The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed former Calgary Flames left wing Johnny Gaudreau, the most sought-after player in this off-season’s free agent market, to a reported seven-year deal worth $68.25 million.
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Capitals Even Up Series 2-2 With Impressive Victory in Game Four
Game Four of the First Round Stanley Cup playoff series pitted the Washington Capitals, who once again finished first in the National Hockey League’s (NHL’s) highly contested Metropolitan Division against the Columbus Blue Jackets, who finished fourth in the...
Blue Jackets Careening Towards Playoffs
The Columbus Blue Jackets are the National Hockey League’s hottest team, having won ten (10) straight games in a row and twelve (12) of their last thirteen (13) contests prior to an overtime loss to the Vancouver Canucks to end the month of March and have vaulted into...
Why The Blue Jackets Got It Right With Pierre-Luc Dubois
During the 2016 National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft, the Columbus Blue Jackets shocked most pundits who were assured that when the Blue Jackets finished third in the draft lottery, it was a virtual certainty that they would draft Finnish speedster Jesse...
What’s the Disconnect with the Columbus Blue Jackets?
The Columbus Blue Jackets currently sit in third place in the very tight, very competitive Metropolitan Division of the National Hockey League (NHL). And although they haven’t taken themselves out of the Stanley Cup playoff race as the season isn’t even halfway over,...
Blue Jackets Trying to Forge Their Identity
As the National Hockey League (NHL) season approaches the one quarter (1/4) mark of the 2017-18 regular season, the Columbus Blue Jackets are in a solid position at this point with a record of 13-7-1, good for 27 total points and currently in 1st place in the very...
Blue Jackets: Cusp of Greatness or a Step Back?
As the Columbus Blue Jackets embark on their 17th season in the National Hockey League (NHL), the expectations for this team, coming off of a record-setting season of 108 points and countless other franchise landmarks, have never been higher. Add to that the fact...
Blue Jackets Stave Off Elimination
Game Four of the First Round Stanley Cup playoff series pitted the talented Pittsburgh Penguins, who finished second in the National Hockey League’s (NHL’s) Metropolitan Division against the upstart Columbus Blue Jackets, riding off of the heels of a record-breaking...
Pens Defeat Blue Jackets in OT, Gain Control of Series
Game Three of the First Round Stanley Cup playoff series pitted the talented Metropolitan Division-winning Pittsburgh Penguins against the surprising Columbus Blue Jackets, riding off of the heels of a record-breaking season on many fronts, including total points...
Tortorella Emerging as Jack Adams Favorite
Many terms are used to describe Columbus Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella: obsessive, passionate, difficult, firebrand, driven, fiery, autocratic, dictatorial, tyrannical, and, of course, the most often used term to describe the veteran coach: (a) lunatic. But...
Why ‘Staying Put’ Was The Right Thing To Do
After the Columbus Blue Jackets’ 2015-16 season had ended, a season many viewed as their most disappointing in their 16-year history, Blue Jackets’ management decided to essentially ‘stay put’ and make no major changes to their core team roster. This decision agitated...
Blue Jackets Expected to Add Veteran Depth at Trade Deadline
Much unlike most trade deadline periods, when the Columbus Blue Jackets were trying to either shed bad contracts, unload a disgruntled player’s desire to leave the Blue Jackets, obtain draft picks for another lost season or to provide a player bolster an occasional...
Blue Jackets Need to Find Another Gear
With 25 games remaining in their regular season, the Columbus Blue Jackets are near the top of the National Hockey League (NHL) standings with the NHL’s 4th best record at 37-15-5, buoyed by a franchise record 16-game winning streak, which was also the 2nd longest...
What Caused the Turnaround for the Columbus Blue Jackets?
Last season for the Columbus Blue Jackets could have been their most disappointing giving consideration to the expectations heaved upon them after their injury-plagued 2014-15 season in which they led the National Hockey League (NHL) in the non-dubious category of...
Blue Jackets Forging Identity
The Columbus Blue Jackets’ start to their 2016-17 season started much like the 2015-16 season did: with a resounding thud. The Blue Jackets were outplayed by the Boston Bruins and the San Jose Sharks in their opening two games of the season, both of which were at...
