The Columbus Blue Jackets have offered their head coaching position to Guy Boucher, as broken by the Columbus Dispatch. Boucher will reportedly take the weekend to mull over the offer before making his decision early next week. Boucher, 38, spent this past season coaching the Hamilton Bulldogs, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens. [...]
June 5th, 2010 | Bart Logan | ContinuedFeature Article #1
Good news on the arena front
In a summer that has been short on news in general, it was nice to hear some positive words about Nationwide Arena from Columbus Blue Jackets President Mike Priest last night. The Blue Jackets lease the arena from Nationwide Insurance, which privately funded the construction of the approximately $106 million facility after voters stuck down [...]
Bart Logan | July 15th, 2010 | Continued
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Berry officially named assistant coach
As expected, the Columbus Blue Jackets announced Wednesday that Brad Berry will join Scott Arniel’s staff behind the bench beginning this season.
Berry spent two years under Arniel in Manitoba from 2006-08 before leaving the team for family reasons.
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CBJ Draft Preview
If the Blue Jackets stick with the fourth overall pick, they will have the chance to fulfill one of the franchise’s perennial needs: a number one defenseman.
Bart Logan | June 22nd, 2010 | Continued
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Blue Jackets Clean House
The Columbus Blue Jackets announced today that former interim head coach Claude Noel and assistants Gary Agnew and Gord Murphy as well as strength and conditioning coach Barry Brennan will not return behind Columbus’ bench in 2010-2011.
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Arniel Accepts Coaching Job, Boucher Remaining In Hamilton For Now
Scott Arniel is set to become the fifth head coach in Columbus Blue Jackets history. No false alarms this time. Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson will introduce the new head coach tomorrow at a press conference scheduled for 3 p.m. at Nationwide Arena. Arniel accepted the CBJ coaching gig shortly after first choice Guy Boucher [...]
Bart Logan | June 7th, 2010 | Continued
