The Blue Jackets front office decided to make a major change earlier this week when they elected to make a midseason coaching change, relieving both head coach Dean Evason, and assistant Steve McCarthy of their duties with the club.
The change comes after the most recent in a long line of road trips where the Blue Jackets were unable to come home with important points in the standings, going 1-3 while out west. Despite a gritty overtime win over the Utah Mammoth to bookend the string of road games, the front office had already made up their mind.