Congrats to Jonesy and Wisniewski

What could be more exciting than being a 23-year-old professional hockey player heading to the 2018 NHL All-Star game? How about being all that and going to your second game on the AllStar roster?

Congratulations to Seth Jones for being that kind of a strong presence with the Columbus Blue Jackets — both on the ice and in the locker room.

Jones is in his third season as a defensive star in Columbus. He was selected for the Metropolitan Division team and will be the only Blue Jackets team member in the Jan. 28 game in Tampa.

Last year — the Blue Jackets’ best season since forming in 2000 — Jones, CBJ goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky and forward Cam Atkinson were all All-Stars. As the team’s sole representative in this year’s All-Star game, “Jonesy” has our best wishes. We appreciate his all-out effort defending the honor of the CBJ.

We also congratulate former Blue Jackets defenseman James Wisniewski for making the Olympics, the only ex-Columbus player to represent Team USA next month.

Making the Olympics is a great achievement for Wisniewski, who gave Columbus four good years before being traded and seeing his NHL career ended with a second torn ACL in 2015. He rehabbed and played overseas before making Team USA. With the NHL sitting out the 2018 Olympics, it will be nice to see a familiar face on the ice.