With the affiliation agreement still up in the air between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Syracuse Crunch, speculation is running high about which direction each team will go in.
Blue Jackets Assistant GM Chris MacFarland said Monday evening that an announcement would be made within a week to ten days. Sources in Syracuse [...]
By Rick Gethin
After 613 games and playing for four teams in the NHL, Tyler Wright found himself back in Columbus, Ohio in July 2007 as the new Development Coach of the Blue Jackets. With not only the league getting younger, but also the club, he is an integral liason between players and coaches.
Tyler [...]
By Rick Gethin
The Columbus Blue Jackets have started to embrace the role of spoiler as their season draws to a close. In front of a crowd that the Atlanta Thrashers haven’t seen all season in their own building, the boys in Union Blue played a downright ugly game and came away with the [...]
By Rick Gethin
As Columbus wings on over to the Left Coast for a quickie road trip, let’s take a look at what’s happening in the land of Union Blue.
Since coming out of the Olympic break it’s become apparent that the Blue Jackets are playing out the string. While still mathematically in the hunt for the 8th [...]
By Rick Gethin
On the afternoon of December 28th, 2009, Chris Clark was getting himself ready to head to the Verizon Center for a game against the Carolina Hurricanes. He was then informed that he’d been traded, along with defenseman Milan Jurcina, to the Columbus Blue Jackets. You can almost imagine that his first reaction [...]
In Parts I through III of this series, we examined the historical background leading up to the development of Nationwide Arena, the circumstances confronted by all of the involved parties today, and some options for addressing these issues in the future. In Part IV, we examine the landscape throughout the NHL, finding that the [...]
Interim head coach Claude Noel at the helm of the Columbus bench (Mark Holland/THW)
By Rick Gethin
The Olympians have departed for Vancouver and the lights have been dimmed for the next two weeks. With the 2010 Olympic break officially underway, those players not skating for their home country have scattered far and wide. Even (Interim) [...]
By Rick Gethin
“I thought Mase was great. He’s one of the reasons why we won the game” ~ Head Coach Claude Noel
It’s been seven days since the management within the Blue Jackets organization made the decision to elevate Claude Noel to the head coaching (interim) position after the termination of Ken Hitchcock. In [...]
San Jose won 3-2 against a new look Leafs team, their 8th straight road win. Ryane Clowe registered the game winner his 15th of the season and the Sharks (39-11-9) are now one point behind the impressive Washington Capitals (41-12-6). It wasn’t a pretty win, but a win none the less.
Niclas Wallin joined his new [...]
By Rick Gethin
Less than four days into the “Claude Noel Era” of Columbus hockey, the Blue Jackets are playing with more confidence and having fun. After getting the anticipated bounce from having a coaching change happen mid-season, they shut down the 3rd place (Eastern Conference) Buffalo Sabres Saturday night at Nationwide Arena. Still undefeated [...]
