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The Columbus Blue Jackets are on the verge of naming their new head coach this week.

The Blue Jackets have wrapped up their interviews, it seems, so will someone get the job this week?

The Columbus Blue Jackets fluttered out this season despite making crucial roster changes, highlighted by the addition of Johnny Gaudreau. As a result of the failed season, the Blue Jackets parted ways with former head coach Brad Larsen.

Former Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette sure looks like he could be sticking around the Metropolitan Division. The Athletic's Arthur Staple reported on Friday that Laviolette has interviewed with the New York Rangers for their open head coaching job and has done the same with the Columbus Blue Jackets. The 58 year old, veteran bench…

If the Blue Jackets wanted to promote from within to replace Brad Larsen, why haven't they done it?

Names of candidates for the Columbus job are starting to become known, including a notable one in Babcock.

The first domino on the NHL’s head coaching market could fall as soon as this week. According to The Athletic’s Aaron Portzline, Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen has told people involved in the team’s head coaching search process “that he’d like to have a new coach in place before he heads to the IIHF World Championships in Europe on May 21.”

Will the Blue Jackets spend big for an experienced head coach? Will they promote a well-regarded assistant?

Why are the Blue Jackets taking a patient approach, and might there be an in-house candidate?

Merzlikins won just seven games, played in only 30, and put up some of the worst numbers in the league this past season.