Kammala wannan jumla: A lokacin da aka dakatar da kakar wasa, tsarin Blue Jackets na gina kungiyar su ya canza, yana motsawa daga ƙungiyar 'yan wasan matasa masu tasowa zuwa ɗaya tare da' yan wasan da aka kafa. Kasuwanci na farko da Babban Manajan Scott Howson ya yi shi ne sayen All-Star gaba Jeff Carter a ranar 23 ga Yuni, 2011. Yarjejeniyar ta aika Jakub Voracek, Columbus zagaye na farko na zagaye na takwas, da kuma zagaye na uku a cikin
2011 da aka zaba zuwa Philadelphia Flyers a musayar Carter. Kasuwancin ya sami kyakkyawar amsa a Columbus daga magoya baya da gudanarwa waɗanda suka ji cewa a ƙarshe suna da cibiyar lamba ɗaya don yin wasa tare da mafi kyawun ɗan wasan su, Rick Nash. Bayan haka, sun yi musayar 'yancin tattaunawar da ba da daɗewa ba zai zama wakili mai kyauta James Wisniewski. Wisniewski ya zira kwallaye 51 a lokacin wasan 2010-11, ya raba lokaci tsakanin New York Islanders da Montreal Canadiens. Jimlar maki ita ce ta biyar mafi girma a gasar don mai tsaron gida ya zira kwallaye, yana daidaita da Tobias Enstrom. Blue Jackets sun zo ne tare da Wisniewski sa'a daya kafin farawar 'yanci, suna sanya hannu a kwangilar shekaru shida, dala miliyan 33.