Posts About "Barret Jackman"
Jackman Will Help Blues Prospects Flourish
June 3rd, 2017 The St. Louis Blues have added another former player to their coaching regime with the signing of Barret Jackman as the team's development coach. Jackman, 36, spent 14 years in the NHL after being drafted by the Blues in 1999. Last October, he announced his retirement after signing a one-day contract to end his career with St....
Top 5 Moments of the Blues 2016-17 Season
June 2nd, 2017 The St. Louis Blues celebrated their 50th year in existence this season (1967-2017). It was a roller coaster ride filled with its fair share of bad times, but there's no doubting the good moments outweighed the bad. Unfortunately, the 49th season of hockey ended the same way their previous 48 seasons have ended, without a Stanley...
Honoring Barret Jackman
October 8th, 2016 As you have probably already heard, former St. Louis Blues player Barret Jackman announced his retirement from the NHL on Tuesday, Oct. 4. It is always sad when a great player hangs up his skates, but this story has a happy ending. He signed a one-day contract with the Blues so he could retire in St. Louis after playing one season with...
Barret Jackman and Mike Santorelli Retire, Oilers Suffer Injuries & More News
October 3rd, 2016 Former St. Louis Blues defenseman Barret Jackman will be retiring. It's been talked about a few times over the summer, but the Blues helped Jackman make it official Monday morning. The team has announced that they'll hold a press conference Tuesday to formally make the announcement. The 35-year-old was bought out over the summer...
Barret Jackman Leaves Game with Shoulder Injury
February 21st, 2016 Nashville Predators defenseman Barret Jackman exited Saturday evening's game versus the Los Angeles Kings at 15:27 of the second period after being hit awkwardly into the boards by Michael Mersch. Jackman's left shoulder hit the boards first, and the 34-year-old was slow to get up. Once Jackman got to his feet, he gently skated to...
Q & A with Barret Jackman of the Nashville Predators
October 16th, 2015 Change is hard for anyone, and change after being in the same city and with the same organization, the same family, is really hard. But for Barret Jackman it has been a smoother transition in the fact that he had a whole summer to prepare for the change of leaving the St. Louis Blues franchise to join the Nashville Predators after...
Blues Moving to Youth on Blue Line ... And Rightfully So
October 6th, 2015 There were multiple reasons that St. Louis Blues management decided to let Barret Jackman walk this summer. At the time, the 34-year-old defenseman was St. Louis’ longest-tenured athlete, playing in the city for 13 years. He had been through the best of times (winning a Calder Trophy in 2003) and the worst of times (a six-season...
Nashville Predators Projected 2015-16 Defense Pairs
September 11th, 2015 If defense wins championships, the Nashville Predators should win its first Stanley Cup in franchise history this year. Entering the 2015-16 season, Nashville has the best defense corps in the league, headlined by Shea Weber, Roman Josi and Seth Jones with Pekka Rinne minding the net behind them. If that was not enough, general manager...
A New Look For St. Louis Blues Camp
September 2nd, 2015 We're about two weeks out from the start of St. Louis Blues training camp for the 2015-16 NHL season and I'm excited, anxious, and ready for some hockey! We know there will be familiar faces missing this year, but there are some intriguing new ones we'll see as well. Here's a recap and preview for the upcoming pre-season. Bon...
Hockey News: What Scott Gomez Could Bring Blues; Latest on NHL 16
August 30th, 2015 Training camps are drawing closer. Here is today's headlines from around the NHL. Alaskan Scott Gomez is being given a shot at a 16th NHL season. The Alaskan-born center could be exactly what the Blues need. https://twitter.com/jprutherford/status/637721270818222081 The top 10 goaltenders in NHL 16 have been revealed....
Barret Jackman Will Bring It for the Nashville Predators
August 23rd, 2015 The Nashville Predators already boast a strong defense, so it came as some surprise when the club added veteran defenseman Barret Jackman in free agency. However, there is something to the move as he brings a lot to the Predators. RELATED: Barret Jackman Signs with the Nashville Predators Depth Nashville already has arguably the...
Nashville Predators Have Best Defense in NHL
July 7th, 2015 "Offense wins games; defense wins championships." The late, great former University of Alabama head football coach Bear Bryant said the truest quote in all of sports. Though Bryant was referring to football, it applies to essentially every sport -- even hockey. Since the Nashville Predators entered the league in 1998, the organization...
Predators Make Unexpected Noise On First Day of Free Agency
July 2nd, 2015 Nashville Predators general manager David Poile told fans at the Music City Sports Festival on May 30 the club was not likely to be active in free agency. When July 1 came, Poile seemed to have forgotten what he said a month ago, signing defenseman Barret Jackman and forward Cody Hodgson and trading for center Max Reinhart from the...
