Evason had just finished maybe his finest season as an NHL coach, leading the young, patchwork Blue Jackets to a surprising 40-33-9 record, a whopping 23-point improvement over the previous season.

Dean Evason has added a new coaching job to his resume. According to a source, the Blue Jackets coach will run the bench for Canada at the 2025 men’s world championship to be held May 9-25 in ...

Waddell said he doesn't plan to make further staff changes. "Everybody's contract was up this year except the people I hired last year, like (Evason) and a couple of the assistants," Waddell said.

Going into Tuesday night’s game against the Kings in Los Angeles, head coach Scott Arniel had the Jets at 106 points in 74 games, 12 more than they had at the same time last year under Rick Bowness.