Posts About "Scott Howson"
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...