Key Offseason Losses:Manny Malhotra, Michael Peca Key Offseason Additions:Nate Guenin, Ethan Moreau, Kyle Wilson, Nikita Filatov Last Season Ranking: 14th, West Offense:It’s all about Rich Nash for the Blue Jackets. One of the most talented players in the league, he…
Making progress is what the Blue Jackets did last season, and will be looking forward to do this season. It took them their 10th season in the NHL to make the playoffs. Their playoff run was short-lived as they took…
Columbus Blue Jackets rookie defenseman Zach Werenski will miss the remainder of the playoffs with a facial fracture suffered during the Game 3 of the team’s first round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins. “It [stinks] for him,” Blue Jackets coach…
John Tortorella isn’t one to mince words—and he had a few choice things to say about the performance of his Blue Jackets squad. “Let’s call a spade a spade,” said Tortorella yesterday before the team’s game against the Florida Panthers.…
Although he still has three years left on his contract, R.J. Umberger is looking for a trade out of Columbus. Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch reported that the 32-year-old forward requested a trade after meeting with club officials at…
The two newcomers to the Eastern conference have had their fair share of injuries this season. Detroit has been without the services of key players such as Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg, Danny Keyser, and Jimmy Howard this season. Columbus has…
With golf legend Jack Nicklaus returning to his hometown for the President’s Cup this week, the Columbus Blue Jackets gave him the honor of dropping the ceremonial first puck at Friday night’s game against Calgary. He designed Muf He was…
Despite making some critical trade deadline acquisitions to help their cause, the Columbus Blue Jackets barely missed out on making the playoffs this season after losing out to Minnesota in a tiebreaker. But things look good for the future of…
In a battle of the Central Division last night, St. Louis Blues captain David Backes channeled his inner Alexander Ovechkin and scored an awesome goal from on his back to help propel the Blues to a 3-1 victory. Backes, who…
The lockout sucks; for owners, players and fans alike. Columbus Blue Jackets forward R.J. Umberger has decided to make lemonade out of lemons by helping as an Assistant Coach with the Ohio State Buckeyes’ Men’s Ice Hockey team. Umberger played…