Hard hitting defensemen Ole-Kristian Tollefsen who was a restricted free agent, was not tendered a contract from the Blue Jackets today. This will make the 25 year old defensemen from Norway an unrestricted free agent. Tollefsen was a 3rd round draft choice by the Jackets in 2002 (65th overall) and made his Blue Jackets debut in [...]
June 29th, 2009 | Devon Kunkel | Continued
Feature Article #1
Free Agent Blue Jackets Still Looking For Work!
Who would have thought going into this free agency period that the only Blue Jacket free agent to find work as of July 3rd morning was Aaron Rome?
Rome signed a 1 year contract with Vancouver early on the first day worth $550,000.
Some of the free agents you knew were going to have to wait and [...]
Eric Smith | July 3rd, 2009 | Continued
Feature Article #2
The UFA Acquisitions: A closer look
As many of you know, the CBJ made a splash into the Unrestricted Free Agency (UFA) pool. Personally, that they participated on the very first day surprised me somewhat, particularly after I’d been hearing that Scott Howson was going to wait to see what went down with the initial signings, and the terms and dollars [...]
Feature Article #3
Pahlsson, Garon welcome to Columbus!
The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed center Samuel Pahlsson to a three-year contract announced team General Manager Scott Howson on Wednesday. Pahlsson is a nine year NHL veteran who has tallied 54 goals, and 92 assists for 146 points in 557 career games with Boston, Anaheim, and Chicago.
With the futures of Manny Malhotra, and Michael [...]
Feature Article #4
Development Camp well Underway
Monday marked the beginning of development camp for the Columbus Blue Jackets. About 35 players attended in all, including draft picks from ’06 to ’09, as well as many free agents that were invited to participate.
The camp is open to the public, and although the ice was crowded with players and coaches, much attention was [...]
Feature Article #5
Roster Holes And How To Fill Them
Going into this free agent period, the Blue Jackets have far more answers than they did this time last year. That being said, there are still some questions that will need to be answered. I will go line by line and then discuss possible answers for them.
1st Line:
Nash - Brassard - Huselius — No questions [...]
Eric Smith | June 30th, 2009 | Continued
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