Waxad ku qortaa sii wadida cutubkan - Goolhayaha cusub ee Steve Mason, oo seegay bishii ugu horeysay ee xilli ciyaareedkan ka dib qaliin jilib ah, ayaa ku hogaamiyay Blue Jackets tartanka playoff ee nasashada All-Star. Waxaa dib looga soo celiyay American Hockey League's Syracuse Crunch ka dib dhaawaca Pascal Leclaire, Mason waxaa loo magacaabay Rookie of the Month by the NHL for November ka dib markii uu diiwaan geliyey shan guul siddeed go'aan, oo ay ku jiraan laba shutout. Mar labaad wuxuu ku guuleystay abaalmarinta Rookie of the Month bishii Diseembar, waxaana loogu magac daray kooxda YoungStars ciyaartii 2009 All-Star Game ee Montreal, in kasta oo uu diiday inuu ciyaaro ka dib markii uu xanuunsaday dhabarka. Kabtan Rick Nash ayaa wakiil ka ahaa kooxda ciyaarta All-Star, kulankiisii afaraad ee ciyaarta. Rookie Nikita Filatov ayaa dhaliyay hat-trickkiisii ugu horreeyay 10kii Janaayo, 2009, guushii 4-2 ee ka soo horjeeday Minnesota Wild. Guusha Filatov waxay calaamad u ahayd hat-trick-kii ugu horreeyay ee uu sameeyo rookie Blue Jackets. xiligii ugu danbeeyay ee isbadalka NHL, Columbus wuxuu isbadal ku sameeyay goolhayaha dhaawacmay ee Pascal Leclaire iyo xulashada la soo xulay
Ciyaaryahanka Ottawa Senators oo u ciyaaray Antoine Vermette. Vermette wuxuu saameyn deg deg ah ku yeeshay kooxda, isagoo helay toddobo dhibcood lixdii kulan ee ugu horreeyay.