Don Waddell was hired as general manager of the Columbus Blue Jackets on May 28. After taking a few weeks to get the lay of the land, he has been actively making his own mark on the team over the last two weeks.
June 17: Waddell fired head coach Pascal Vincent. Vincent had one year remaining on his contract, and one could understand giving him one more chance, under better circumstances. Instead, Waddell said “At the end of the day, I just couldn’t get comfortable that he’d be the guy who could take us to the next level.