BLUE JACKETS RUMORS & GOSSIP
Curtis McElhinney Sticking With Columbus, Signs New Deal by Steven Ellis
The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed goaltender Curtis McElhinney to a one-year contract. McElhinney has appeared in 69 career NHL games with the Calgary Flames, Anaheim Ducks and Ottawa Senators, putting up a less than stellar 19-26-4 record with a 3.09 goals-against average, .899 save percentage and two shutouts. He was 1-0-0 with a 1.67 [...]
Ilari Melart Signs One-Year Entry Level Deal With Columbus by Steven Ellis
The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed defenseman Ilari Melart to a one-year entry level contract. Melart is a defenseman who’s played with HIFK in Finland for the past several seasons. His numbers indicate he’s a defensive defenseman, putting up 12-16-28 in 146 career games.The 6-3, 227-pound blueliner has registered 12 goals and 16 assists for [...]
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...
Sergei Bobrovsky Is A Vezina Trophy Finalist
(via Columbus Blue Jackets)
What's worse than having a starting goaltender who ducks when a shot is coming towards him? A goaltender who used to play for your team, who was traded to a struggling franchise and then becoming a Vezina Trophy finalists.
Former Flyers netminder Sergei Bobrovsky was named a finalst for the NHL's best goaltender. Bob, along with Antti Niemi and...
Two of Columbus best and brightest snag CBJ scholarships
Matt Maldovan doesnt shy away from the idea that, someday, he could be the head doctoror at least the on-call orthopedic surgeonfor the Columbus Blue Jackets.
That would be pretty cool, said the Liberty Union High School senior and winner of theColumbus Blue Jackets Foundation 2013 High School Hockey Scholarship worth 10,000.Maldovan, 18, is attending Ohio State University this Fall...
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Abdominal Surgery For Gaborik
via the Columbus Blue Jackets website,
Columbus Blue Jackets forward Marian Gaborik has an abdominal injury that will require surgery and a recovery period of three to four weeks, the club announced today. Due to the injury, Gaborik will be unable to represent Slovakia at the upcoming IIHF World Championships.
“Marian experienced some soreness towards the end of the season...
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...
Blue Jackets fans lit up Nationwide
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- If the Columbus Blue Jackets spectacular run this season has proven anything, its this: When theres a winning product on the ice, Columbus fans will come. And they did it in stunning fashionSaturday night as a sell-out crowd of 19,002 gathered in Nationwide Arena to watch their boys beat the Nashville Predators 3-1.
The hearty group, which was quieted in the second...
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Predators close season with loss to Blue Jackets
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Jack Johnson scored the go-ahead goal with 4:48 left and the Columbus Blue Jackets capped a remarkable turnaround with a 3-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday.
But despite that win, Columbus was eliminated from the playoff race when the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche later on Saturday to earn the final postseason spot in the Western Conference...
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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...
Blue Jackets on the playoff precipice with one game to go
Really, how do you explain this? How in the world have the Columbus Blue Jackets come from way down there to stand on the precipice of completing one of the great turnarounds in NHL history?
R.J. Umberger, can you help us out?
I think its just the character of these guys, said the Blue Jackets veteran winger. I think the cultures just different, where its a never-give-up attitude...
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29 days ago
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Blue Jackets in playoff hunt with 2 games left
If things keep going the way they have, several of the Columbus Blue Jackets will have big problems trying to grow a playoff beard.
The team that relies so heavily on youngsters was 5-12-2 on Feb. 24, but has gone 17-5-5 since.
The Blue Jackets - 30th of the 30 teams in the NHL just two months ago - hold the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference heading into Tuesday...
Via AP on Fox
April 23, 2013
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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.
Savard sent by Blue Jackets to AHL Springfield
The Columbus Blue Jackets have assigned defenseman David Savard to Springfield of the American Hockey League.
Savard had been brought in on an emergency recall but wasn't needed for the Blue Jackets' game at Anaheim on Wednesday night.
The 22-year-old Savard has totaled 44 minutes, 35 seconds of ice time in three games with Columbus this season. He has five goals and 26...
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April 17, 2013
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