Now that we are almost a week removed from the start of NHL free agency and much of the off-season business has been addressed, it’s time to look at where things stand and ask: are the Columbus Blue Jackets better or worse now than they were over the last season?
A few caveats: of course, this is just looking at things on paper. We can’t project how healthy the team may be (hopefully changes to the training and medical staff can help), and we can’t predict what internal development or regression we may see. Some of that will be taken into account, however.