Cam Atkinson to sign one-day contract and retire with Columbus Blue Jackets

Veteran forward Cam Atkinson will sign a one-day contract on Oct. 16 with the Columbus Blue Jackets and officially retire from the NHL.

The team will honour Atkinson before the game that day against the Colorado Avalanche.

Drafted 157th overall by Columbus in 2008, Atkinson played 10 seasons with the Blue Jackets before he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in July of 2021 in exchange for Jakub Voracek.

Atkinson spent the 2024-25 season with the Tampa Bay Lightning, scoring four goals with nine points in 39 games. He didn’t appear during the team’s five-game loss to the Florida Panthers in the first round.

Internationally, he represented the United States twice at the World Championship, taking home a bronze medal in 2018.

The Riverside, Conn., native scored 253 goals with 489 points in 809 career NHL games, split between the Blue Jackets, Flyers and Lightning.