Pete Bauer

Blue Jackets’ Roslovic Appreciates Hometown Support

Pete Bauer | June 23, 2021

Playing professional hockey in your hometown (or province) can present certain challenges. As my colleague Blain Potvin points out, Montreal Canadiens fans want Quebec-born francophone players in the lineup but…

Blue Jackets Have a Serious Looming Issue With the Expansion Draft

Pete Bauer | June 15, 2021

Most of the talk about the upcoming Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft revolves around various teams’ “protected lists” – the players that they want to keep. However, some teams, including the…

Tortorella: In the Words of His Players

Pete Bauer | June 10, 2021

John Tortorella, most recently head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets, is a future Hall of Famer. He has been behind the bench for more wins than any other U.S.-born…

Blue Jackets Have Mixed Results at World Championship

Pete Bauer | June 8, 2021

For the past couple of weeks, the eyes of international hockey have been focused on Latvia for the annual International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship. Unlike the Olympics with NHL…

Blue Jackets Should Wait to Trade a Goalie

Pete Bauer | June 4, 2021

The Columbus Blue Jackets have a whole lot of things that need to be done this summer. Trading a goalie should not be on that list. Top on the to-do…

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Blue Jackets 2020-21 Season: Grading the Forwards

Pete Bauer | May 28, 2021

During the 2020-21 season, 22 forwards appeared on the ice for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Despite pre-season optimism, the team bottomed out and finished last in the Central Division. Finishing…

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2020-21 NHL Season Stats: Comparing 56-Game & 82-Game Schedules

Pete Bauer | May 23, 2021

The 2020-21 NHL season is one for the ages! At least we can hope that such a pandemic-shortened season is a one-time thing that we’ll never need to experience again.…

Blue Jackets Headed to 2021 World Championship

Pete Bauer | May 18, 2021

The Columbus Blue Jackets will be well-represented on the rosters of the 2021 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship. That’s due, one must admit, to the team failing to…

NHL’s Central Division Was a Study in ‘Loser Points’

Pete Bauer | May 13, 2021

The NHL’s 2020-21 regular season consisted entirely of intra-divisional play – each team played only teams within its own division. Every standings point earned put a team that much closer…

All-Time Rhode Island-Born Lineup

Pete Bauer | May 7, 2021

Of the 20 NHL players born in the state of Rhode Island, only half played more than a full season’s worth of games. Of those 10, seven played with at…

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Blue Jackets’ 3 Stars of the Month – April 2021

Pete Bauer | May 1, 2021

The fourth month of the 2020-21 season saw the Columbus Blue Jackets crater as badly as they have since the organization’s early days. The team’s record in April was 2–10–2.…

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2020-21 NHL Playoffs: Down the Final Stretch

Pete Bauer | April 22, 2021

Teams in contention for the four playoff spots in each of the four NHL divisions have between eight and 13 games left to play. The final push for not only…