Josh Beneteau

Hockey and media have always been big interests of mine. So I'm very lucky to combine those interests in the work I do for The Hockey Writers.

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Only Time Will Tell with Thurkauf and the Blue Jackets

June 29th, 2016 Five minutes into overtime, in the seventh game of the WHL western conference semifinals, the puck slid loose in front of the Victoria Royals net. Calvin Thurkauf jumped onto it, spun and fired a wristshot five-hole, giving his Kelowna Rockets the win. “After the game you could tell that he was still in shock that it had...

Bjorkstrand Ready to Be the next Great Forward for Blue Jackets

June 17th, 2016 Every team needs a skilled forward to anchor them up front. A guy who can play both ends of the ice. A guy who can go head-to-head with the other teams’ elite players. A leader on and off the ice. Someone who can score a big goal and clear the defensive zone when called upon. In Columbus, it was supposed to be Ryan Johansen. But...

Blue Jackets Fans Don’t Need to Worry About Ryan Murray

May 21st, 2016 Some Columbus fans are hoping that this year’s top three pick in the draft pans out better than the last one. But it’s hard to say Ryan Murray’s career is a write-off. I think I've tweeted this before...Ryan Murray sucks! #CBJ — Kyle Derr (@KRDerr) November 18, 2015 Ryan Murray is just terrible. #CBJ — Zach Smith...

Florida Panthers Need To Find A Successor To Roberto Luongo

May 4th, 2016 Without fact-checking, I can safely say no one expected the Florida Panthers to finish atop the Atlantic Division this season. But a youthful energy carried them the whole season, with Aaron Ekblad, Aleksander Barkov and many more players emerging as stars in the NHL. But one area that didn’t have this youthful presence was in net....

Blue Jackets Management Caught Off Guard by Slow Start

April 14th, 2016 When the Columbus Blue Jackets opened the season with eight straight loses, the team’s management was stunned and not sure what to do. That was the message general manager Jarmo Kekalainen and president of hockey operations John Davidson left fans with in their final press conference of the season on Monday. “I thought our team...