Well the NHL draft is over and while the Blue Jackets lost one headache to trade they selected six prospects including three centers, a right wing, a defenseman and a goalie. This draft was a change of sorts for Scott Howson, before this year Howson hadn’t drafted a player under 6’1″ since the 2008 draft [...]
June 26th, 2011 | Jas Chaffin | 0 comments | ContinuedArchive for Jas Chaffin
The Blue Jackets success at the draft (or lack thereof) – 3rd Rd
Onto the third round Jackets nation and before we get started I wanna say while still being judgmental, I’m gonna be a little easier on the picks. Because when I asked my sources (in other words I asked two people on twitter) about the third round being when the draft becomes a crapshoot, they agreed. [...]
June 21st, 2011 | Jas Chaffin | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Blue Jackets success at the draft(or lack thereof)-2nd Round
Back again to help figure out how the Blue Jackets have done at the NHL Draft. Last time I did the first round this time I’ll be focusing on the second round or as it should be called “the draft pick graveyard” but I’ll explain that in a bit. In the Jackets 11 drafts they’ve selected [...]
June 17th, 2011 | Jas Chaffin | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Blue Jackets success at the draft (or lack thereof) -1st Round
The NHL draft is less than two weeks away and the Blue Jackets decide to fire the man who has run the draft table for the team’s first 11 drafts. So with Don Boyd being shown the door I decided to do what I do best, dig through stats and figure out how the Blue [...]
June 14th, 2011 | Jas Chaffin | 0 comments | ContinuedBlue Jackets Prospect Awards
Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the Blue Jackets prospect awards live from your computer. This post i’ll give my take on the Blue Jackets top prospects by position and league with a few superlative like ones thrown in for fun. Now these are just my opinion and the positions are based off the listing on [...]
June 8th, 2011 | Jas Chaffin | 0 comments | ContinuedCBJ at the Memorial Cup Recap
Well we’ve come to the end of the line folks this will probably be my quickest post ever because I only have 1 player to talk about and he only played in 1 of the 4 games his team played. A quick overview of how the tournament balances out. The 3 CHL league champions(OHL, QMJHL, WHL) plus [...]
May 30th, 2011 | Jas Chaffin | 0 comments | ContinuedWHL &QMJHL Finals Recaps + Memorial Cup
We’re coming to the end of the line folks, I started this season keeping track of the Blue Jackets 2 minor league affiliates, 8 prospects playing in the Canadian Hockey League and 11 playing collegiate hockey also adding 1 at the NHL trade deadline. Teams that had a prospect included 4 division champs in the CHL [...]
May 19th, 2011 | Jas Chaffin | 0 comments | ContinuedCBJ CHL Prospect Review+Ft Wayne and Div. 1 World Championships
Back again all for the prospect review, like last time some of this information may have already been said. Colgate defenseman Thomas Larkin played for Italy in the Division 1 World Championship competing against other hockey powerhouses such as Spain, the Netherlands and Korea. Then in the team’s last game it played against the host nation [...]
May 4th, 2011 | Jas Chaffin | 0 comments | ContinuedCBJ Prospect Review(2nd Round)
Hello all i’m back for the Blue Jacket’s prospect review. Now Fort Wayne forced a game 4 with last night’s dramatic comeback win but with the Canadian Hockey League’s next rounds starting tomorrow night i’d figure I better get typing. Now some of this stuff might have been in my last week in review but [...]
April 21st, 2011 | Jas Chaffin | 0 comments | ContinuedApril 4-10 CBJ Prospect week in review
Hello Jackets fans time for the prospect week in review, now before I get started I’m gonna tell you that these aren’t going to be weekly anymore. The change in schedule is due to the fact that the number of Blue Jackets prospects still playing is dwindling with Springfield playing its last game of the [...]
April 12th, 2011 | Jas Chaffin | 0 comments | ContinuedMarch 28-April 3 Prospect Week in Review/Frozen Four Preview
Hello All time again for the prospect week in review, the Springfield Falcons are the only team in the organization thats still playing games that count in the standings even though like there parent team the Blue Jackets the team was eliminated from playoff contention awhile ago. Above is fresh out of college goalie [...]
April 4th, 2011 | Jas Chaffin | 0 comments | ContinuedMarch 20-27 Prospect Week in Review
The Springfield Falcon’s losing streak extended to 12 games before winning there first game since February 28th and what a win it was. The Falcons took the Worchester Sharks behind the woodshed beating them 7-2. Before losing again last night, Springfield’s leading scorer for the week was super rookie Tomas Kubalik with 5 points including [...]
March 28th, 2011 | Jas Chaffin | 0 comments | Continued3/14-3/20 Prospect Week in Review + Playoff Preview
Time again for the prospect week in review this week was the last week of the CHL’s regular season so we’ll be previewing the playoffs plusthe NCAA Tournament field was announced and 7 CBJ propsects will be taking part. First up the Springfield Falcons, the Falcons continued there massive fall going 0-4 adding to there 0-10-1 [...]
March 21st, 2011 | Jas Chaffin | 0 comments | Continued

