Blue Jackets promote Chris Clark, Rick Nash in hockey operations department

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The Columbus Blue Jackets have promoted former players and current executives Rick Nash and Chris Clark to new roles in their hockey operations department, the club announced Tuesday. “Chris Clark and Rick Nash have each done an exceptional job as members of our hockey operations leadership group and are very deserving of these promotions,” Blue Jackets general manager Don Waddell said in a statement. “They are former Blue Jackets players who ca…

Blue Jackets promote Chris Clark, Rick Nash in hockey operations department

Clark will now serve as the team's assistant general manager, while Nash is director of player personnel/development

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The Columbus Blue Jackets shared today that Rick Nash has been promoted to Director of Player Personnel, and Chris Clark has been promoted to Assistant General Manager. The two former NHLers have spent several years with the franchise, dating back to the Jarmo Kekäläinen/John Tortorella era. Upon the end of his 1,060 game, 805 point career, Nash returned to the Columbus organization in 2019, starting out as Special Assistant to the General Manag…