There are a plethora of question marks heading into the 2010-11 season for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Can goaltender Steve Mason return to his Calder-winning form of 2008-09 and justify his recent two-year $5.8 million extension? Can Derick Brassard establish himself as a top six center and the playmaker with an eye for the net that put [...]
September 23rd, 2010 | Bart Logan | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "mike commodore"
BLUE JACKETS ‘LEARNING TO WIN’
It may be a good thing that Ken Hitchcock’s hair is already a steely shade of grey, as the twists and turns the young season has taken would surely have otherwise accomplished the task. Just two days after surrendering a 2 goal third period lead en route to a shootout loss to Pittsburgh, the Blue [...]
November 2nd, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Defense Betrays Blue Jackets
After beginning the season with a 5 – 1 record, leading the league in penalty killing, and overcoming the absence of first line defenders Mike Commodore and Jan Hejda, all was right in the Blue Jacket world. Considering that this early stage of the season also involved two difficult western road swings, a certain amount [...]
October 23rd, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
COMPOSED BLUE JACKETS EXTEND WINNING WAYS
Watching the Blue Jackets engineer their 4 – 1` victory over the Los Angeles Kings in Nationwide Arena, an adjective came to mind that had seldom been uttered in the eight prior NHL campaigns waged by the young franchise – composed. Despite having their top line defensive pair (Mike Commodore and Jan Hejda) on the [...]
October 19th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
BLUE JACKETS STUN CANUCKS
Vancouver has historically been an unfriendly venue for the Columbus Blue Jackets, and this opener of a three game road trip did not figure to be any easier. Vancouver was sporting an 0 – 2 record for the first time in recent history, and to say they (and their fans) were angry would be a [...]
October 6th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 1 comment | Continued
Game 1 in the books
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 | Continued
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Check out this terrific piece by Ryan Kennedy at THN. Not only does he have some great things to say about Nash, his comments about the organization as a whole, its direction, and the young talent are dead on, and something that has historically been lacking from the hockey media world. Just another sign that [...]
August 24th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 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
Commodore "Lays It On The Line" — TSN
In an attempt to quantify some of the intangibles that make some players so valuable, despite perhaps not showing up on the scorecard, TSN has put together a list of 75 players who meet the “lay it on the line” standard through blocked shots, hits, takeaways, faceoffs, etc. Our own Mike Commodore ranks 3rd in [...]
January 31st, 2009 | Jeff Little | 3 comments | Continued
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