The Latest Breaking News from Blue Jackets

RALEIGH, N.C. — For openers, it was all the Carolina Hurricanes and their fans wanted Wednesday at PNC Arena.

Another NHL season has arrived with no shortage of stories, trends and teams to watch. Can Colorado go back to back? Or will Toronto and Edmonton finally break through

The Columbus Blue Jackets made the biggest splash in NHL free agency, stunning the league by landing Johnny Gaudreau with a seven-year contract for $68.25 million

PHILADELPHIA — Johnny Hockey’s not coming home.

The forward reportedly took less money to head east.

Naive predictions for all 32 picks to be made during the first round Thursday, plus the Blackhawks’ top pick of 38th overall.

PHILADELPHIA — John Tortorella sat with his back to a piano, bushes waving in the wind outside large windows on a sunny day on his farm in Westchester County, N.Y. His salt-and-pepper goatee trimmed, his long hair perfect, his glasses an eloquent accessory to his presentation, he might have been…

The Hawks’ 15.4% chance of winning the No. 1 or 2 overall pick didn’t come to fruition Tuesday, and the pick is now gone for good — completing the regrettable Seth Jones trade package.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Lightning will enter their final game of the regular season still not knowing their first-round playoff opponent.