Posts About "Brandon Dubinsky"
Blue Jackets Mailbag: March 2018 Edition
March 13th, 2018 Welcome to our Columbus Blue Jackets monthly mailbag. Once a month (or more, if warranted), Blue Jackets writers Kristyn Repke and Mark Scheig will answer both fan questions and questions from each other about the team or anything else. This month, they analyze the trade deadline, discuss upcoming roster decisions and provide playoff...
Inconsistent Blue Jackets Remain Confident
February 17th, 2018 Our Kristyn Repke posed a great question to Cam Atkinson after Friday night's 2-1 overtime loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. https://twitter.com/JacketsInsider/status/964705575555731456 Notice Atkinson's answer. He first says "I can't really pinpoint one thing." Then after being asked how concerning that is, he talks about still...
Blue Jackets Need to Skip the Seconds
February 3rd, 2018 Second periods. They can make or break teams if they are not careful. Teams often talk about their focus on starting out or finishing games strong. You don’t often hear teams emphasizing pushing the pace in the middle frame. Case in point: through the first 50 games of the season, second periods have not been a huge highlight for...
Blue Jackets Power Play Turnaround
January 31st, 2018 The Columbus Blue Jackets power play was the talk of the National Hockey League early on in the 2016-17 regular season. Their success rate was sky-high and teams could not solve them. Special teams were key in the Blue Jackets’ 16-game win streak and kept them at or near the top of the Metropolitan Division for most of the...
Alexander Wennberg, Now's Your Chance
December 14th, 2017 The Columbus Blue Jackets announced on Wednesday that center Brandon Dubinsky will miss 6-8 weeks with an orbital bone fracture. This is as crushing a loss for a team already struggling at center as you can see. But life goes on. The Blue Jackets must continue without Dubinsky. That means one thing. Alexander Wennberg must start...
Blue Jackets 3 Takeaways: Bobrovsky, Overtime & Winning
November 12th, 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) Sergei Bobrovsky is Good Sergei Bobrovsky won the Vezina Trophy last season as the NHL's best goaltender. Saturday night, he showed why he was the clear-cut winner...