Expectations Are Middling for the Blue Jackets
To say the last two seasons have been a major disappointment is quite the understatement for the Columbus Blue Jackets, particularly last season. And, for an organization whose legacy has been rife with disappointment, particularly for their long-suffering fans, last...
Why Blue Jackets Defied ‘Conventional Wisdom’ With 1st Round Pick
The National Hockey League’s (NHL’s) Entry Draft was held on Friday, June 24th at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, NY. The Columbus Blue Jackets, due to a change in the NHL draft lottery format, and, for the first time in their 15-year existence, moved up in the...
What’s ‘The Way Forward’ for the Columbus Blue Jackets?
To call the Columbus Blue Jackets 2015-16 season an unmitigated, cataclysmic disaster is an understatement. Expectations, to be kind, were extremely high – the Blue Jackets qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for only the 2nd time in their history in the 2013-14...
Metropolitan Division Trade Deadline Primer
The National Hockey League’s (NHL’s) annual trade deadline will conclude at 3 P.M. on Monday, February 29th. Save for the disappointing Columbus Blue Jackets, who couldn’t climb out from a devastating 0-8-0 start, the rest of the Metropolitan division is still in the...
Why the Blue Jackets Need to Return to ‘Brick by Brick’
When Columbus Blue Jackets President of Hockey Operations (POHOPS) John Davidson, upon assuming the role at the beginning of the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season, told the dwindled masses of remaining Blue Jackets fans that, instead of the constant changes in...
Ryan Johansen-Seth Jones Trade Analysis
As suggested in a prior article as to a possible trade scenario, the Columbus Blue Jackets traded center Ryan Johansen to the Nashville Predators for defenseman Seth Jones. The move came as no surprise to most observers in the National Hockey League (NHL) as it was...
Columbus Blue Jackets’ Holiday Wish List
As we are in the holiday season, and the Columbus Blue Jackets are mired with the National Hockey League’s (NHL’s) worst record at 13-21-3, it seems fitting that they should reap the greatest rewards during this festive period. It’s safe to say that, given the high...
Caps Roll to Top of East
For fourteen seasons, when the National Hockey League (NHL) was aligned with six (6) divisions of five teams, each for the period from 1999-2013 (save for the 2004-05 NHL lockout when no games were played, that season), the Washington Capitals thoroughly dominated the...
Is Ryan Johansen ‘In Play’?
The Columbus Blue Jackets, although sporting a 9-7-0 record since John Tortorella replaced Todd Richards after a 0-7-0 start, are nearing a precarious point in their season. Although the Blue Jackets have begun to gain traction under Tortorella, at 9-14-0 after the...
Devils Continue to be Early-Season Surprise
Little was expected of the New Jersey Devils, this season: after 28 years as the Devils General Manager (GM), Lou Lamoriello stepped down from the GM position. Lamoriello stayed on as the team president; however, in a stunning development, although to no one’s...
Blue Jackets Gaining Traction Under John Tortorella
John Tortorella was hired as the new head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets during a turbulent time in the history of this organization. The Blue Jackets started their 2015-16 season in the worst possible way, a passionless 0-7-0 start, when expectations were...
Hurricanes Continue to Preach Patience
It has been a slow, consistent, often painful descent for the Carolina Hurricanes since their 2006 Stanley Cup title: from failing to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs the following season, becoming the first team since the 1938-39 Chicago Blackhawks to attain this...
The Tortorella Effect: Will it Work with the Blue Jackets?
As outlined in a previous article, John Tortorella was hired as the new head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets after a cataclysmic start to their season, a passionless 0-7-0 start when expectations were sky-high after their 15-1-1 finish to the prior season, a start...
Caps Poised to Ascend the Throne
The 2014-15 season was a return to relevance in the Eastern Conference and Metropolitan Division of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Washington Capitals after finishing tied for 2nd in the Metro Division after failing to qualify for the playoffs for the first...
John Tortorella Replaces Todd Richards as Blue Jackets Coach
After a 0-7 start, one that surprised most observers in the National Hockey League (NHL) and dampened the great expectations for the followers of the Columbus Blue Jackets, Todd Richards was relieved of his duties as head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets and was...
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