My apologies to John Kander and Fred Ebb, the composer and lyricist, respectively, of New York, New York, for taking liberties with their song in the header — but it was too perfect to pass up. Anyway, as expected, CBC is reporting here that the Rangers are walking away from the $3.9 million dollar arbitration [...]
August 4th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 1 comment | ContinuedOther Recent Articles
Off-Season Musings: Alignment and Scheduling
OK, so here we are in August, with training camp just under six weeks away, lighting candles in hope of an offensive defenseman, and getting all of our house and yard improvements done before the demands of hockey season begin. A perfect time to once again attack the issues of alignment and scheduling!!! Ready? Here [...]
August 3rd, 2009 | Jeff Little | 3 comments | Continued
Nash Gets Some Love
Fanhouse is doing a series of short items on the Top 50 players in the NHL. Our own captain comes in at #20. Read the details here. While I would likely rank Nasher a bit higher, factoring in defense and intangibles, it is nice to see him getting this level of attention. Go Jackets!
August 3rd, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Time To Load The Cannon!
The off season has been long and many things have happened over this period since the CBJ was bounced out of the post-season by the Red Wings. The draft, Rick Nash & Marc Methot signing, Samuel Pahlsson and Mathieu Garon free agent signings and the exits of several Blue Jackets players from last year such [...]
August 1st, 2009 | Eric Smith | 3 comments | Continued
The Arena Chronicles — Part II — How We Got Here
In Part I, I provided an overview of the current issue the Blue Jackets face with ongoing operating deficits, the reactions to the initial disclosures, and related tidbits. This installment focuses on the historical background that got us to this point. In putting this together, I spoke with more people, dug through archived materials and [...]
July 30th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 4 comments | Continued
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
OK, Maybe A Slight Chance I Was Wrong — Methot Signs
Per Aaron Portzline, the CBJ have reached agreement with RFA Defenseman Mark Methot, agreeing to a 2 year deal worth a total of $2.025 million. The CBJ keep their record intact of never having gone all the way to arbitration, and Methot basically doubles his salary. While nice to have this locked up for now, [...]
July 22nd, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Bad News Blackhawks???
ESPN is reporting that Marian Hossa, the 30 year old winger who just signed a 12 year, 62.8 million contract with Chicago, is nursing a shoulder injury and that surgery may yet be an option. No details on the nature of the injury, but the Blackhawks say that they were aware of the injury before [...]
July 22nd, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Methot signs 2 yr deal!
After arbitration seemed very likely as late as Wednesday morning, the Columbus Blue Jackets managed to avoid it when the team re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Marc Methot to a two-year, $2.025 million contract. The deal will pay Methot $975,000 in ’09-’10 and $1.05M in ’10-’11, Fire The Cannon has learned. Howson acknowledged the deal [...]
July 22nd, 2009 | Rob Ogden | 0 comments | Continued
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 | Bart Logan | 0 comments | Continued
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 | Rob Ogden | 1 comment | Continued
Updated Schedule Miscellany
OK, now having had the chance to look at it in some depth, I offer the following added observations (and some corrections): Actual number of back-to-backs is 12, not 7. Eyes are failing as I get older, I guess . . . Still, a big improvement over the 20 from last year. Half of these [...]
July 16th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
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