EDMONTON -- Jack Roslovic said he would not be in the NHL if it wasn’t for the Columbus Blue Jackets.

“I would never be in this position if it weren’t for the Blue Jackets and the McConnell family (owners) bringing the arena and the team to the city,” said Roslovic, a Columbus native. “I probably would have just been a [lousy] football player, but you know, here we are.”

The Oilers forward was 3 years old when Columbus joined the NHL as an expansion franchise in 2000. He took up hockey because of the team and played minor hockey through the Ohio Blue Jackets AAA program before moving on to play with the United States Under-17 and Under-18 teams.

“I had a slew of role models. That was awesome to be exposed to at a young age and it’s kind of where I got my whole thing down,” Roslovic s

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