Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muchengeti wepagedhi mutsva Steve Mason, uyo akarasikirwa nomwedzi wokutanga wemwaka uyu pashure pokuvhiyiwa ibvi, akatungamirira Blue Jackets kupinda mumakwikwi ekupedzisira panguva yezororo reAll-Star. Akadzoserwa kubva kuAmerican Hockey League's Syracuse Crunch zvichitevera kukuvara kwaPascal Leclaire, Mason akatumidzwa zita rekuti Rookie weMwedzi neNHL munaNovember mushure mekunyora kuhwina kushanu muzvisarudzo zvisere, kusanganisira zviviri zvakavharwa. Iye zvakare akahwina Rookie weMwedzi kukudzwa muna Zvita, uye akatumidzwa zita kuYoungStars timu pa2009 All-Star Game muMontreal, kunyangwe akaramba kutamba mushure mekutambura musana spasms. Kaputeni Rick Nash akanga ari mumiriri wechikwata paAll-Star Game, kuoneka kwake kwechina pamutambo. Rookie Nikita Filatov akarova rake rekutanga basa hat trick musi waNdira 10, 2009, mukukunda 4 <unk> 2 kurwisa Minnesota Wild. Kubudirira kwaFilatov kwakaratidzira hat trick yokutanga neBlue Jackets rookie. Pamberi penguva yakatarwa yeNHL yokuchinjana, Columbus akachinjanisa muchengeti wepagedhi akanga achangobva kukuvadzwa Pascal Leclaire uye
kusarudzwa kwedrafiti kuOttawa Senators nokuda kwokupfuurira Antoine Vermette. Vermette akabva angoita kuti chikwata chacho chifarire, achiwana mapoinzi manomwe mumitambo yake mitanhatu yokutanga.