Columbus Player Rankings — Offense With the hockey season over for the Columbus Blue Jackets and their fans, what else is there to do other than watch the playoffs? Keep replaying in your head all the “what if” scenarios of narrow losses by the Blue Jackets? Yes, it can drive you insane! So, what better remedy ...
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 ...
Who are the “Columbus Blueshirts” and the “New York Blue Jackets”? Are these names of the latest Broadway shows? Or are they a couple of brand new NHL expansion franchises? No, they are merely a metamorphosis of the NHL trades that have occurred over the last year. Talk about team identity crisis! Not only did players ...
Unless you’ve been holed up somewhere in a distant galaxy, far away from the hockey universe, you’ve surely heard that the NHL realignment plan has been approved by the league and players’ association. And, guess what? Jackets are required, s’il vous plait! Jackets, you ask? Yes, the Blue Jackets! The Columbus Blue Jackets are required ...
Cap Crunch Leads To Trade Speculation On March 1, Bruce Garrioch of The Ottawa Sun reported that New York Rangers’ General Manager Glen Sather was making phone calls regarding the possibility of trading RW Marian Gaborik. The rumor soon went haywire on the internet with many hockey pundits speculating that, despite scoring 40+ goals in ...
With the signing of Jarmo Kekalainen as the new GM, the Columbus Blue Jackets are ushering in a new era with a big bang! It is widely known that this franchise has experienced very little success in its dozen years of existence. Kekalainen is the third GM in franchise history without an interim tag and ...
We’re now in the immediate aftermath of Hockey Day in America,with 16 games in the books — just emerging from the first turn into the back stretch. There’s an increased volume of grumbling among certain sectors of the fan base, so it’s time to take some snapshots of the club and a long hard look ...
January 19th — the beginning of the 2013 NHL Season finally arrives. The Los Angeles Kings have just hoisted their Stanley Cup Championship banner, prior to engaging the Chicago Blackhawks, and the Blue Jackets are primed to start their 12th season on the ice. The fact that the debut comes in Nashville — on what ...
When the puck drops to open the season on Saturday, January 19th in Nashville, the Predators will face their Central Division rival the Blue Jackets, but will hardly recognize the team they have played against so often. Yes, for many years the Columbus Blue Jackets are usually considered the running joke of the league and ...
As the Blueshirts prepare to take to the ice for this lockout-shortened 2013 season, it’s the perfect time to look back and see how the players currently on the roster became New York Rangers. Find out how Mark Messier turned into Ryan Callahan, how Brian Leetch led to Michael Sauer, and how former Ranger Tony ...
