The Columbus Blue Jackets announced Tuesday that nine-year veteran Zac Rinaldo will not be invited to the team’s training camp over the forward’s decision to not get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Rinaldo, signed to a two-way contract by Columbus last month, will begin the season with the club’s AHL team in Cleveland.
Blue Jackets send Zac Rinaldo to AHL
“We’re going to have 67 players in our camp and they’re all going to be vaccinated,” Columbus president John Davidson said. “Everything we do, we do together as a team.