by Ed Cmar | Mar 1, 2015 | Columbus Blue Jackets, NHL
Last week, I wrote an article which was a trade primer for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Unbeknownst to myself and every other observer, Blue Jackets General Manager (GM) Jarmo Kekalainen, as he did in 2013, had other, additional ideas in mind to shape the Blue Jackets...
by Mike Stern | Feb 26, 2015 | Dallas Stars, Homepage, NHL
Jamie Benn has been trying to will the Dallas Stars into the playoffs for a second straight season. The team captain recently stepped up his game in a big way, scoring in eight straight games with 15 points in that span. The last six contests has seen him excel...
by George Grimm | Feb 21, 2015 | Archived Features, Hockey History, Homepage, New York Rangers, NHL, Retro Rangers
by George Grimm Armed with a slapshot that earned him the nickname “Smokey” because it was said he could “knock the sap out of the wood of his stick”, Jack Egers was destined for stardom. Unfortunately a series of injuries including a concussion...
by Mike Stern | Feb 11, 2015 | Dallas Stars, Inside Hockey, NHL
If the Dallas Stars reach the Stanley Cup Playoffs for a second straight season, they very well may identify their just-completed three-game road trip on the snow driven East Coast as the key catalyst for their late-season playoff surge. Specifically, the Stars’ 5-3...
by Ed Cmar | Jan 24, 2015 | Homepage, NHL
The National Hockey League (NHL) convenes for their annual All-Star Game and weekend and, this season the gala is being held at Nationwide Arena, home of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets. The annual event is a major coup` for Ohio’s capital city, allowing Columbus to...