the Maple Leafs

Wesley Minke | October 30, 2025

The Columbus Blue Jackets came out of the gates swinging on Wednesday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs with a heavy and hostile attack to open the game. The Blue…

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Yegor Chinakhov Is Becoming Irreplaceable for the Blue Jackets

Wesley Minke | October 27, 2025

The Columbus Blue Jackets have recently been playing a faster and more physical brand of hockey, which head coach Dean Evason is known to install. However one of the best…

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