{"id":50670,"date":"2025-07-09T06:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T06:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/50670\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T06:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T06:12:09","slug":"blue-jackets-to-let-aidan-hreschuk-reach-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/50670\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jackets To Let Aidan Hreschuk Reach Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite owning his rights, the Columbus Blue Jackets are not expected to sign Boston College defenseman <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/512181\/aidan-hreschuk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Aidan Hreschuk<\/strong><\/a> by the August 15 deadline, reports <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Aportzline\/status\/1942579107855802797\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Athletic\u2019s Aaron Portzline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hreschuk, 22, was originally drafted in the third round (94th overall) in 2021 by the Carolina Hurricanes. The Hurricanes then traded Hreschuk\u2019s rights to Columbus in a minor league deal that brought <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/201486\/tyler-inamoto\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Tyler Inamoto<\/strong><\/a> to Carolina in 2022. However, it appears the 5\u201911\u201d, 180-pound left-handed defenseman will be looking to break into the professional ranks with yet another organization.<\/p>\n<p>In four seasons at Boston College, Hreschuk appeared in 146 games and posted 38 points and a plus-34 rating. Known for his physical presence, Hreschuk\u2019s upside is within the defensive zone. At the time he was drafted, Elite Prospects had this to say about the defender in their 2021 draft guide:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHreschuk looks to jump into the rush, takes passes in motion from the point, and brings some defensive value. He\u2019s a strong single variable defender, thanks to his mobility and physicality. He drives the play to the perimeter and throws the odd hit. Physicality translates across the defensive end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Jackets currently have a wealth of young defensive prospects on their roster or in their system \u2014 including first-round picks <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/570931\/denton-mateychuk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Denton Mateychuk<\/strong><\/a> (2022) and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/689872\/jackson-smith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Jackson Smith<\/strong><\/a> (2025), as well as 2024 second-rounder <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/597844\/charlie-elick\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Charlie Elick<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 making the decision to part with Hreschuk understandable.<\/p>\n<p>If Columbus does not sign Hreschuk by August 15, the Long Beach, CA native will become a free agent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite owning his rights, the Columbus Blue Jackets are not expected to sign Boston College defenseman Aidan Hreschuk&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[3110,1317,293,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-50670","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-columbus-blue-jackets","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114821801437762738","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}