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A Testament to Youth: Hockey and Emotion at Miami
If you should ever find yourself becoming disillusioned by the scandals and economics of professional sports, or the big business aspects of college football and basketball, you just might want to check...
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A Scary Step Back . . .
In his post-game press conference, Columbus Coach Scott Arniel noted that, of the six games played thus far, four were “pretty good” and two were “rock bottom ugly.” This was...
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Bruised And Battered, Blue Jackets Clip The Ducks
By Rick Gethin In front of a hometown crowd of only 9,802 the Columbus Blue Jackets clipped the Anaheim Ducks wings by a score of 3-1. It was a...
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Ethan Moreau: A Fresh Start
By Rick Gethin It’s amazing what a change of scenery can do. Whether there was a falling out with your old team or just the feeling of stagnation creeping into...
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Blue Jackets Notes From The Rink
By Rick Gethin The Columbus Blue Jackets were back on the ice after back to back games over the weekend. The coaching staff, led by head coach Scott Arniel,...
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Armageddon Canceled — Jackets Top Wild
In the wake of a miserable effort in Friday night’s home opener for Columbus, the local scribes were foreseeing the end of the world, or at least the hockey equivalent of Armageddon. After...
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Blue Jackets Lay An Egg
By Rick Gethin In front of a home opening sellout crowd of 18,305 people, the Columbus Blue Jackets were beyond lackluster. Head Coach Scott Arniel summed it up nicely,...
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CBJ Blogger Roundtable Part V: Predictions
I have the honor of bringing home the CBJ Blogger Roundtable discussion of ten pointed questions relating to the team and the season ahead. Today, the intrepid participants make their...
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Post-Stockholm Smörgåsbord
The Blue Jackets have now returned from their Swedish sojourn, having earned 2 points against a tough Sharks squad. The jet lag cobwebs should have been cleared, some kinks ironed...
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Not Satisfied? You Might Want To Stick Around…
By Rick Gethin There was an undercurrent of discontent rippling through Columbus this past summer at the “supposed” non-moves made by Scott Howson and the club. The message boards...
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Blue Jackets On A Mission . . . Fearless Prognostication
After six long months of reviews, recriminations, speculation, conjecture, criticism, hope and fear — the off-season is about to end, and the Columbus Blue Jackets are embarking on their mission...
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NHL Top 100 Prospect Rankings (Part 4: 1 to 25)
#4 Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson EDM F 2009-10th
One-Timer: MPS. MSP. MP. Now known as simply Magnus Paajarvi. Call him anything, but call him one of the most talented young players in the game. Even at 10th, the Oilers got a gift. I had him ranked 7th in my my 2009 Draft Preview and here’s an excerpt:
MSP is a super creative winger with speed to burn. Known more of a playmaker, the talented Swede still knows how to finish. The powerful and smooth skating MSP is also very tough to knock off the puck. At 7th overall, he could prove to be a steal even at this rank.