Posts About "Scott Howson"
How These Columbus Blue Jackets Were Built
April 21st, 2019 At long last, the Columbus Blue Jackets and their fans have something to celebrate that will last a lifetime. The Blue Jackets swept the top-seeded Tampa Bay Lightning out of the first round of the 2019 NHL Playoffs in stunning fashion. The hockey world will remember this for a long time. Hockey is a copycat league. If someone is...
Blue Jackets Pressure Points: Grading Management
August 27th, 2016 We continue our summer series, titled Blue Jackets Pressure Points, on the Columbus Blue Jackets. We ask hard questions about the team and attempt to answer them as it relates to the upcoming season and beyond. Last time, we asked if Ryan Murray and Seth Jones were ready to become a top, shutdown pair. Today, I put my teacher's hat on...
Edmonton Oilers: Who is Tyler Dellow?
August 7th, 2014 In what is becoming a bigger trend throughout the NHL, many clubs are hiring analytics gurus to be part of their front offices. The Edmonton Oilers have now joined the party and have recently hired Tyler Dellow, an advanced analytics whiz, who until recently operated an analytics based blog at mc79hockey.com (@mc79hockey). The...
How Hot is Todd Richards' Seat?
November 14th, 2013 The Columbus Blue Jackets have not been very good lately, after jumping out to a respectable, if unspectacular 5-5-0 record the Jackets have since dropped 6 of their last 7 including a disappointing 4-3 overtime loss to divisional foes Washington Tuesday evening. In those 7 games the formula has been fairly consistent: despite a...
Timekeeping Ain't Easy
July 18th, 2013 I love hockey. I enjoy being a part of the game working as a timekeeper at the local community rink on some nights and weekends. Even while I am sitting in a lonely timekeeper's box while freezing my butt off, the game still warms me. Sitting from my vantage point, I see a lot. There are some kids that still come out to play when the...
Blue Jackets Beat: Howson's Revenge or Kings' Folly?
April 25th, 2013 It seemed so innocuous at the time . . . harmless really. When former Blue Jackets GM Scott Howson proposed a tie-breaking revision that would make non-shootout wins the first tie-breaker for playoff determination, it was viewed as a sensible little move, appeasing the haters of the shoot-out. Even in Columbus, it was viewed as...
NHL Playoffs: Is Columbus, Detroit, Dallas Or Phoenix Getting The Eighth Seed?
April 20th, 2013 There is an enthralling logjam that has developed in the Western Conference for the last playoff spot in Lord Stanley’s annual gala. With the sun-setting on this abbreviated season, only a handful of games remain yet the competition for the eighth seed is fierce. The Columbus Blue Jackets temporarily sit atop a pile of four...
Oilers Fire GM Steve Tambellini, Hire Scott Howson
April 15th, 2013 Hearing Craig MacTavish is new EDM GM and Scott Howson will be taking over MacTavish's role. As per @tsnryanrishaug, EDM fires Tambellini. — Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) April 15, 2013 This season, when the Oilers have been good, they've been really good. But when they've been bad, they've been terribly bad. A couple weeks ago...
From Missouri to Ohio, the Building of the 2013 Columbus Blue Jackets
February 16th, 2013 The Columbus Blue Jackets have learned that the best way to get to the top is to take tidbits from teams that have grown into Cup contenders. The Jackets did this in a very literal sense. The central Ohio team traveled south to find an organization to mirror. The St. Louis Blues, last year’s Central Division Champions, have...
Blue Jackets Beat: Finnish Fireworks
February 13th, 2013 This space had been reserved for a relatively sedate review of the first quarter of the Blue Jackets' season. However, in the past 48 hours, the club has chosen to attract some serious attention, through moves both on the ice and off. Let's ride this rocket while the fuse is still burning. The Other Shoe Drops -- Howson Era...
Rangers Must Find Spaces for New Faces
November 9th, 2012 As talks between the NHL and NHLPA continue, many fans maintain a cautious hope that the lockout might still be resolved in time to salvage the 2012-2013 NHL season. If that does happen, teams such as the Rangers who made significant roster changes in the off-season will have the task ahead of figuring out where their newest members...
