Much has been made of the scheduled Adam Foote appearance at Nationwide tonight, and an equal amount made of the fact that he will not be here tonight. Sure, he is a sniveling, cowardly traitor without the cojones to admit/explain his actions, but that is not important anymore.Would we really want to be paying $3 [...]
January 13th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 3 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.
Fans Dominate Avs Blog/Ottawa Rumors Pick Up
Just a couple of quick items to get the day started:– CBJ fans have been doing a great job of representing on the Colorado Av’s blog referenced here yesterday! Nicely done. For those who have not had a chance to visit, here is the link.– My sources from Ottawa and Quebec (yes, I really have [...]
January 13th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 2 comments | Continued
Another Great Mason Article
Check out this great article on Mason at The Hockey News!
January 13th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 1 comment | Continued
CBJ Climb TO #13 in THN Power Rankings
The Jackets have climbed to #13 (from #17 last week) in The Hockey News power rankings, including an interesting note: Leafs defenseman Tomas Kaberle, who’ll be on the move at some point, would be a nice addition to the league’s worst power play
January 12th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Monday Miscellany
Here is this week’s installment of tidbits from here and there:Nash To IR — This was reported by Puck-Rakers this morning. Normally, this would be a 3-Alarm post all to itself, but the nature and circumstances of the move lead me to thing there is nothing particularly sinister here. Retroactive to January 6, MacKenzie called [...]
January 12th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 5 comments | Continued
Mid-Season Review and Report Card
We have reached the halfway mark of the NHL season (actually 1 game past, but I couldn’t get this review together until today). Time to take some stock, deliver some interim grades and gaze into the crystal ball and see what the second half may have in store for us.First, the hardcore numbers — 20 [...]
January 11th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 7 comments | Continued
Goats — The Sequel!!!
As the Jacket’s began to mesh early in the season, the offensive load was taken up by the Goat line — Chimera, Brassard, Voracek– two youngsters and one self-described “old goat’. (The mere fact that Chimera can even consider referring to himself as an “old goat” at the ripe old age of 29 speaks volumes [...]
January 11th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 3 comments | Continued
What An Effort!!!
On November 29th, I wrote the following in this blog:No guarantees, but mark this date down as the day the Jackets became a team, found some identity, and took a big step forward. Bravo!!! The context of that quote was a 3 – 0 victory over the Washington Capitals at Nationwide Arena, against a Caps [...]
January 10th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 3 comments | Continued
Mason A Young Star`
As expected, Steve Mason was named to the NHL All Star Young Stars Game today. A consolation prize to be sure, but another in the growing list of accolades coming this young man’s way as he continues his stellar play. Nice job Steve!
January 9th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 6 comments | Continued
Capitals Pre-Game & Assorted Rambings
Turnabout is fair play, I guess. When the Caps visited the Jackets, they were depleted by injuries, ran into a hot new goaltender named Mason, and walked away on the wrong end of a 3 – 0 decision. Tonight, it will be the Bluejackets heading into D.C. in an ambulance to face the Capitals, who [...]
January 9th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Eastern All-Stars, Jordan Staal Update
The Eastern Conference All-Star Team, aka Montreal Canadiens, was filled out today. Here is the complete roster: (* denotes fan-selected starters)ForwardsEvgeni Malkin — Pittsburgh*Sidney Crosby — Pittsburgh*Alex Kovalev — Montreal*Jeff Carter — PhiladelphiaDanny Heatley — OttawaIlya Kovalchuk — AtlantaAlexander Ovechkin — WashingtonZach Parise — New JerseyMarc Savard — BostonEric Staal — CarolinaThomas Vanek — BuffaloVincent [...]
January 8th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 2 comments | Continued
Nash An All-Star — Mason Snubbed
Rick Nash was named today to the Western Conference All-Star team, according to the roster released by the NHL at Noon EST. Unfortunately, Steve Mason was left off the squad. Here is the complete Western Roster: (*denotes fan-elected starter)Forwards: Jonathan Toews — Chicago *Patrick Kane — Chicago *Ryan Getzlaf — Anaheim *Jarome Iginla — CalgaryMilan [...]
January 7th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 1 comment | Continued
Filatov Called Up
The Hockey News is reporting that the CBJ have called up Nikita Filatov from Syracuse. Not sure what this signifies, if anything, with respect to the Nash injury, as I was hoping Filatov would have been available last night. It will be nice to have him there against Washington. Let’s see what else is in [...]
January 7th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
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