Posts About "Jarmo Kekalainen"
Blue Jackets Hit Homerun With Bjorkstrand's New Contract
January 7th, 2021 The Columbus Blue Jackets locked up a key piece of their future on Wednesday. The team and right-winger Oliver Bjorkstrand agreed to a five-year contract extension on Wednesday making him the first Blue Jacket signed for the 2025-26 season. The AAV for the new contract is $5.4...
Blue Jackets Enter Camp With Several Questions
January 4th, 2021 The Columbus Blue Jackets opened Training Camp on Sunday with physicals and media availability. Here is a breakdown of some takeaways from that availability. Here We Go Again (Dubois) We thought we'd have a quiet start of camp this season for the Blue Jackets. And then an unexpected bomb was dropped. Despite indications that...
Blue Jackets Find Favor With Their Schedule
December 26th, 2020 The NHL schedules have been released. For the Columbus Blue Jackets, they perhaps have their most favorable schedule in several seasons. Not only is their schedule geographically friendly, it's spread out enough where they'll be able to get practice and rest. They also have a favorable schedule during the first two months of the...
Blue Jackets Primed to Pounce on Cap-Strapped Prey
December 14th, 2020 We're finally here. Maybe. I think. Welcome to the start of our 2020-21 season preview of the Columbus Blue Jackets. If all continues to go according to multiple reports, we could have the start of the regular season in one month's time. We will spend the next month getting ready for this unprecedented season from all angles....
Blue Jackets' Texier Steps Into the Spotlight
November 9th, 2020 The Columbus Blue Jackets entered the 2020 offseason with one big question in their top-six. Thanks to Gus Nyquist's surgery, they now have two big questions. Is Alex Texier ready to be a full-time top-line player?Who will replace Nyquist in the top-six while he is recovering? It has been widely expected that Texier would get the...
Blue Jackets' Defensive Depth Has Questions to Answer
October 29th, 2020 With the activity of the NHL offseason slowing down considerably, the Blue Jackets have done quite a bit to reshape their team, but still have a ways to go before the 2020-21 season starts, whenever that may be. The Columbus Blue Jackets addressed the need for centers by acquiring Max Domi and signing veteran forward Mikko Koivu...
Blue Jackets Offseason Receives Mixed Reviews
October 12th, 2020 Many in the hockey world myself included thought the Columbus Blue Jackets were on the verge of something big. It was easy to see why. In advance of the opening of NHL Free Agency, the Blue Jackets traded two of their defensemen for what seemed like pennies on the dollar. Ryan Murray went to New Jersey for a fifth-round draft...
Making Sense of Recent Blue Jackets' Rumors
October 4th, 2020 The NHL Draft is coming quickly. As of this writing, there are just over 48 hours to go until the New York Rangers are on the clock. For the Columbus Blue Jackets, there seems to be a belief that they are looking to do something big. As multiple reporters have pointed out, they will be an interesting team to watch this week and...
2020 Columbus Blue Jackets Draft Preview
September 28th, 2020 What does this offseason have in store for the Columbus Blue Jackets? We will start to find out in about a week's time. GM Jarmo Kekalainen and his staff will embark on the 2020 NHL Draft. Then right after that, the window for free agency opens. It is widely expected that the Blue Jackets will make some moves. The question here...
Blue Jackets' Potential Trade Partners: Detroit Red Wings
September 24th, 2020 We have finally made it back to the United States! Welcome to part eight of our Columbus Blue Jackets September series where we look at different teams around the league and see if there's anything that could make them potential trading partners. In case you missed part seven, we discussed the Vancouver Canucks. Life as a Red...
3 Blue Jackets Trade Partners This Offseason
September 1st, 2020 With the 2019-20 NHL season firmly in the rearview mirror for the Columbus Blue Jackets, it’s time we turn our attention to the upcoming offseason. It will be a bit strange, since it’s in the fall and it’s shorter than usual, but the feel is that Columbus is ready to make a move to shake things up a bit. Columbus GM Jarmo...
Realistic Blue Jackets Expectations For the Offseason
August 24th, 2020 Welcome to Part 2 of our season-ending series on the Columbus Blue Jackets. In case you missed part one, we discussed five costly mistakes that sent the team out of the playoffs. We now turn our attention to the offseason. Seriously, who knows how this offseason is going to turn out? While the playoffs in the bubble are running...
5 Costly Blue Jackets Mistakes That Burst Their Bubble
August 22nd, 2020 Welcome to Part 1 of our season-ending column on the Columbus Blue Jackets. A weird and potentially explosive offseason awaits the team. We will address the future and what could be coming in Part 2. But for now, we will focus on the playoff series that just ended on Wednesday. The Blue Jackets may have lost in just five games,...
