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New Blue jackets Staff: The Columbus Blue Jackets have added Niklas Backstrom as their goaltending coach (formerly of the Minnesota Wild), Brad Thiessen as a goaltending coach (formerly of the Cleveland Monsters), and Jim Viers as their scouting coordinator.
prospect Scouting: The team is actively scouting prospects, including a player named Andreyanov. They used a combination of video scouting (Backstrom) and live viewings (Thiessen, Viers, and Waddell) at an event in Florida geared towards Russian prospects.
Andreyanov’s Impression: Scouts were impressed with Andreyanov,noting he has a “little aura” and “swagger” and appears to be a good teammate.
Draft Strategy: General Manager Don Waddell attempted to trade the Blue Jackets’ first-round draft picks for established NHL players, but didn’t find any suitable offers.
New Prospects: the team ultimately added two new prospects to their system.
Event Highlight: A notable event mentioned is a Stadium series game where Meredith Gaudreau (johnny Gaudreau’s widow) was a guest announcer.
