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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,...
From Sweep to Defeat: What Changed for the Blue Jackets?
August 20th, 2020 In the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Presidents' Trophy-winning Tampa Bay Lightning in a historic sweep. It was the first-ever franchise playoff series win for the Blue Jackets. Columbus Blue Jackets' Oliver Bjorkstrand scores the series-winning goal in 2019, securing the franchise's first-ever...
Blue Jackets' Players Need to be Rested & Ready for Game 4
August 17th, 2020 The Columbus Blue Jackets don't make excuses for anything. That isn't changing anytime soon just because they're tired. You've seen the Blue Jackets insane schedule of late. They've played 31 periods in the last two weeks which includes eight games where three of those have gone to overtime. One of those games of course was the...
Blue Jackets Inconsistent Power Play Finally Powering Up
August 15th, 2020 Baby steps. When it comes to the Columbus Blue Jackets power play, any sort of breakthrough seems like a major accomplishment. It's wild inconsistency has been a sore spot amongst fans and the team for several seasons now. But maybe, just maybe, we might finally have some tiny signs of life. After going through the qualifier...
Blue Jackets Are Business as Usual With Game 2 Preparations
August 13th, 2020 On to the next one. That might sound boring to you. But for the Columbus Blue Jackets, moving on to the next one after a loss is business as usual. Considering what they are moving on from, that seems very hard to do. Not for this team though. They'll be...
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Tortorella, Keefe & Curious Coaching Calls
August 11th, 2020 The Toronto Maple Leafs' season didn’t end as it was supposed to. That leaves a lot of questions about the team's future. Outside of the small group of very expensive players who carried most of the offense during the regular season, but who seemed snake-bit around the net during their play-in series against the Columbus Blue Jackets...
Blue Jackets Game 5 Notes: Game 1 Repeat Leads to Round 1 Repeat
August 10th, 2020 The Columbus Blue Jackets are in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for a team-record 4th consecutive season. They defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in the deciding Game 5, 3-0. They also shut out the Maple Leafs in Game 1 of the series. The Blue Jackets will open the playoffs in a best-of-seven series against the Tampa Bay...
Blue Jackets Still Have Reason To Hold Heads High
August 8th, 2020 Did that just really happen? Or was this all a crazy dream? It's the next day and I'm still not convinced this is real. Somehow, we will have a Game 5 on Sunday night between the Columbus Blue Jackets and Toronto Maple Leafs. Game 4 seemingly was over. It was 3-0 Blue Jackets with just under four minutes to go. Morgan Rielly was seen...
5 Takeaways From Maple Leafs' Game 3 Collapse
August 7th, 2020 Another year and another Toronto Maple Leafs’ playoff collapse. The only positive to come from this one is the fact that it wasn’t in an elimination game and the Maple Leafs have less than 24 hours before they can try to put this one behind them. That said, it will come down to the Maple Leafs stringing together two straight wins...
Blue Jackets' Dubois Still Learning Playoff Hockey
August 6th, 2020 Pierre-Luc Dubois looks frustrated. Whether it's on the bench in a heated exchange with head coach John Tortorella or it's an unnecessary cross-check late in the game, Dubois has lost his cool on a couple of occasions early in the Blue Jackets' series against the Toronto Maple Leafs. It hasn't helped that Auston Matthews has...
3 Takeaways From the Blue Jackets Game 1 Victory
August 3rd, 2020 The Columbus Blue Jackets had a plan. They executed their plan to perfection in their 2-0 victory in Game 1 of their Stanley Cup Qualifer series against the Toronto Maple Leafs. What did we learn from this game? 1. Joonas Korpisalo Shined Brightly The night belonged to Joonas Korpisalo. Making his postseason debut for the...
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Matthews, Lehtonen, Keefe & Tortorella
August 2nd, 2020 If history repeats, things don’t look good for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Last season the Columbus Blue Jackets played giant-killer during the first round of the playoffs when they swept the Presidents' Trophy-winning Tampa Bay Lightning in four straight games. Similarly, last season the Maple Leafs lost their first playoff round...
