Kammala wannan jumla: Rookie goalie Steve Mason, wanda ya rasa watan farko na kakar bayan aikin tiyata na gwiwa, ya jagoranci Blue Jackets zuwa cikin wasan kwaikwayo a lokacin hutu na All-Star. An sake dawowa daga Syracuse Crunch na American Hockey League bayan raunin Pascal Leclaire, Mason ya zama Rookie na Watan ta NHL don Nuwamba bayan ya yi nasara biyar a cikin yanke shawara takwas, ciki har da yanke hukunci biyu. Ya sake lashe lambar yabo ta Rookie of the Month a watan Disamba, kuma an kira shi zuwa ƙungiyar YoungStars a Wasannin All-Star na 2009 a Montreal, kodayake ya ƙi yin wasa bayan ya sha wahala a baya. Kyaftin Rick Nash shi ne wakilin kungiyar a wasan All-Star, bayyanarsa ta hudu a wasan. Rookie Nikita Filatov ya zira kwallaye na farko a wasan sa a ranar 10 ga Janairu, 2009, a wasan da Minnesota Wild ta yi nasara da 4-2. Nasarar Filatov ta nuna hat-trick na farko da wani dan wasa na Blue Jackets ya yi. A jajibirin ranar ƙarshe na musayar NHL, Columbus ya yi musayar kwanan nan mai tsaron gida mai rauni Pascal Leclaire da wani
Zaɓin da Ottawa Senators suka yi na Antoine Vermette. Vermette ya yi tasiri nan da nan tare da kulob din, ya tara maki bakwai a wasanninsa shida na farko.