It's safe to say that no one had a Bill Simmons-Columbus Blue Jackets beef on their bingo cards for the 2025-26 NHL season. Simmons made some comments about the franchise on a recent podcast, which was a bit of a shock, considering he doesn't have many hockey takes on his shows. Nevertheless, the polarizing podcast host grabbed the attention of the Blue Jackets and star defenseman Zach Werenski.

“Yeah, it doesn't matter. It is what it is, I guess, right? I'm not going to lose sleep over it,” Werenski told reporters before the Blue Jackets' 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. “I like Columbus, I like playing there, and I don't care what Bill Simmons has to say.”

Simmons' comments included that the Blue Jackets were the “most irrelevant franchise in professional sports” and that he

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