The ink was barely dry on defenseman Rostislav Klesla’s new four-year contract extension by the time the puck was dropped on the new season. With a little less than ten minutes remaining in the Jackets’ home opener, Rusty showed his commitment to the only club he’s ever known in the form of a game-winning goal. [...]
October 4th, 2009 | Bart Logan | 0 comments | ContinuedTeam News
Klesla signs a 4yr extension!!!
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS SIGN DEFENSEMAN ROSTISLAV KLESLA TO A FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION THROUGH 2013-14 SEASON This is the exact press release from the Columbus Blue Jackets!
October 3rd, 2009 | Devon Kunkel | 0 comments | Continued
THE CURTAIN IS ABOUT TO RISE
It has been 162 days since the end of that amazing, infuriating, disappointing, but ultimately elevating Game 4 against Detroit in the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The sight of 19,000+ fans standing for the entire third period . . .the incredible roar seemingly coming from all directions at once . . . the anger and [...]
October 2nd, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Everything you need to know about opening night
Coming off the franchise’s first ever playoff birth, the upcoming season may be the most highly anticipated Columbus Blue Jackets season since the inaugural season back in 2000. Here is everything you need to know about opening night. The Blue Jackets are 3-3-1-1 all time on opening night, and 2-1-1-1 at home. This is the [...]
October 2nd, 2009 | Rob Ogden | 0 comments | Continued
Breaking down the Stralman trade
Blue Jackets General Manager found himself between a rock and a hard place this training camp. The issue: the CBJ had not brought anyone in to help improve the league’s worst power play last season. Going into training camp, Howson seemed to be in prime position to strike a deal for that coveted offensive defenseman [...]
September 29th, 2009 | Bart Logan | 1 comment | Continued
Stralman a Blue Jacket
Calgary trades defensemen Anton Stralman to Columbus in exchange for a 3rd round pick in 2010
September 28th, 2009 | Devon Kunkel | 2 comments | Continued
Cuts Made – Decisions Await
The Blue Jackets pared their roster to 27 players on Monday, placing two on waivers, returning one to juniors, and assigning the remaining six to Syracuse. While these moves embodied a few surprises, the truly hard decisions remain to be made over the next 48 hours. Columbus placed center Derek MacKenzie and defenseman Jonathan Sigalet [...]
September 28th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
FRIDAY FEEDBACK
As the pre-season winds down and the flu season revs up, very few major stories hitting the hockey wires on a daily basis. (Gretzky aside, but who didn’t see that coming?) So, here is a smattering of items designed to hold your interest briefly, until something meatier rolls out of my computer. Chimera/Modin – Saw [...]
September 25th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Skoula in camp on a invite
The Blue Jackets have invited former Minnesota Wild defenseman Martin Skoula to take part in a preseason tryout. The 6’3”, 225-pound Czech defender has not been able to find a home this off-season after spending the better part of four seasons in St. Paul. Skoula, who will turn 30 in October, had previously signed a [...]
September 25th, 2009 | Bart Logan | 2 comments | Continued
Youngsters Get Chance to Shine
aaIt has been an interesting pre-season for the Columbus Blue Jackets, so much so, that their record, which stands at 1-2-1, may be the least intriguing and relevant news. A big story of the preseason thus far has the play of some of the young guys. Maksim Mayorov tallied two goals in the opening game [...]
September 22nd, 2009 | Rob Ogden | 0 comments | Continued
Jackets Find Chemistry, Ponder Decisions
Even though this is only the pre-season, an undercurrent of grumbling was making its way through the Columbus blogs, Tweets and message boards after a 0 – 2 – 1 start. Sure, all three were road games, and they all featured unique combinations of the 70 players invited to camp, but signs of veteran leadership [...]
September 22nd, 2009 | Jeff Little | 1 comment | Continued
A Tough Start
Three games into the pre-season, the Blue Jackets have been affected in equal portions by bad luck, bad play and bad behavior. Alarmists are already gasping for air, so perhaps it is time to take a detached look at the early pre-season. The Good Unlike past years, there are some talented players fighting for roster [...]
September 21st, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
VERMETTE SIGNS EXTENSION—WHAT’S NEXT??
Taking another giant step in his effort to wrap up the team’s young stars for the foreseeable future, GM Scott Howson has reached agreement with center Antoine Vermette to a five-year contract extension, worth a reported $18.75 million. Vermette, acquired at the trade deadline last year in a trade that sent goalie Pascal LeClair and [...]
September 15th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 2 comments | Continued
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