Part of the battle of improvement is knowing where your weaknesses lie and where your strengths can save you. The Blue Jackets aren't starting from scratch but they know they have some work to do to get to the point they want.
It’s one thing to generate chances, but it’s another to finish them. The Blue Jackets succeeded in the former category, but weren’t proficient in the latter tonight.
Did the Blue Jackets play a better game tonight than they did Tuesday? You could say that. For stretches of this one, they controlled play and created a volume of scoring chances they could only dream of a few weeks ago.
It is going to be a step-by-step process for the Columbus Blue Jackets and this was a step in the wrong direction. The Blackhawks were supposed to be a team that the Blue Jackets could take.
The Columbus Blue Jackets’ series against the Nashville Predators told two different stories. One game was a dominant 3-0 shutout performance, and the other was an abysmal effort in a 4-2 loss that could have been much worse.
The Columbus Blue Jackets got absolutely boat raced by the Nashville Predators on Saturday night. Considering the struggles the Predators have had this season, that is a huge red flag from a Blue Jackets’ perspective.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have been endured a lot of inconsistency this season. This has led to head coach John Tortorella shuffling his lines looking for trios that can make an impact.
Elvis Merzlikins of Riga, Latvia may not have had the start in the 2020-21 National Hockey League regular season as he had in 2019-20, but on Thursday night against Nashville, he recorded his first shutout of the season.
Cam Atkinson of Riverside, CT has been named the National Hockey League player of the week for the week from February 8-14, 2021 on Monday according to nhl.com.
The stay-at-home defenseman has played in at least one game for Columbus in each of the past four seasons and will likely be back with the team at some point this year.
Zach Werenski has been activated off of injured reserve. The 23-year-old blue-liner has missed the past three games since suffering a lower-body injury on Feb. 4 against the Dallas Stars.
It’s time to move on. That’s what both John Tortorella and Patrik Laine said yesterday in the wake of his benching. “We’ve moved on, we’ve talked about it and it’s going to stay in the room,” Laine said.