The Columbus Blue Jackets have loaded the Cleveland Monsters with the paper moves of forwards Mikael Pyyhita and Joseph LaBate Jr. on the offense; and defender Denton Mateychuk to help the Land in their quest for the Calder Cup.
The Columbus Blue Jackets also added forward Christian Fischer off the waiver wire from the Detroit Red Wings. Fischer and Werenski played together in the US National Development Program in 2013-2015. Fischer also played in Arizona, Detroit, and Europe professionally. The Chicago native has one goal and 6 assists in 45 games with Detroit this season.
The Blue Jackets have acquired forward Luke Kunin in their only trade of the trade deadline from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for the St. Louis Blues’ owned fourth round draft selection in the upcoming 2025 NHL Entry Draft. Kunin has 11 goals and 7 assists in 63 games with San Jose this season. Kunin has been under Dean Evason’s advisement in Minnesota when they were there together. He also played with Gudbranson, Fabbro and Olivier in Nashville; and with Labanc last season in San Jose. The Missouri native and Type I diabetic also was teammates with newcomer Fischer and Werenski in the development program.
Both Kunin and Fischer are pending unrestricted free agents.
#CBJ parted with a fourth-round pick in 2025 to acquire Luke Kunin from San Jose. #TheFutureIsTeal.
Not sure yet if it's CBJ's own pick or the pick they acquired from St. Louis for Alexandre Texier.
— Cleveland Monsters (@monstershockey) March 7, 2025
The Columbus Blue Jackets claim forward Christian Fischer off the waiver wire from the Detroit Red Wings. Fischer was the 32nd pick in the 2015 draft with 137 points in 522 career games with Arizona and Detroit.
ROSTER UPDATE 🚨
We’ve claimed forward Christian Fischer off waivers from the Red Wings and loaned forward Mikael Pyyhtia to @monstershockey.
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) March 6, 2025
CBJ PG62 @ Florida Panthers — Shutout and Streaking Panthers
The Columbus Blue Jackets were blanked by the Florida Panthers to end all the hot streaks by the final score of 3-0.
Period I
Sam Reinhart opened the scoring with the eventual game winner and powerplay goal for his 32nd of the regular season from Sasha Barkov and Aaron Ekblad.
Period II
Mackie Samoskevich got the second powerplay goal for his 11th of the campaign from Barkov and Sam Reinhart
Period III
Captain Aleksander Barkov had his third point of the game on the empty net. The forward’s 17th of the year is from Reinhart and Sam Bennett.
Players to Watch
Florida — Seth Jones was a +1 in 18:24TOI in his second career game with the Panthers. He had one shot in 25 shifts
Columbus — Kent Johnson had a shot on goal in 18:38TOI.
Goalies
Sergei Bobrovsky saved all 16 shots faced for his 4th shutout of the year and 47th career shutout.
Elvis Merzlikins saved 32 of a possible 35 shots for a 0.943 save percentage.
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