Blue Jackets Beat: Coyote Ugly, But Streak Extends to 10 Jeff Little | March 17, 2013 If you had polled NHL scribes prior to this season, and asked which clubs were most likely to post a ten-game point streak in this shortened season, chances are overwhelming that Columbus would not have made the top 25 in that list. Yet — 29 games in — the Blue Jackets are the proud owners of just such a streak, which is still alive thanks to a befuddling 1 – 0 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes at Nationwide Arena on Saturday night — the club’s first-ever 1-0 shootout win.
Blue Jackets at the Turn: Finding the Sweet Spot Jeff Little | March 11, 2013 Sunday was 68-degree March day in central Ohio — a weather phenomenon that divides the mind between the skate blade and the golf club, so a golf analogy seems appropriate to use…
Jarmo Kekalainen: Great Expectations in Columbus Harry Kamdar | March 7, 2013 With the signing of Jarmo Kekalainen as the new GM, the Columbus Blue Jackets are ushering in a new era with a big bang! It is widely known that this…
Blue Jackets Beat: Candid Camera Jeff Little | February 21, 2013 We’re now in the immediate aftermath of Hockey Day in America,with 16 games in the books — just emerging from the first turn into the back stretch. There’s an increased…
Blue Jackets Beat : Good Things Happen . . . Jeff Little | January 29, 2013 . . . when you put the puck on the net. That’s the completion of the the sentence above, and a lesson that the Blue Jackets need to have drilled…
Blue Jackets Beat: Promise — Not Predictions Jeff Little | January 19, 2013 January 19th — the beginning of the 2013 NHL Season finally arrives. The Los Angeles Kings have just hoisted their Stanley Cup Championship banner, prior to engaging the Chicago Blackhawks,…
The Predators vs. Blue Jackets in Season Opener Nick Vucic | January 19, 2013 When the puck drops to open the season on Saturday, January 19th in Nashville, the Predators will face their Central Division rival the Blue Jackets, but will hardly recognize the…
Blue Jackets Beat: On The Ice, At Last Jeff Little | January 13, 2013 As this installment is written, the Blue Jackets’ training camp is thirty minutes old, with just 25 guys vying for 23 slots — a process that must be culminated in just six days.
NHL Goalie Update: Post-Lockout Josh Smith | January 11, 2013 During the lockout, NHL goalies were on their own, most even without a place to play. While scrimmages can accommodate as many as twenty skaters, there’s only room for two goaltenders. European clubs,…
Blue Jackets Beat: A New Era Begins! Jeff Little | January 6, 2013 While most were sleeping — and even I succumbed to the Sandman in the wee hours while the talks were ongoing — the NHL and NHLPA reached a tentative agreement…
Waiting Game Proves Tough for Columbus Blue Jackets Josh Smith | October 13, 2012 Sure the NHL lockout has been tough on many NHL teams, but perhaps non quite as much as the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Fantasy Hockey Preview: Potential in the Central Jeff Ponder | September 8, 2012 What makes a strong division? Is it solid goaltending, balanced scoring or stingy defense? How about all of the above?