Blue Jackets: Same Old Song & Dance Mark Scheig | October 31, 2018 Will getting owned at home by the last place team in the standings finally wake up the slumbering Columbus Blue Jackets? For their sake, they better hope so. Despite making…
Blue Jackets Discuss Deadline & Beyond Kristyn Repke | February 25, 2018 With the National Hockey League trade deadline rapidly approaching, it’s the topic that is top-of-mind for everyone involved: the front office, team locker rooms and fans alike. While players say…
Blue Jackets – Top Line Finding Chemistry Kristyn Repke | November 29, 2017 After going one-quarter of the way through the 2017-18 season, the Columbus Blue Jackets have finally found their top line. On paper, they are a band of misfits. On the…
Potential Domino Effect of Josh Anderson’s Emergence Mark Scheig | November 4, 2017 The Columbus Blue Jackets are off to one of their best starts in franchise history. They’ve never won nine of their first 13 games to start a season until now.…
Blue Jackets 3 Takeaways: Overtime, Penalty Kill & Josh Anderson Kristyn Repke | October 28, 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) Overtime Winners The Blue…
Blue Jackets Early Season Watchlist Kenyon Clevenger | October 6, 2017 Well Blue Jackets fans, you’ve made it. Your team is now just hours away from their opening night puck drop. After a pretty eventful offseason, training camp and preseason, it’s…
Final Columbus Blue Jackets Preseason Thoughts Mark Scheig | October 1, 2017 At long last, the preseason for the Columbus Blue Jackets has come to an end. It’s time for the real games to begin. What did we learn in this training…
Rumor Rundown: Blues, Islanders, Blue Jackets Jim Parsons | September 29, 2017 In today’s Rumor Rundown a few teams have made some news, but the biggest comes out of St. Louis where the Blues might have some work to do after finding…
Blue Jackets Preseason Thoughts Kenyon Clevenger | September 23, 2017 The Columbus Blue Jackets played their first preseason game on Tuesday night, losing to the Chicago Blackhawks at home 5-2. Since then, they’ve lost 3-2 in overtime to the St.…
Rumor Rundown: Leafs Looking for D-Man, Gudbranson, Lupul, More Jim Parsons | September 21, 2017 In today’s Rumor Rundown we take a look at the inevitable addition on the blue line for the Toronto Maple Leafs, if they have an option internally and how soon…
Josh Anderson’s Situation Shows Columbus’ Consistent Message Mark Scheig | September 14, 2017 Training camps have started. Most restricted free agents have their new contracts. For the Columbus Blue Jackets, the key word in that last sentence is “most.” In a surprising turn…
Blue Jackets Unzipped: Wennberg Signed, Panarin Introduced Mark Scheig | September 2, 2017 This is the début of a new column for the 2017-18 season called Blue Jackets Unzipped. Once a week or as needed throughout the season, we will discuss the latest…