Kudos to Rick, for steering me to this emerging news that appeared on Puck-Rakers a couple of hours ago: The CBJ have claimed goalie Wade Dubielewicz off of waivers from the New York Islanders, and have sent Dan LaCosta to Syracuse. Dubielewicz will join the team in Vancouver for tomorrow night’s game, and will likely [...]
January 17th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 4 comments | ContinuedOther Recent Articles
A Post, A Bounce, A Call . . .
For 50 minutes of hockey, the Bluejackets did everything I indicated they should do in my game preview — they checked, they kept the New Jersey forwards at the perimeters, possessed the puck in the offensive zone, stayed out of the box, and got timely saves from Mason. It was a chess match, with most [...]
January 17th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 5 comments | Continued
Devils Preview
Across the frozen tundra . . . Ooops, sorry. Looked outside and thought I was watching NFL Films and Lambeau Field for a moment. My mistake. . . The New Jersey Devils invade Nationwide tonight, having won 4 of their last 5, including wins over Ottawa, Montreal, St. Louis, and the N.Y. Rangers, scoring 4 [...]
January 16th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 1 comment | Continued
The Road Ahead
Although today was a relatively quiet day in CBJ land in terms of news, there is anticipation in the air.–As Puck-Rakers reported, the Jackets had 25 players on the ice in practice today, enough for 5 forward lines. Nash is iffy for Friday, but Torres will go. Mackenzie has already made his way back to [...]
January 16th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 4 comments | Continued
Jackets Land Williams From Thrashers
While my wife and I were doing our best Canadian impersonations . . . shoveling our driveway (my wife for the second time today), the Jackets completed a trade with the Atlanta Thrashers, acquiring Center Jason Williams in return for Clay Wilson and a 6th round draft pick in the 2009 draft.Williams, a 28 year [...]
January 14th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 5 comments | Continued
Above The Line!!!
In his post-game comments, Ken Hitchcock noted that it was a big deal that the Jackets leaped over Colorado into the 8th spot in the Western Conference — noting that it is always better to be above that red, black or green line that they put after the number 8 team in each conference. To [...]
January 14th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 2 comments | Continued
Foote or Not — Time To Bury The Avalanche
Much has been made of the scheduled Adam Foote appearance at Nationwide tonight, and an equal amount made of the fact that he will not be here tonight. Sure, he is a sniveling, cowardly traitor without the cojones to admit/explain his actions, but that is not important anymore.Would we really want to be paying $3 [...]
January 13th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 3 comments | Continued
Fans Dominate Avs Blog/Ottawa Rumors Pick Up
Just a couple of quick items to get the day started:– CBJ fans have been doing a great job of representing on the Colorado Av’s blog referenced here yesterday! Nicely done. For those who have not had a chance to visit, here is the link.– My sources from Ottawa and Quebec (yes, I really have [...]
January 13th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 2 comments | Continued
Another Great Mason Article
Check out this great article on Mason at The Hockey News!
January 13th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 1 comment | Continued
CBJ Climb TO #13 in THN Power Rankings
The Jackets have climbed to #13 (from #17 last week) in The Hockey News power rankings, including an interesting note: Leafs defenseman Tomas Kaberle, who’ll be on the move at some point, would be a nice addition to the league’s worst power play
January 12th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Monday Miscellany
Here is this week’s installment of tidbits from here and there:Nash To IR — This was reported by Puck-Rakers this morning. Normally, this would be a 3-Alarm post all to itself, but the nature and circumstances of the move lead me to thing there is nothing particularly sinister here. Retroactive to January 6, MacKenzie called [...]
January 12th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 5 comments | Continued
Mid-Season Review and Report Card
We have reached the halfway mark of the NHL season (actually 1 game past, but I couldn’t get this review together until today). Time to take some stock, deliver some interim grades and gaze into the crystal ball and see what the second half may have in store for us.First, the hardcore numbers — 20 [...]
January 11th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 7 comments | Continued
Goats — The Sequel!!!
As the Jacket’s began to mesh early in the season, the offensive load was taken up by the Goat line — Chimera, Brassard, Voracek– two youngsters and one self-described “old goat’. (The mere fact that Chimera can even consider referring to himself as an “old goat” at the ripe old age of 29 speaks volumes [...]
January 11th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 3 comments | Continued
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