Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - N'oge ezumike, ụzọ ndị Blue Jackets si ewulite otu ha gbanwere, na-esi n'otu ìgwè nke ndị na-eto eto na-eto eto gaa na nke nwere ndị egwuregwu guzobere. Nkwekọrịta mbụ General Manager Scott Howson mere bụ nnweta nke All-Star forward Jeff Carter na June 23, 2011. Nkwekọrịta ahụ zigara Jakub Voracek, Columbus'mbụ-gburugburu draft nhọrọ, nke asatọ n'ozuzu, na ha atọ-gburugburu họrọ na 2011 Draft
nye ndị Philadelphia Flyers n'ọnọdụ Carter. Mgbanwe ahụ nwetara nzaghachi dị mma na Columbus site n'aka ndị na-akwado ya na ndị njikwa ndị chere na ha mechara nwee nọmba otu etiti iji kpọọ n'akụkụ onye ọkpụkpọ ha kachasị mma, Rick Nash. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ha gbanwere ikike nke onye ga-abụ onye ọrụ nweere onwe ya n'oge na-adịghị anya bụ James Wisniewski. Wisniewski nwetara akara kachasị elu nke 51 n'oge oge 2010-11, na-ekewa oge n'etiti ndị New York Islanders na Montreal Canadiens. Nchịkọta akara bụ nke ise kachasị elu na otu maka ịgbachitere agbachitere, na-ejikọta Tobias Enstrom. Ndị Blue Jackets bịakwutere Wisniewski naanị otu elekere tupu mmalite nke ọrụ n'efu, na-edebanye ya aka na nkwekọrịta afọ isii, $ 33 nde.