Aaron Portzline

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232 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 3d ago

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So I think most of the people with the club were prepared for his –

It started to seem imminent with him sort of settling into a fourth-line role here last year.

Believe it or not, they're really strong down the middle.

That's always been a struggle here.

But with Fantilli, Monahan, and Charlie Coyle down the middle, it's a really deep team down the middle.

Jenner was their fourth-line center at times last year.

I think the term he got from Washington, frankly, he wasn't going to get.

in Columbus.

It's a hit.

That's your captain.

That is a player that has represented the franchise in the city absolutely impeccably during his years with the franchise.

Franchise leader in games played, 800-plus, just a model citizen.

But you can't say, and you mentioned earlier Rick Bonas' comments,

You can't talk about culture change without changing the culture, without changing some of the names in that room.

Now, that's not to put any or all of this on Boone Jenner.

They're going to have a new captain next year.

That's a really dramatic way to change the culture.

So his departure was not a surprise, but it will be a hit.

Well, Aiden, it's a great question because I think you would have for sure given it to Wierenski.

But the events of this summer make you go, well, geez, we're going to name him captain in October.

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