With the draft now in the books, Columbus Fans should be happy with what the management staff was able to do. We all witnessed something that not many General Managers can do. Howson worked the draft board to perfection and was able to draft 4 defensemen and a couple of forwards. None are expected to [...]
June 28th, 2009 | Devon Kunkel | 0 comments | ContinuedDraft
Howson trades back, still lands John Moore
The Blue Jackets began the night with the 16th overall pick, General manager Howson then pulled a couple of trades to bounce up and down the draft board. First he took the 16th overall and thier 3rd round pick(77th overall) and sent it to the New York Islanders for the Isles second first round choice (26th [...]
June 27th, 2009 | Devon Kunkel | 2 comments | Continued
The CBJ Draft – My Scientific “Guess”
Tonight, as many of you in CBJ nation know, is the NHL draft. Much unlike the prior
8 drafts, the CBJ are NOT a lottery team – I was starting to believe the CBJ were
becoming the NHL’s version of the LA Clippers, or – sorry, Ohio fans – the
Cincinnati Bengals.
However, that is not to say, [...]
June 26th, 2009 | Ed Cmar | 0 comments | Continued
The Eve of the Draft
In just over 18 hours Garth Snow and his staff will be center stage announcing the 1st overall selection. Duchene, Tavares, Hedman, who will it, be? That is the question everyone is asking. The NHL could not have asked for better stories going into the draft, with Garth Snow keeping everything hush hush the storylines [...]
June 26th, 2009 | Devon Kunkel | 0 comments | Continued
Customer Service Announcement
Being that, most likely, you are a Blue Jackets fan if you are reading this, that makes you a customer of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Now that we are clear on that, I, being a writer on the Blue Jackets and also getting credentials from the team, I feel that it is my duty from time [...]
Draft Rumblings
Just got an email from someone who is really connected to the draft, he use to be apart of HockeysFuture team when Sirius/XM’s Shane Malloy was in charge
“The Isles 2nd first round selection, 26th overall and their surplus second rounders are DEFINITELY going somewhere in a move up, and it will depend upon when they think that [...]
NHL Tweetup @ the Draft
The draft is only nine days away and Eric Smith has set up an NHLTweetup. Working with the Blue Jackets, Eric has coordinated with them and the people from Nhl Tweetup to get reserved seats at the draft unlike the general public. THANKS! We are currently working on a few things additional things like giveaways [...]
June 18th, 2009 | Devon Kunkel | 0 comments | Continued
What Can The Blue Jackets Expect At #16?
Since the Blue Jackets have never picked outside the top 10, I was wondering what kind of players are selected at the #16 slot of the first round. Here is the list:
June 16th, 2009 | Eric Smith | 1 comment | Continued
Team needs heading into the draft and the off-season
With the off-season in full effect for the Columbus Blue Jackets, it’s time to start looking at draft prospects. The Jackets will draft 16th in this June’s draft, which is the latest the team has drafted in its ten year existence. (The latest the club had ever drafted previously was eighth in ‘01 and ‘04).
At [...]
2009 NHL Mock Draft
As the NHL Draft quickly comes upon us, I have put together a mock draft of what fans can expect when the picks are made. Know this though, there will be trades of picks and some selections that will make you scratch your head but here is my best guess.
#1 – New York Islanders – [...]
