{"id":359689,"date":"2026-07-02T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=359689"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:30:01","slug":"zach-werenski-staying-in-columbus-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/zach-werenski-staying-in-columbus-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Zach Werenski Staying in Columbus Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 id=\"zach-werenski-is-comfortable-with-returning-to-columbus-next-season-blue-jackets-and-werenski-issue-statements\"><strong>Zach Werenski is comfortable with returning to Columbus next season. Blue Jackets and Werenski issue statements<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DarrenDreger\/status\/2072373538309144834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2072373538309144834%7Ctwgr%5E599a864790ecdf4ee947642b9f736a35c8698317%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tsn.ca%2Fnhl%2Farticle%2Fwerenski-comfortable-to-return-as-blue-jackets-work-to-calm-trade-fever-after-nixed-stars-deal%2F\"><strong>Darren Dreger<\/strong><\/a>: It feels like Columbus Blue Jackets GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/waddedo01.html?utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_source=nhlrumors.com&#038;utm_campaign=2026-07-01_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Don Waddell<\/a> spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/werenza01.html?utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_source=nhlrumors.com&#038;utm_campaign=2026-07-01_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zach Werenski<\/a> and his agent, Judd Moldaver, in an try and clear the air and calm things down.<\/p>\n<p>Werenski is okay and cozy with going back to Columbus next season.<\/p>\n<p>Waddel could approach Werenski with a trade in some unspecified time in the future, nevertheless it\u2019s not looking prefer it is on the radar immediately.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Columbus Blue Jackets President of Hockey Operations and General Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/waddedo01.html?utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_source=nhlrumors.com&#038;utm_campaign=2026-07-01_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Don Waddell<\/a> and All-Star defenseman Zach Werenski have issued the next statements today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kmNYvDEZfW\">pic.twitter.com\/kmNYvDEZfW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BlueJacketsNHL\/status\/2072436857426575587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rSi1HhWV5N\">pic.twitter.com\/rSi1HhWV5N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BlueJacketsNHL\/status\/2072437160347566198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>We needed to restart our X account. 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Blue Jackets and Werenski issue statements Darren Dreger: It feels like Columbus Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell spoke with Zach Werenski and his agent, Judd Moldaver, in an try and clear the air and calm things down. Werenski is okay and cozy with going back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":359690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[2314,9415,51461,7238],"class_list":["post-359689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-columbus","tag-staying","tag-werenski","tag-zach"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zach Werenski is comfortable with returning to Columbus next season. 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