Tonight, the CBJ go for the season sweep over the Vancouver Canucks in British Columbia. Not an easy task, but one the Jackets should be up to if they continue the caliber of play they displayed against Edmonton. The teams are not far apart statistically. Vancouver has an edge in Goals Per Game, ranked 12th [...]
March 2nd, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | ContinuedArchive for Jeff Little
A native of the SF Bay Area, my first exposure to hockey was the SF/Oakland/California Golden Seals, including Charlie Finley and the white skates. Fast forward to the late 1980's when Gretzky and the Kings came up to the Bay Area for an exhibition game at the Oakland Coliseum Arena, for which we had glass seats. I was at the first San Jose Sharks game in the Cow Palace, and followed them for their first few pathetic years, before moving to Columbus in 1994. I attended the first pro-NHL rally downtown, and have been a season ticket holder since Day 1, wife & I are active in the Jacket Backers, and son is an avid fan as well. I cover the Jackets for Inside Hockey, and contribute regularly to a variety of hockey sites. I maintain contact with the Jackets organization, and like to dig into stories, bringing a fresh, and sometimes irreverent perspective to hockey.
Narrowing The Field
According to a Puck-Rakers item posted a couple of hours ago, sources indicate that a deal with Ottawa may be in the works – Leclaire for Vermette. Portzline is digging for confirmation and has nothing else yet, but sources on both ends are apparently referring to the deal. If true, this would be a hallmark [...]
March 2nd, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Sunday Morning Fare
EJust a few items to get your day going:Clue On Howson Moves? — I somehow missed the following small nugget from the Trade Deadline blog on NHL.com, recapping Howson’s media tour on Thursday:Howson also said that it is likely that the Blue Jackets will call up Filatov from Syracuse in the near future and that [...]
March 1st, 2009 | Jeff Little | 3 comments | Continued
Saturday Night Feverish Items
Saturday night — off night for the CBJ, trade deadline looming, and the perfect opportunity to look for interesting tidbits to share.Umberger Getting Love — Check out this link for a very nice piece on RJ Umberger over at THN, accompanied by the usual array of annoying comments.Guerin Moving ??? — TSN.ca is reporting that [...]
March 1st, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Go Miami, Beat OSU!!!!
As the proud father of a Miami Redhawk sophomore, and member of the marching and athletic bands, among others, I must pull out the allegiance here and root the Redhawk hockey team on to victory over the invading Ohio State Buckeyes!! Go Hawks! Crush The Nuts!!!
February 27th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 2 comments | Continued
Playoff Update & Rooting Guide For Friday
In order to satisfy the ongoing interest in all things playoff related, here are the latest projected standings at season’s end, based upon each team continuing to perform at the same rate they have performed to date, accounting for the division winners taking the top three seeds:1. San Jose 127 points2. Detroit 118 points3. Calgary [...]
February 27th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Clutch!!!
Ladies and Gentlemen — please be seated, and Professor Hitchcock will review tonight’s game with you and explain just how and why that was the finest example of how Hitch Hockey is played that the Jackets have ever put on the ice.Oops — I guess Hitch can’t make it — something about being in Alberta, [...]
February 27th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Medication Time . . .Medication Time . . .
I think that famous line from Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is only appropriate right now, as a couple of losses have brought the Nash bashers, doom sayers, Fire Tressel fanatics and other black helicopter folks out of the woodwork, as evidenced by comments I am seeing elsewhere. Let’s put a [...]
February 26th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 2 comments | Continued
Outdueled
Calgary deserves their slot atop the Northwest Division. They have lots of skill, speed and know how to handle time and situation. We challenged them for 20 minutes, but failed to cash in on the opportunities and allowed Calgary to control the pace from the mid-second period on.A bad omen when a normally harmless rebound [...]
February 25th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 2 comments | Continued
Need To Douse The Flames
The last extended road trip of the season for the CBJ begins tonight, with the Jackets sitting in 6th place in the West. I think any of us would have been thrilled to death at the thought of being in 6th at February 24th. However, the crown sits uneasy on our head, as Dallas, Minnesota, [...]
February 24th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Hejda Get's Some Love
You know you are deeply involved in the playoff hunt when your soft-spoken, stay at home defenseman starts getting some love in the media. Click here to read a great piece over at THN on our very own Jan Hejda.Go Jackets!
February 24th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
A Parable
Once upon a time there was a professional hockey team. This was a brand new hockey team in the NHL, in an area where hockey was not necessarily the primary sport of interest. The fans were enthusiastic, and a shiny new arena was built for the team, after some debate and delay. But this team [...]
February 22nd, 2009 | Jeff Little | 8 comments | Continued
Misfire
This one will be a head scratcher to those who did not witness it. Anaheim was grossly outshot, outhit, out face-offed, out-everythinged on the statistical side, except the score. Proof once again that there are lies, damn lies, and statistics. Clearly, the mental toll of the past 9 days finally caught up with the Jackets [...]
February 22nd, 2009 | Jeff Little | 1 comment | Continued
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