It’s been four long months since we last watched our beloved Blue Jackets suit up and take the ice, and while we’ve been able to witness our Ohio baseball teams stumble to the finish line, it just cannot compare to the thrills of hockey. So far, the off-season has been brutal. Other than a couple [...]
August 25th, 2009 | Rob Ogden | 1 comment | ContinuedArchive for Rob Ogden
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Jackets, Indians Team Up
In an effort to reach a larger fan base, The Columbus Blue Jackets have teamed up with the Cleveland Indians, the Jackets announced via the website on Tuesday. The Ohio based franchises unveiled a plan in which they would share advertising and promote special ticket offers at each team’s events. The deal makes sense with [...]
August 20th, 2009 | Rob Ogden | 0 comments | Continued
Filatov great?
After being selected sixth overall by the Blue Jackets at the 2008 entry draft and tallying four goals in only eight games for the Jackets last year, Nikita Filatov looks to make the big club for good in 2009. Jackets fans have great expectations for the Russian wonder kid in 2009, after he awed them [...]
August 13th, 2009 | Rob Ogden | 0 comments | Continued
A Second Look
There was a great article in The Columbus Dispatch on Tuesday regarding last summer’s Tyutin & Backman for Zherdev & Fritsche trade. The article took a look at what those players have done since then, and which team got the better of the trade. It got me thinking about some other noteworthy trades in Jackets [...]
August 6th, 2009 | Rob Ogden | 1 comment | Continued
Methot signs 2 yr deal!
After arbitration seemed very likely as late as Wednesday morning, the Columbus Blue Jackets managed to avoid it when the team re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Marc Methot to a two-year, $2.025 million contract. The deal will pay Methot $975,000 in ’09-’10 and $1.05M in ’10-’11, Fire The Cannon has learned. Howson acknowledged the deal [...]
July 22nd, 2009 | Rob Ogden | 0 comments | Continued
Jackets, Methot close to Arbitration
For the first time in their nine-year history, the Columbus Blue Jackets could be forced to attend an arbitration hearing later this week. Jackets defenseman, and restricted free agent Marc Methot, is scheduled to have his case heard Thursday morning in Toronto unless the two sides can agree on a contract, the Columbus Dispatch reports. [...]
July 21st, 2009 | Rob Ogden | 1 comment | Continued
Blue Jackets schedule
After the most celebrated season in franchise history, the Columbus Blue Jackets will open the 2009-10 season at home against the Minnesota Wild on October 3, the club officially announced on Wednesday. The ’09-‘10 season is one that will start a week earlier due to the sixteen-day Olympic break in February, and sees the Jackets [...]
July 15th, 2009 | Rob Ogden | 0 comments | Continued
McElligott to Join Matthews in Radio Booth
Long time Syracuse Crunch play-by-play announcer Bob McElligott will join George Matthews in the radio booth next season the Columbus Blue Jackets announced on Tuesday. McElligott, who called games for the Crunch for the past ten years, will replace Bill Davidge as color commentator alongside George Matthew beginning next season. Davidge was moved to the [...]
July 8th, 2009 | Rob Ogden | 0 comments | Continued
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 [...]
July 2nd, 2009 | Rob Ogden | 0 comments | Continued
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 [...]
July 2nd, 2009 | Rob Ogden | 0 comments | Continued
Nash a Major Impact On, Off Ice
With only one year remaining on his five-year, $27 million dollar contract, the Columbus Blue Jackets will be looking to resign captain and NHL all-star Rick Nash come July 1. Nash is the face of the franchise in Columbus and was the primary building block for the current team. Nash was drafted number one overall [...]
June 23rd, 2009 | Rob Ogden | 0 comments | Continued
Mason, Nash Honored at NHL Awards
In his first year in the NHL, Columbus Blue Jackets rookie Steve Mason took the league by storm, and Thursday night in Vegas he was recognized for it. Mason took home the 2009 Calder Memorial Trophy as the league’s top rookie beating out Chicago’s Kris Versteeg and Anehiem’s Bobby Ryan. In only his first year, [...]
June 19th, 2009 | Rob Ogden | 0 comments | Continued
The Arena Issue
A little more than one month after the completion of the greatest season in Columbus Blue Jacket history, the team announced that it had lost over $80 million since the 02-03 season. The apparent cause of the losses is the deal that the Blue Jackets Organization has with Nationwide and the arena. Since the arena [...]
June 15th, 2009 | Rob Ogden | 3 comments | Continued
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