The Columbus Blue Jackets started a new tradition to honor Johnny Gaudreau. For years, a replica Civil War "kepi" hat would ...

The Blue Jackets replaced the kepi hat with the donkey hat, and Werenski explained why – as a nod to the late Gaudreau's habit of calling his friends “a donkey.” Boone Jenner, who was ...

The Jackets have also kept Johnny Gaudreau’s jersey with them, hanging it in his locker stall, and they changed their postgame "player of the game" award from a blue Civil War era kepi hat to a gray ...