Columbus Blue Jackets President and General Manager Don Waddell has made a big announcement regarding management. There have been a number of additions. The biggest addition is Blue Jackets legend Rick Nash.

Hearing the familiar sounds of clacking sticks and pucks banging off the boards and glass while watching Columbus Blue Jackets prospects from the stands of a cold rink on a warm late-summer afternoon was not enough to wash away the lingering residuals of grief for Don Waddell on Saturday.

Dan Snyder's father reached out to Waddell after Johnny Gaudreau's death to deliver a message of support to the former Thrashers GM.

The Blue Jackets have already added veteran James van Riemsdyk to their roster, but are they still looking for more?

As NHL training camps opened this week, emotions were still raw after the deaths of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau, especially in Columbus. The Blue Jackets say they will learn and lean on each other as they navigate the season.

The NHL star and his brother Matthew died last month after an alleged drunk driver crashed into them while riding bicycles

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This will certainly be a different training camp for the Blue Jackets, and it starts with the man who will start putting the team through the paces this morning in the OhioHealth Ice Haus. New head coach Dean Evason comes to Columbus with a winning pedigree,

The Columbus Blue Jackets announced plans to honor Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau this season. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] As previously reported by News Center 7, the brothers died in late August when they were hit by a driver while riding bikes in New Jersey.