Blue Jackets’ Mess Is the NHL’s Latest Front-Office Warning Shot

Columbus has turned into the kind of cautionary tale every NHL executive quietly studies when the lights go down. The Blue Jackets’ struggles are not just about one bad stretch or one unlucky season, because the article points to deeper problems that have been building for a while. Around the league, teams know this is what happens when a franchise keeps missing on the big-picture stuff and the small stuff at the same time.