Blue Jackets – Lightning Game 1 Notes: Same Series, Different Teams Pete Bauer | August 12, 2020 It’s the same series as the first round of last year’s playoffs – the Columbus Blue Jackets against the Tampa Bay Lightning. But these are two substantially different teams from…
Blue Jackets/Lightning: 5 Specific Things To Watch For Mark Scheig | August 11, 2020 The Columbus Blue Jackets and Tampa Bay Lightning will kick off their first-round playoff matchup on Tuesday afternoon in Toronto. It is an eagerly anticipated rematch from last season when…
Blue Jackets Qualifying Round Stars – Atkinson, Dubois, Foudy & Korpisalo Cody Chalfan | August 10, 2020 On Oct. 21, 2019, after a 4-3 OT win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, Columbus Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella told reporters: “We’re supposed to suck this year.” This…
Blue Jackets Game 5 Notes: Game 1 Repeat Leads to Round 1 Repeat Pete Bauer | August 10, 2020 The Columbus Blue Jackets are in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for a team-record 4th consecutive season. They defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in the deciding Game 5, 3-0. They also shut out the…
Blue Jackets Identity Reveals Maple Leafs Identity Crisis Mark Scheig | August 10, 2020 Both the Columbus Blue Jackets and Toronto Maple Leafs thought they knew who they were coming into their best-of-five series. But after a decisive 3-0 win in Game 5 by…
5 Blue Jackets Things To Watch For In Game 5 Mark Scheig | August 9, 2020 It all comes down to this. The Columbus Blue Jackets and Toronto Maple Leafs will play Game 5 of their Stanley Cup Qualifer series Sunday night. This marks the first…
Blue Jackets Game 4 Notes: 3 Empty-Net Misses and 3:33 Bring a Game 5 Pete Bauer | August 8, 2020 Is a 3-0 lead the new “most dangerous lead in hockey”? For the second straight night, a team lost a three-goal lead, then lost the game in OT. This time…
Blue Jackets Still Have Reason To Hold Heads High Mark Scheig | August 8, 2020 Did that just really happen? Or was this all a crazy dream? It’s the next day and I’m still not convinced this is real. Somehow, we will have a Game…
5 Takeaways From Maple Leafs’ Game 4 Comeback Win Andrew Forbes | August 8, 2020 Speechless. Whether you’re a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs or the Columbus Blue Jackets, my guess is that you’re speechless right now. Three goal leads are not safe in…
Blue Jackets Game 3 Notes: Great Comeback, Not So Great Special Teams Pete Bauer | August 7, 2020 Shades of last year’s Game 1 vs. the Tampa Bay Lightning! Last night the Columbus Blue Jackets were down 3-0 (to the Toronto Maple Leafs this time) and finished with four…
5 Takeaways From Maple Leafs’ Game 3 Collapse Andrew Forbes | August 7, 2020 Another year and another Toronto Maple Leafs’ playoff collapse. The only positive to come from this one is the fact that it wasn’t in an elimination game and the Maple…
Blue Jackets’ Dubois Still Learning Playoff Hockey Mark Scheig | August 6, 2020 Pierre-Luc Dubois looks frustrated. Whether it’s on the bench in a heated exchange with head coach John Tortorella or it’s an unnecessary cross-check late in the game, Dubois has lost…