Following the 2015 All Star Game in Columbus, the reviews came in and came in fast: Columbus is a hockey town and can put on quite the show.
However, since then, the city has hosted nothing more NHL-related outside of normal regular-season contests. And while, sure, there isn't a ton on the NHL calendar outside of the 82-game season (41 home games), there's still things that could happen. Maybe another All-Star Game isn't in the near future, and it's been just about a decade since Nationwide hosted the NHL Draft in 2007. But, there's a biiiiiig thing the NHL does every year now that the Blue Jackets find themselves consistently on the outside looking in - outdoor hockey contests.