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How to fix the Columbus Blue Jackets’ mess

Back in November, I wrote a two-part article titled ‘Who’s to Blame for Columbus Blue Jackets’ Mess?’  In Part One, I identified senior Blue Jackets management as the primary culprit to the mess.  However, team majority owner John P. McConnell has expressed his full support of Blue Jackets team president Mike Priest and General Manager (GM) Scott Howson during meetings...
Via The Sports Bank  |  8 days ago
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NHL GMs Eye Trade Targets

National Hockey League general managers use their down time during All-Star break to assess their own teams and check in with their rival team executives.Expect to hear lots of rumors during the next few days as a result. But which players could actually move in a trade?And which players could actually impact the playoff races? Here are 10 players that fall into that category:Mikhail...
Via The Hockey Guy  |  18 days ago
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NHL GMs Eye Trade Targets

National Hockey League general managers use their down time during All-Star break to assess their own teams and check in with their rival team executives.Expect to hear lots of rumors during the next few days as a result. But which players could actually move in a trade?And which players could actually impact the playoff races? Here are 10 players that fall into that category:Mikhail...
Via The Hockey Guy  |  18 days ago
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San Jose Sharks: Who GM Doug Wilson Should Acquire Before the Trade Deadline

  As we head into the NHL all-star break, the San Jose Sharks are stumbling towards the finish line. They have lost two of their last three, and they clearly are missing some of their key players. Martin Havlat, Ryanne Clowe, and Brent Burns are all out with injuries, with Clowe and Burns expected to be back after the break. Havlat will be out for 6-8 weeks, hopefully in time...
Via Sports-at-Work  |  19 days ago
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Columbus Blue Jackets Trade Chatter

Just a couple quick trade hitters for you: This from ESPN's Lebrun: Nearly every buyer you talk to lists a top-six forward as an item on their wish list before the Feb. 27 trade deadline. What the trade market needs is more teams to declare themselves sellers and out of the playoff race. But it’s still too early for that. That’s what happens with so much parity in the standings...
Via Hockey Fan Land  |  23 days ago
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Columbus Blue Jackets Trade Chatter

Just a couple quick trade hitters for you:This from ESPN's Lebrun: Nearly every buyer you talk to lists a top-six forward as an item on their wish list before the Feb. 27 trade deadline.What the trade market needs is more teams to declare themselves sellers and out of the playoff race. But it’s still too early for that. That’s what happens with so much parity in the standings...
Via Talk Hockey  |  23 days ago
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Trade Chatter

Just a couple quick trade hitters for you: This from ESPN's Lebrun: Nearly every buyer you talk to lists a top-six forward as an item on their wish list before the Feb. 27 trade deadline. What the trade market needs is more teams to declare themselves sellers and out of the playoff race. But it’s still too early for that. That’s what happens with so much parity in the...
Via Light The Lamp  |  24 days ago
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Stars' Lehtonen allows four goals in return

DALLAS (AP) -- Rick Nash scored twice, Steve Mason made 36 saves, and the Columbus Blue Jackets registered their first regulation road win of the season, 4-1 over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night. Antoine Vermette added a goal, and John Moore contributed two assists for the Blue Jackets, who had been 3-12-2 on the road. All three victories had come in overtime or shootout. Fedor...
Via Fox Sports Southwest  |  December 29, 2011
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Blue Jackets 4, Stars 1

Rick Nash scored twice, Steve Mason made 36 saves, and the Columbus Blue Jackets registered their first regulation road win of the season, 4-1 over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night. Antoine Vermette added a goal, and John Moore contributed two assists for the Blue Jackets, who had been 3-12-2 on the road. All three victories had come in overtime or shootout. Fedor Tyutin'...
Via AP on Fox  |  December 29, 2011
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Jackets get first regulation road win (AP)

Rick Nash scored twice, Steve Mason made 36 saves, and the Columbus Blue Jackets registered their first regulation road win of the season, 4-1 over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night. Antoine Vermette added a goal, and John Moore contributed two assists for the Blue Jackets, who had been 3-12-2 on the road.
Via Yahoo! Sports  |  December 29, 2011
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Nash nets two, Blue Jackets beat Stars

DALLAS (AP) -- Rick Nash scored twice, Steve Mason made 36 saves, and the Columbus Blue Jackets registered their first regulation road win of the season, 4-1 over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night. Antoine Vermette added a goal, and John Moore contributed two assists for the Blue Jackets, who had been 3-12-2 on the road. All three victories had come in overtime or shootout. Fedor...
Via Fox Sports Ohio  |  December 29, 2011
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Zdeno Chara Day-to-Day After Suffering Lower-Body Injury Against Columbus

Zdeno Chara left Saturday's game against the Blue Jackets in the second period, and the Bruins have announced that he is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. Chara got tangled up with Columbus forward Antoine Vermette with about six minutes remaining in the second period. His leg bent awkwardly, and the B's captain fell to the ice. He was able to skate off under his own power...
Via NESN.com  |  December 11, 2011
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Report: Bruins D Chara out at least three games

Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara is expected to miss at least three games with a leg injury, the Boston Globe reported on Sunday. The towering blue-liner suffered the injury during Saturday's game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. He appeared to hurt his leg after getting locked up with Antoine Vermette of the Blue Jackets. Chara had put Boston ahead with a power-play goal...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  December 11, 2011
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Bruins D Chara leaves with leg injury

Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara left Saturday night's game against Columbus with a lower-body injury. Chara appeared to hurt his leg after getting locked up with Antoine Vermette of the Blue Jackets. The Bruins said he would not return to the game. Chara had put Boston ahead with a power-play goal in the first minute of the second period. The towering defenseman has six...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  December 10, 2011
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A Night Of Injuries

via the Boston Herald, Bruins captain Zdeno Chara suffered an undisclosed injury late in the second period of the Bruins-Blue Jackets game at Nationwide Arena and will not return. It appeared Chara incurred some sort of lower body malady when he fell awkwardly while trying to protect the puck from a forechecking Antoine Vermette during a Bruins power-play. Play continued and Chara...
Via Kukla's Korner  |  December 10, 2011
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Zdeno Chara Exits Game Against Blue Jackets With Injury, Tim Thomas Pulled After Second Period

Zdeno Chara suffered an injury and Tim Thomas was pulled in a wild game in Columbus. Chara suffered what appears to be a leg injury after getting tied up with Blue Jackets forward Antoine Vermette. There's been no update as to the extent of the injury or whether it is, in fact, his leg. The Bruins captain will not return in Saturday's game, though. Meanwhile, Tim Thomas was...
Via NESN.com  |  December 10, 2011
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Preds, somehow, someway, come back and beat Jackets…

Sometimes teams have no business being in games. That was the case Thursday night in Columbus. In front of a reported 13,852 at Nationwide Arena, the Nashville Predators played miserable hockey but somehow managed to find their game in the final 4:00 of action to pull out a miracle victory. Rinne made 21 saves for his 11th win of the year but, really, Nashville did their best work...
Via Section 303  |  December 08, 2011
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After further review, the Jackets should be embarassed

The War Room in Toronto couldn’t help the Columbus Blue Jackets, as the Jackets failed to maintain a 3-1 lead, with 1:36 left on the clock.  It was a total collapse.  It’s games like this that will keep the seats empty at Nationwide arena… The CBJ’s first goal came during a TV commercial.  After a stoppage in play, Toronto called down to Nationwide arena...
Via Pro Sports Blogging  |  December 08, 2011
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Predators Shock the Hockey World with 4-3 Overtime Win in Columbus

The Nashville Predators may have reached their peak in frustrating the fans of Smashville in the first 58 minutes of their game in Columbus at Nationwide Arena on Thursday night and then shocked everyone, showing life at the end of the contest.After a lackadaisical effort for most of the game, the Predators came alive to score two goals with the goalie pulled (Patric Hornqvist and...
Via PredsOnTheGlass  |  December 08, 2011
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Carter scores 2 as Jackets beat Flames (AP)

Jeff Carter had two goals, Curtis Sanford made 27 saves and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Monday night for their first winning streak in 42 games. Antoine Vermette and Rick Nash also scored, and Vinny Prospal added three assists for the Blue Jackets, who improved 3-1-1 in their last five games, and 2-0-1 in those games with the red-hot Sanford.
Via Yahoo! Sports  |  November 21, 2011
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Blue Jackets 4, Flames 1

Jeff Carter had two goals, Curtis Sanford made 27 saves and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Monday night for their first winning streak in 42 games. Antoine Vermette and Rick Nash also scored, and Vinny Prospal added three assists for the Blue Jackets, who improved 3-1-1 in their last five games, and 2-0-1 in those games with the red-hot Sanford. Nash stopped...
Via AP on Fox  |  November 21, 2011
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Carter helps Blue Jackets top Flames 4-1

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Jeff Carter had two goals, Curtis Sanford made 27 saves and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Monday night for their first winning streak in 42 games. Antoine Vermette and Rick Nash also scored, and Vinny Prospal added three assists for the Blue Jackets, who improved 3-1-1 in their last five games, and 2-0-1 in those games with the red...
Via Fox Sports Ohio  |  November 21, 2011
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Rumors On A Saturday Night

from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun, • You gotta give Columbus GM Scott Howson credit: He hasn’t stopped working the phones and trying to unload money instead of firing Arniel. While canning Arniel might satisfy a few people, Howson is still trying to move C Derick Brassard, C Antoine Vermette and G Steve Mason for whatever the organization can get. There’s actually...
Via Kukla's Korner  |  November 19, 2011
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Bruins steal their seventh straight win

The Bruins have had a lot of heroes in their current win streak and, apparently, it was Tuukka Rask's turn to be one tonight. Rask stopped 30-of-31 shots and then stopped Rick Nash and Antoine Vermette in the shootout to ...
Via Boston Herald  |  November 17, 2011
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Bruins win 7th straight, top Blue Jackets in SO

Tuukka Rask made 30 saves through overtime and then stopped Columbus' Antoine Vermette in the shootout as the Boston Bruins beat the Blue Jackets 2-1 on Thursday night for their seventh straight win.
Via MSNBC  |  November 17, 2011
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