It seemed so innocuous at the time . . . harmless really. When former Blue Jackets GM Scott Howson proposed a tie-breaking revision that would make non-shootout wins the first tie-breaker for playoff determination, it was viewed as a sensible little move, appeasing the haters of the shoot-out. Even in Columbus, it was viewed as a ...
Watching Columbus native Jack Nicklaus dissect his beloved Augusta National golf course in the 1965 Masters, golf legend and Augusta founder Bobby Jones reportedly observed that “He [Nicklaus] plays a game with which I am not familiar”, referring to the unique blend of raw power and deft putting that Nicklaus used to garner the green ...
As the NHL configured the tightly compressed schedule in the aftermath of the latest lockout incarnation, the pundits almost universally decreed that the Stanley Cup Final would pit the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings. While a smattering of votes for Chicago and Pittsburgh could be found, the consensus was so profound that an ...
Coming into the trade deadline, Hockey Operations President John Davidson and General Manger Jarmo Kekäläinen warned that there would be no short term deals — no rentals — forthcoming at the deadline. It was widely reported that the club was dangling one of its three first round picks in an effort to bolster offense, ...
Einstein teaches us that reality is a malleable concept, and in the case of moving bodies, reality is entirely dependent upon the observer. This has been repeatedly validated through experimentation, and last night’s game between the Blue Jackets and Oilers provided yet more proof. Reality on the ice in Edmonton did not square up with the ...
If you had polled NHL scribes prior to this season, and asked which clubs were most likely to post a ten-game point streak in this shortened season, chances are overwhelming that Columbus would not have made the top 25 in that list. Yet — 29 games in — the Blue Jackets are the proud owners of just such a streak, which is still alive thanks to a befuddling 1 – 0 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes at Nationwide Arena on Saturday night — the club’s first-ever 1-0 shootout win.
It’s Game Day vs. the Chicago Blackhawks today, and a good time to catch up on the miscellaneous things that have been transpiring in the Blue Jackets ecosystem in recent days. Get A Move On!! The official word arrived today — realignment and playoff changes have been approved by the NHL Board of Governors, ...
Sunday was 68-degree March day in central Ohio – a weather phenomenon that divides the mind between the skate blade and the golf club, so a golf analogy seems appropriate to use as we contemplate the recent string of success, culminating with a weekend home-and-home sweep of the Detroit Red Wings. <pause for effect> . . .That’s ...
Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear devices. Not in hockey games. That being said, the Blue Jackets played their eighth consecutive one-goal game Friday night.
To say that fans of the Columbus Blue Jackets — not to mention the club itself — are salivating over the prospect that meaningful NHL re-alignment is an understatement of epic proportions. The pending plan, which would move both Columbus and Detroit to their rightful spots in the Eastern Conference, would also reverse a string ...
