Browns Fan: After their sixth consecutive season at or near the bottom of the standings, the Jackets hired a new GM in 2007, to go with their fourth (fifth if you count the interim coach in 2006) coach since 2000. The new GM inherited a team in disarray, devoid of talent. Sound familiar?
Cavs Fan: The Jackets only have one bona-fide star in left-winger Rick Nash, and are currently trying to build a team around him to loosen up a stagnant offense and thus entice him to sign a contract extension in the summer of 2010, even as writers rush to push him out the door to hockey haven Toronto. Sound familiar?
Tribe Fan: The Jackets are small-market free-agent also-rans, and they have been waiting for years for the young talent in their farm organization to make the jump to the NHL and to contribute to a winning team. Sound familiar?
Buckeye Fan: Err, well, they play their home games in Columbus. I guess 3 out of 4 ain't bada€¦
The bottom line: the Blue Jackets are in fact the only team in the entire history of the NHL never to make the playoffs. If this isn't an Ohio sports fan's kind of teama€¦
Cavs Fan: The Jackets only have one bona-fide star in left-winger Rick Nash, and are currently trying to build a team around him to loosen up a stagnant offense and thus entice him to sign a contract extension in the summer of 2010, even as writers rush to push him out the door to hockey haven Toronto. Sound familiar?
Tribe Fan: The Jackets are small-market free-agent also-rans, and they have been waiting for years for the young talent in their farm organization to make the jump to the NHL and to contribute to a winning team. Sound familiar?
Buckeye Fan: Err, well, they play their home games in Columbus. I guess 3 out of 4 ain't bada€¦
The bottom line: the Blue Jackets are in fact the only team in the entire history of the NHL never to make the playoffs. If this isn't an Ohio sports fan's kind of teama€¦
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