Most of you are looking at the heading and wondering “What the hell is he talking about now?” If you will pause just a moment, I will enlighten and explain. Forbes just released its list of the Most Stressful Cities in which to live in the U.S., ranking the top 40 metropolitan areas in the [...]
August 21st, 2009 | Jeff Little | 1 comment | ContinuedFree Agency
Our “new” puck moving defensemen?
Could Tomas Kaberle be wearing a Blue Jacket jersey this fall? Perhaps. Has Howson put a call into Leafs GM Brian Burke? Most likely. Now for those of you that tuned in to the NHL Draft a few weeks ago, you will recall the rumors of a deal that had Kaberle going to Boston inexchange [...]
July 30th, 2009 | Devon Kunkel | 1 comment | Continued
Searching for an offensive D-man
The Blue Jackets have been in search of the proverbial puck-moving offensive defenseman since their inception into the league. Columbus’ first ever draft pick, Rostislav Klesla, was supposed to a can’t-miss pick. Klesla put up some monster numbers in juniors with the Brampton Battalion, but has never accumulated more than 22 points in an NHL [...]
July 23rd, 2009 | Bart Logan | 9 comments | Continued
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 | Ed Cmar | 3 comments | Continued
Free Agent Blue Jackets Still Looking For Work!
Who would have thought going into this free agency period that the only Blue Jacket free agent to find work as of July 3rd morning was Aaron Rome? Rome signed a 1 year contract with Vancouver early on the first day worth $550,000. Some of the free agents you knew were going to have to [...]
July 3rd, 2009 | Eric Smith | 0 comments | Continued
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 | Ed Cmar | 3 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
Roster Holes And How To Fill Them
Going into this free agent period, the Blue Jackets have far more answers than they did this time last year. That being said, there are still some questions that will need to be answered. I will go line by line and then discuss possible answers for them. 1st Line: Nash – Brassard – Huselius — [...]
June 30th, 2009 | Eric Smith | 4 comments | Continued
2009 Free Agency – Goaltenders on CBJ’s Radar
With free agency set to begin this Wednesday at 12:01 pm, I thought it would be wise for our readers to breakdown the free agents goalies. I will give my input on the chances of them signing in Columbus and where I actually believe they will sign. General Manager Howson said his team needs are [...]
June 29th, 2009 | Devon Kunkel | 0 comments | Continued
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