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Former NHL defenseman Lyle Odelein died Friday at the age of 58, the league announced.
The Blue Jackets selected Odelein from Phoenix in the June 2000 expansion draft and named him the first captain in franchise history.
Skating the full length of the ice and beating Chicago’s Ed Belfour on December 19, 1991, a rugged young defenceman better known for his toughness than his scoring touch announced that he had far more to offer. Lyle Odelein, the Saskatchewan-born blueliner who won the Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens in 1993,…