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2013 NHL AWARDS PREVIEW: Vezina
The Vezina Trophy was first awarded after the 1926-27 season to the goalie who allowed the fewest goals. At the end of the 1981-82 season the trophy was awarded to the most exceptional goalie in the league. Last Year’s Winner Henrik Lundqvist 2013 Nominees Sergei Bobrovsky (Columbus Blue Jackets) Bobrovsky helped [...]
Glen Miller: State of the Organization: Defense
Entering last season Columbusâ one perceived strength was their blue line. With Jack Johnson, James Wisniewski, Fedor Tyutin, Nikita Nikitin and Adrian Aucoin, the Jackets possessed a solid, if unspectacular group of defenders to rely upon. In this part of the Jackets âState of the Organizationâ series, weâll look at the Columbus defense corps and see if the Jackets...
DBJ - 2013 Columbus Blue Jackets season in review: Part Three
PART THREE: How to Win a Vezina in Two-Thirds of a Season, and Other Thoughts on an Amazing String of Games
I was thinking of calling this part The Promised Land for the first two parts of the season in review series werent all that uplifting. Sure, the Columbus Blue Jackets defensive evolution over the first 20 games of 2013 was something to see, but the wins just werent coming...
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30 Teams in 30 Days–Columbus
The Jackets came so close to the playoffs it was frustrating. They had an incredible year on defense but it was the offense that left them on the outside of the playoffs looking in.
Team Name: Columbus Blue Jackets
Record: 24-17-7, 4th Central
Player of the Season: Sergei Bobrovsky The goaltender for the Blue Jackets was the reason why Columbus went from 5-12-3 at the end of February...
The Waiting Game Continues With Bobrovsky
from Michael Arace of the Columbus Dispatch,
Negotiations between Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen and Bobrovsky’s agent, Paul Theofanous, have not gained traction. There is good reason for this: Theofanous wants to wait, and it behooves him to do so.
Bobrovsky will be worth more if he wins the Vezina and/or receives an offer sheet from another team and/or receives...
Blue Jackets announcer set for reduced schedule
The Columbus Blue Jackets say that radio play-by-play announcer George Matthews, the club's voice throughout its 12 NHL seasons, has decided to reduce his work schedule.
Matthews will continue to call a limited number of games during the 2013-14 season in addition to spending more time at his home on Prince Edward Island.
He says he had been contemplating the move for some...
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19 days ago
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Blue Jackets sign young goalie to 3-year contract
The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed goaltender Anton Forsberg to a three-year, entry-level contract.
Columbus' sixth pick, 188th overall, in the 2011 draft, Forsberg appeared in 33 games with Sodertalje of Sweden's HockeyAllsvenskan in 2012-13. He won 24 games while finishing second in the league with a 2.04 goals-against average and .933 save percentage.
The 6-foot-2...
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20 days ago
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You’re The GM - How Much Do You Pay Bobrovsky?
from Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch,
It has been about a month since the Blue Jackets’ season ended and two months since contract talks between the club and goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky started, but the sides are no closer to reaching a deal.
“We’ve talked. We’ve exchanged ideas,” general manager Jarmo Kekalainen said this week. “But we haven’t made...
Blue Jackets prove success on the ice leads to success in the stands
We've all seen Field of Dreams, or at least heard the line "if you build it, they will come." In the movie's case, it was referring to a baseball diamond in the middle of a corn field. In this example's case, it involves a winning hockey team in the middle of Ohio. Same difference.
The Columbus Blue Jackets fought for a playoff position through the last...
With winning comes tickets boost for Blue Jackets
After playing the best hockey in franchise history down the stretch, the Columbus Blue Jackets are enjoying an upsurge in ticket sales.
The director of the team's marketing and ticket sales says the club has seen a 13-percent improvement in season-ticket renewals from one year ago, when the Blue Jackets were coming off perhaps their worst season in the NHL and sold around 7...
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27 days ago
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Bobrovsky Trade Netting Championship Prospects
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NHLTags: Anthony StolarzColumbus Blue JacketsLondon KnightsPortland WinterhawksSergei BobrovskyIt’s difficult to look back at the trade of goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky to the Columbus Blue Jackets and not stir a little.
Bobrovsky is the frontrunner for the Vezina Trophy, the annual award bestowed upon the best goaltender of the regular...
No Doubting The Blue Jackets
from Michael Arace of the Columbus Dispatch,
Whatever happens, the Jackets have written one of the best stories of this truncated season. Their goaltender, Sergei Bobrovsky, is the front-runner for the Vezina Trophy (best goaltender) and is integral to the script. Yet the cast is large and the tale seems pure fantasy.
Since Feb. 26, when they had the worst record in the...
NO SHAKE FOR YOU
Lasorda snubs NHL player on shake
Legendary Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda snubbed Blue Jackets alternate captain Jack Johnson on a handshake and explained why.
DROP THE GLOVES
Jared Boll wrecks Clayton Stoner in fight
On Saturday night Columbus Blue Jackets forward Jared Boll and Minnesota Wild defenseman Clayton Stoner went at it in a rematch of their tilt from January 29th. The last time these two heavyweights fought it was a solid draw, but this time Boll (6’3″ 195 lbs) destroyed Stoner (6’4″ 228 lbs). Boll must really hate Stoner because he broke the unspoken code that you don’t...
Quick thinking (and decision making) lands Gaborik in Columbus
You think Marian Gaborik is fast? Well, actually youre right, he is. But you want to know whats really fast, as in Mach V fast? That would be the amount of time Gaborik had to research his potential new franchise and decide whether or not to waive his no-trade clause. It was like 45 minutes or so, with a guy literally camped outside his door with the official waiver, awaiting his...
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April 10, 2013
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THE BLUE JACKETS HOT 25
