Dan Dukart
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Should Blue Jackets Expose Jack Johnson?
May 18th, 2017 Columbus Blue Jackets GM Jarmo Kekalainen knows that the upcoming expansion draft will mean that his team, like many others, will lose a good player. The question that is consuming the non-remaining-playoff squads is simple: which player? Recently, I attempted to tackle the precarious task of fixing the Blue Jackets' expansion draft...
Blue Jackets Only Choice to Buy Out Hartnell?
May 4th, 2017 With the Vegas Expansion Draft under two months away, The Columbus Blue Jackets, like other 29 NHL franchises, are hard at work to finalize their list of protected players. First, a quick refresher on expansion rules. In short, teams can expose either 7 forwards, 3 defensemen, and 1 goalie, or 8 skaters (regardless of forward/defense)...
Bobrovsky's Struggles Ensure Early Playoff Exit
April 21st, 2017 That's not a 4 to 1 series. That is what Columbus Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella told reporters after a disappointing loss ended his team's season. Mike Sullivan, his Pittsburgh counterpart, echoed the sentiment, saying, “That’s one of the top teams in the league…they are the real deal.” So if it 'wasn't' a 4-1...
Blue Jackets Look to Exploit Penguins Defense
April 12th, 2017 When thinking of the problems that the Pittsburgh Penguins present for the Columbus Blue Jackets, it's easy to think offense. The usual suspects immediately come to mind: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Phil Kessel. No team in the NHL scored more goals than the Penguins, who lit the lamp 278 times (a 3.39 goals per game clip) in...
