Posts About "Alexander Wennberg"
Blue Jackets 3 Takeaways: Penalty Kill, Power Play & New Lines
November 7th, 2017 This season, The Hockey Writers will have a recurring “Three Takeaways” feature after every Columbus Blue Jackets matchup, meant to serve as postgame quick hits. 1) Penalty Kill Problems With Matt Calvert out for the next three or four weeks coupled with the loss of Lukas Sedlak for several weeks, too, the Columbus Blue Jackets...
Blue Jackets Takeaways: Overtime, Power Plays & Seconds
October 16th, 2017 This season, The Hockey Writers will have a recurring “Three Takeaways” feature after every Columbus Blue Jackets matchup, meant to serve as postgame quick hits. 1) Overtime Success Three-on-three hockey is not something the Columbus Blue Jackets routinely practice. However, in the first five games of the season, they have won two...
Young Blue Jackets Showing Early Resiliency
October 15th, 2017 Although the Columbus Blue Jackets trailed most of the night Saturday in Minnesota, you could just tell they were never out of the game. They kept fighting. They kept pressuring. Even down two goals at two separate points in the game, the Blue Jackets stayed confident knowing they would get their chance to respond. When the...
Blue Jackets Three Takeaways: Milano, Face-Offs & Ugly Hockey
October 11th, 2017 This season, The Hockey Writers will have a recurring “Three Takeaways” feature after every Columbus Blue Jackets matchup, meant to serve as post-game quick hits. 1) Milano and Bobrovsky Keep Rolling Raise a hand if you predicted Sonny Milano would be the first Columbus Blue Jackets youngster to break out in the early going of the...
25 Blue Jackets Questions for 2017-18
October 4th, 2017 The Columbus Blue Jackets finalized their roster on Tuesday with 13 forwards, eight defensemen and two goaltenders. They can now turn their attention to Friday's season opener against the New York Islanders. Before the games begin, we have questions. How will this season go? What kinds of things can we expect? What storylines are we...
Wennberg Deal a Comparable for Red Wings, Larkin & Mantha
September 6th, 2017 Now that the ink is dry, the Detroit Red Wings should take note of the contract that was recently agreed to between the Columbus Blue Jackets and budding star Alexander Wennberg. Why? Because Dylan Larkin and Anthony Mantha will need new deals next offseason, and they’re both due for a hefty raise. Last week, I dove into how Larkin,...
Blue Jackets Unzipped: Wennberg Signed, Panarin Introduced
September 2nd, 2017 This is the début of a new column for the 2017-18 season called Blue Jackets Unzipped. Once a week or as needed throughout the season, we will discuss the latest happenings around the Columbus Blue Jackets mixed in with my deeper thoughts. Today, we recap a busy week in Columbus. Wennberg Finally Signs The calendar has turned to...
Blue Jackets Sign Alexander Wennberg to Contract Extension
September 1st, 2017 The Columbus Blue Jackets and center Alexander Wennberg have agreed to terms on a six-year contract extension worth $29.4 million that will keep the 22-year-old with the team through the 2022-23 season, the Blue Jackets announced Friday. The deal comes with a cap hit of $4.9 million per season and will eat one year of Wennberg's...
NHL's Top 5 Breakout Candidates for 2017-18
August 15th, 2017 Each year, a small group of individuals take a giant leap towards stardom in the NHL. While top tier prospects like Auston Matthews and Patrik Laine are able to have an immediate impact upon arriving in the league, many players take upwards of three years before establishing their true mark on the NHL. The 2016-17 edition of the...
Alexander Wennberg Must Shine at Center
July 15th, 2017 Welcome to part two of Pressure Points, our summer review of the Columbus Blue Jackets. In case you missed part one, we did a full recap of the offseason to date. Since then, you haven't missed anything. We still await the new contracts of both Alexander Wennberg and Josh Anderson. We also wait to see if any other trades come...
What Will Jackets' Top 3 RFAs Cost?
May 21st, 2017 There will be a lot happening this offseason highlighted by two drafts in the month of June. The 2017 NHL Entry Draft and Las Vegas expansion draft will take place in a span of four days. The expansion draft will come first on June 21 then the entry draft takes up two days on June 23 and 24. For the Columbus Blue Jackets, their...
Blue Jackets Lack of Playoff Experience Offers New Challenge
March 30th, 2017 The Columbus Blue Jackets are one of four teams that could conceivably win the Presidents' Trophy this year. The other three, the Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins and Chicago Blackhawks all have one thing in common: consistent, long-term success. In a classic 'which one of these things is not like the other' scenario, the Blue...
Emptying the Blue Jackets Notebook
February 28th, 2017 Is it really the end of February already? This season has flown by. As of this writing, we are mere hours away from the NHL trade deadline. That is the unofficial start of the push to the playoffs. For the Columbus Blue Jackets, there is no shortage of storylines. Now is a great time to empty my notebook. We'll try to touch on as...
