Posts About "Doug MacLean"

Blue Jackets Beginnings: Doug MacLean's Tenure as GM

June 29th, 2020 The Columbus Blue Jackets were awarded an expansion franchise on June 25, 1997, and were set to take the necessary steps to establish itself in the National Hockey League in the 2000-01 season. Enter Doug MacLean who was hired as the first general manager in Blue Jackets history on Feb. 11, 1998. His previous managerial experience...

Eugene Melnyk Pulls a Reverse Taylor Swift

October 25th, 2012 written by Ian C McLaren With another section of the 2012-13 NHL schedule facing imminent cancellation, and the league as a whole possibly looking at irreparable damage as a result, one has to wonder what some owners are thinking in terms of potential lost revenue and their respective bottom lines, especially those in small or...

Evaluating the Tenure of Scott Howson Part 1: Righting the Ship

January 10th, 2012 When the Columbus Blue Jackets hired Scott Howson away from the Edmonton Oilers the team was coming off the sixth straight season in which they missed the playoffs.

Point/Counterpoint: Blue Jackets' Transition Presents More Opportunity Than Peril

September 29th, 2010 For those old enough to remember the 1970's, 60 Minutes once featured the Point/Counterpoint segment, in which James J. Kilpatrick (conservative) and Nicholas von Hoffman or Shana Alexander (liberal) would engage in an always lively, and frequently acerbic debate over a political or social issue of the time. However, the more famous...

An Off-Season Of Changes For The Panthers... And It's Only June...

June 3rd, 2009 Things are changing in South Florida.In early May, hall of fame player and Panthers’ color commentator since day 1, Denis Potvin was let go by the team.No clear reason was given by team president Michael Yormark, although he did say that he wanted his staff to live in south Florida year-round (Potvin spends his summers in...