On June 26, the Blue Jackets will trade Elvis Merzlikins and a 2026 1st-rounder to the Blackhawks for Spencer Knight, Artyom Levshunov, Oliver Moore, Marek Vanacker, and a 2026 3rd-rounder, on June 27, the Blue Jackets will trade Zach Werenski and a 2026 6th-rounder to the Rangers for Vladislav Gavrikov, Noah Laba, Dylan Roobroeck, Callum Tung, and the Hurricanes' 2026 2nd-rounder, on April 12, 2027, John P. McConnell, Nationwide, Ron Pizzuti, and the Crane and Wolfe families will sell the Blue Jackets to Connecticut Sports & Entertainment Group, a Hartford-based group headed by Thomas Peterffy, Ray Dalio, Brad Jacobs, Todd Boehly, Ole Andreas Halvorsen, and Paul Tudor Jones II, for $1.68 billion, including a relocation fee of $200 million to relocate the Blue Jackets to Hartford for the 2027-28 NHL season, and on April 15, 2027, the NHL Board of Governors will approve the sale and relocation of the Blue Jackets to Hartford in a unanimous vote, so after 26 seasons in Columbus, the Blue Jackets will relocate to Hartford to become the 2nd incarnation of the Hartford Whalers and play at the PeoplesBank Arena in the 2027-28 NHL season.
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On June 26, the Blue Jackets will trade Elvis Merzlikins and a 2026 1st-rounder to the Blackhawks for Spencer Knight, Artyom Levshunov, Oliver Moore, Marek Vanacker, and a 2026 3rd-rounder, on June 27, the Blue Jackets will trade Zach Werenski and a 2026 6th-rounder to the Rangers for Vladislav Gavrikov, Noah Laba, Dylan Roobroeck, Callum Tung, and the Hurricanes' 2026 2nd-rounder, on April 12, 2027, John P. McConnell, Nationwide, Ron Pizzuti, and the Crane and Wolfe families will sell the Blue Jackets to Connecticut Sports & Entertainment Group, a Hartford-based group headed by Thomas Peterffy, Ray Dalio, Brad Jacobs, Todd Boehly, Ole Andreas Halvorsen, and Paul Tudor Jones II, for $1.68 billion, including a relocation fee of $200 million to relocate the Blue Jackets to Hartford for the 2027-28 NHL season, and on April 15, 2027, the NHL Board of Governors will approve the sale and relocation of the Blue Jackets to Hartford in a unanimous vote, so after 26 seasons in Columbus, the Blue Jackets will relocate to Hartford to become the 2nd incarnation of the Hartford Whalers and play at the PeoplesBank Arena in the 2027-28 NHL season.