Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell discussed trying to get the team focused for the upcoming season in the aftermath of Johnny Gaudreau's death.
prospects from the stands of a cold rink on a warm late-summer afternoon was not enough to wash away the lingering residuals of grief for Don Waddell on Saturday.
He then reflected on the speech Johnny Gaudreau's wife, Meredith, made during the brothers' funeral on Monday, by urging those in mourning to move forward as she will in focusing on raising her children. "Tragic. Senseless. But now we got to focus on trying to get our team ready to play hockey this year," Waddell said."We all mourn and heal differently, but I think as a team being together like that is going to be critical for them to get moving forward."
Afterward, Columbus prospect Gavin Brindley recalled the times he spent with Johnny Gaudreau in Columbus and as teammates representing the United States at the world hockey championships in the Czech Republic in May. "The Blue Jackets, I don't think anybody's focused from an organizational standpoint, from a hockey standpoint as to what comes next, because I think everybody's still in shock," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman told The Associated Press last week."I don't think anybody's focused right now other than on the grieving part, which is understandable."
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