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The Blue Jackets success at the draft(or lack thereof)-2nd Round

Back again to help figure out how the Blue Jackets have done at the NHL Draft. Last time I did the first round this time I’ll be focusing on the second round or as it should be called “the draft pick graveyard” but I’ll explain that in a bit. In the Jackets 11 drafts they’ve selected [...]

June 17th, 2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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The Blue Jackets success at the draft (or lack thereof) -1st Round

The NHL draft is less than two weeks away and the Blue Jackets decide to fire the man who has run the draft table for the team’s first 11 drafts. So with Don Boyd being shown the door I decided to do what I do best, dig through stats and figure out how the Blue [...]

June 14th, 2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Blue Jackets Prospect Awards

Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the Blue Jackets prospect awards live from your computer. This post i’ll give my take on the Blue Jackets top prospects by position and league with a few superlative like ones thrown in for fun. Now these are just my opinion and the positions are based off the listing on [...]

June 8th, 2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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CBJ at the Memorial Cup Recap

Well we’ve come to the end of the line folks this will probably be my quickest post ever because I only have 1 player to talk about and he only played in 1 of the 4 games his team played. A quick overview of how the tournament balances out. The 3 CHL league champions(OHL, QMJHL, WHL) plus [...]

May 30th, 2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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WHL &QMJHL Finals Recaps + Memorial Cup

We’re coming to the end of the line folks, I started this season keeping track of the Blue Jackets 2 minor league affiliates, 8 prospects playing in the Canadian Hockey League and 11 playing collegiate hockey also adding 1 at the NHL trade deadline. Teams that had a prospect included 4 division champs in the CHL [...]

May 19th, 2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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CBJ CHL Prospect Review+Ft Wayne and Div. 1 World Championships

Back again all for the prospect review, like last time some of this information may have already been said. Colgate defenseman Thomas Larkin played for Italy in the Division 1 World Championship competing against other hockey powerhouses such as Spain, the Netherlands and Korea. Then in the team’s last game it played against the host nation [...]

May 4th, 2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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CBJ Prospect Review(2nd Round)

Hello all i’m back for the Blue Jacket’s prospect review. Now Fort Wayne forced a game 4 with last night’s dramatic comeback win but with the Canadian Hockey League’s next rounds starting tomorrow night i’d figure I better get typing. Now some of this stuff might have been in my last week in review but [...]

April 21st, 2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Tonight on the Fire the Cannon Podcast: Season Ending Awards

The Fire The Cannon podcast hosted by Eric Smith and Lori Schmidt has a very interesting show this week. Blue Jackets’ strength and conditioning coach, Kevin Collins will join us. He’ll talk about what strategies he has for the players in the off season, specific ways players need to work out to fit Scott Arniel’s [...]

April 13th, 2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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April 4-10 CBJ Prospect week in review

Hello Jackets fans time for the prospect week in review, now before I get started I’m gonna tell you that these aren’t going to be weekly anymore. The change in schedule is due to the fact that the number of Blue Jackets prospects still playing is dwindling with Springfield playing its last game of the [...]

April 12th, 2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Craig Rivet: Controversial Cross-Check

Let me start by saying that I missed last nights game. Yeah, I know, I’m a terrible fan. However, this morning Eric Smith sent me some post-game interviews that compelled me to look a little closer at the highlight reels. So here’s the skinny. Former Sabres Captain turned Blue Jacket, Craig Rivet apparently cross-checked rookie Tyler Ennis in [...]

April 10th, 2011 | | 2 comments | Continued
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RJ Umberger and Jared Boll post game locker room chat

A big thanks to Eric Smith who took these videos last night, and sent them to us this morning. Boll and Umby discuss the loss to Buffalo, the controversial cross-check, and the off-season. Overall these are some awesome videos, thanks again Eric.   RJ Umberger Locker Room Video RJ Umberger discusses last-nights loss to the Sabres, the [...]

April 10th, 2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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March 28-April 3 Prospect Week in Review/Frozen Four Preview

 Hello All time again for the prospect week in review, the Springfield Falcons are the only team in the organization thats still playing games that count in the standings even though like there parent team the Blue Jackets the team was eliminated from playoff contention awhile ago. Above is fresh out of college goalie [...]

April 4th, 2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Fire the Cannon Podcast 3/30/2011

The Fire The Cannon podcast hosted by Eric Smith and Lori Schmidt has a loaded show this week. FOX Sports Ohio’s John Michael will come on the show to talk about last night’s victory over Florida, what players he thinks will stay and go and maybe some funny stories from the road this year. We [...]

March 30th, 2011 | | 2 comments | Continued