Columbus Blue Jackets Select Tyler Peddle #224 Overall

The 2023 Draft seemed to be over for the Blue Jackets after making selection #194. GM Jarmo Kekalainen joined the live show and seemed to leave the building shortly after – but the team ultimately traded a 2024 seventh round pick to Vegas for the final pick in the draft. They quickly selected F Tyler Peddle from the QMJHL’s Drummondville Voltigeurs.

The first question you have to ask here: why did the Jackets trade a future pick for the final pick in the draft? Especially when you consider that they could have just invited Tyler Peddle to development and/or training camp as an undrafted free agent. The answer is probably pretty simple, and multi-faceted: they knew that Tyler would be…