Report: Blue Jackets stepping up efforts to acquire center

The Columbus Blue Jackets may not be done making moves.

Now that Cam Atkinson has signed a seven-year contract extension, the club has intensified efforts across the NHL to land a center, The Athletic's Aaron Portzline reports.

Nick Foligno is the Blue Jackets' top-line center, and he's followed on the depth chart by Brandon Dubinsky, rookie Pierre-Luc Dubois, and Jordan Schroeder.

Boone Jenner can also play up the middle, but he's been lining up on the left wing alongside Dubinsky and Atkinson on the second forward unit.

The Blue Jackets traded former top-line center Ryan Johansen to the Nashville Predators for top-pairing defenseman Seth Jones in January 2016.

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