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1st Round Pick John Moore Signs!

The Blue Jackets have announced that they have signed1st round draft pick John Moore to a three-year entry level contract. Moore, the sixth ranked North American skater, was selected 21st overall by the Jackets this summer in Montreal. Moore played last season for Chicago Steel of the USHL. His 39 points in 57 games last [...]

July 21st, 2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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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 | | 1 comment | Continued
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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 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Preseason schedule released!

The Columbus Blue Jackets have released their 2009-2010 preseason schedule. The Jackets will play in eight exhibition games. Four of the games will be played in Nationwide Arena. Preseason action kicks off Friday, September 16 when the Blue Jackets visit the Minnesota Wild. Jackets fans will have the chance to watch Union Blue take on [...]

July 13th, 2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Another member joins our team!

FiretheCannon is happy to announce that Bart Logan is set to become the newest member of the FTC family. We are really excited for what Bart brings to the table,  he will being doing podcasts, as well as short Blue Jacket audio clips and writing from time to time for the site. He has previously covered [...]

July 13th, 2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Who Must Go?

Let’s start with these assumptions (I know what happens when you assume but…). The Blue Jackets must, not like to or would help or anything else, have a offensive defenseman that can quarterback the power play. The other assumption is that the CBJ have too many quality wingers and would like to move one or [...]

July 12th, 2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Heater – Out? Zubov – In?:

Well, apparently, the Dany Heatley rumors didn’t last very long. Now, it appears the Sens are eyeing the SJ Sharks as their next/new trading partners for Ottawa’s new villain. As Devon knows all too well, Sens’ nation loves to cast out villains and heroes – see Jason Spezza, during Calendar Year 2009. Now that this [...]

July 10th, 2009 | | 3 comments | Continued
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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 | | 0 comments | Continued
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FireTheCannon.com goes Mobile!

Incase you have not already heard but FireTheCannon.com has introduced a mobile version of our site. When loading our site on your phone it will now display a stylized text version of the site. This will not only save help limit the amount of data you transfer, but will allow for faster loading times. Don’t [...]

July 5th, 2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Rick Nash signs 8yr extension, becomes Mr. Columbus

Last night word began to spread throughout the league that CBJ’s team captain Rick Nash had come to an agreement with the club on a 8 year contract extension. The reported deal was worth $62.4 million until the end of 2017-18 season with an annual cap hit of $7.8 million. “Rick is a Blue Jacket. He is our [...]

July 4th, 2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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The UFA Acquisitions: A closer look

As many of you know, the CBJ made a splash into the Unrestricted Free Agency (UFA) pool. Personally, that they participated on the very first day surprised me somewhat, particularly after I’d been hearing that Scott Howson was going to wait to see what went down with the initial signings, and the terms and dollars [...]

July 2nd, 2009 | | 3 comments | Continued
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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 [...]

June 8th, 2009 | | 2 comments | Continued