Tonight, as many of you in CBJ nation know, is the NHL draft. Much unlike the prior 8 drafts, the CBJ are NOT a lottery team – I was starting to believe the CBJ were becoming the NHL’s version of the LA Clippers, or – sorry, Ohio fans – the Cincinnati Bengals. However, that is [...]
June 26th, 2009 | Ed Cmar | 0 comments | ContinuedOther Recent Articles
The Eve of the Draft
In just over 18 hours Garth Snow and his staff will be center stage announcing the 1st overall selection. Duchene, Tavares, Hedman, who will it, be? That is the question everyone is asking. The NHL could not have asked for better stories going into the draft, with Garth Snow keeping everything hush hush the storylines [...]
June 26th, 2009 | Devon Kunkel | 0 comments | Continued
FTC team continues to grow
Hey guys, great news as Ed Cmar who writes at InsideHockey.com has joined our team. This is a great news for our site and it helps improves our coverage of the Blue Jackets drastically. Here is a little about Ed as we welcome him to FireTheCannon.com I grew up a diehard Penguins fan, having grown [...]
June 26th, 2009 | Devon Kunkel | 0 comments | Continued
Customer Service Announcement
Being that, most likely, you are a Blue Jackets fan if you are reading this, that makes you a customer of the Columbus Blue Jackets. Now that we are clear on that, I, being a writer on the Blue Jackets and also getting credentials from the team, I feel that it is my duty from [...]
June 24th, 2009 | Eric Smith | 0 comments | Continued
Nash a Major Impact On, Off Ice
With only one year remaining on his five-year, $27 million dollar contract, the Columbus Blue Jackets will be looking to resign captain and NHL all-star Rick Nash come July 1. Nash is the face of the franchise in Columbus and was the primary building block for the current team. Nash was drafted number one overall [...]
June 23rd, 2009 | Rob Ogden | 0 comments | Continued
This Phoenix May Not Rise From The Ashes . . .
In my first piece on the Phoenix court case, I noted that the recent ruling appeared to be a “tenuous” victory for the NHL, Glendale and some of the Coyotes’ creditors. I then embarked on a quest to find a copy Judge Baum’s actual ruling, as I was curious why he devoted 21 pages to [...]
June 22nd, 2009 | Jeff Little | 5 comments | Continued
Player Profile: A look at Steve Mason
“How would you like it if, at your job, every time you made the slightest mistake a little red light went on over your head and 18,000 people stood up and screamed at you?” Hall of Fame Canadiens goalie Jacques Plante On May 29, 1988 the possible “second coming” of Martin Brodeur was well on [...]
June 22nd, 2009 | Devon Kunkel | 0 comments | Continued
CBJ Sunday Stirrup #2
This week has be quite a week for the Blue Jackets, a lot is happening around the team and this should catch you up. I’ve decided to make Sunday Stirrup a weekly column. Every week I will recap the week that was for the Blue Jackets, go over any rumors, free agent updates and potential draft [...]
June 21st, 2009 | Devon Kunkel | 0 comments | Continued
The Arena Chronicles — Part I — The Present
Well, at long last my fingers have made it to the keyboard, and my take on the Blue Jackets/Arena situation is underway. While my tardiness has been due in part to work commitments, I have also spent a lot of time digging into the details and background, to the extent possible, in order to paint [...]
June 19th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 5 comments | Continued
Draft Rumblings
Just got an email from someone who is really connected to the draft, he use to be apart of HockeysFuture team when Sirius/XM’s Shane Malloy was in charge “The Isles 2nd first round selection, 26th overall and their surplus second rounders are DEFINITELY going somewhere in a move up, and it will depend upon when they think that [...]
June 19th, 2009 | Devon Kunkel | 1 comment | Continued
Mason, Nash Honored at NHL Awards
In his first year in the NHL, Columbus Blue Jackets rookie Steve Mason took the league by storm, and Thursday night in Vegas he was recognized for it. Mason took home the 2009 Calder Memorial Trophy as the league’s top rookie beating out Chicago’s Kris Versteeg and Anehiem’s Bobby Ryan. In only his first year, [...]
June 19th, 2009 | Rob Ogden | 0 comments | Continued
Congratulations Steve & Rick!!!!
Unless you were vacationing in Antarctica this evening, or whiling away the time in a Sensory Deprivation Chamber, you have heard that Steve Mason was named the winner of the Calder Trophy tonight, signifying his status as Rookie of the Year in the NHL. He also was named to the All-Rookie Team, and to the [...]
June 19th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
NHL Tweetup @ the Draft
The draft is only nine days away and Eric Smith has set up an NHLTweetup. Working with the Blue Jackets, Eric has coordinated with them and the people from Nhl Tweetup to get reserved seats at the draft unlike the general public. THANKS! We are currently working on a few things additional things like giveaways [...]
June 18th, 2009 | Devon Kunkel | 0 comments | Continued
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