Blue Jackets News & Rumors: Sillinger, Merzlikins, Johnson & More
Welcome to November. Welcome also to shorter days and more nighttime. We're in the thick of fall. For the Columbus Blue Jackets, this means their annual trip to California.
The team flew to San...
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Kent Johnson’s All-Around Abilities Makes Injury Absence More Profound to Blue Jackets
The Columbus Blue Jackets’ current injury struggles are well-documented. Our Mark Scheig discussed a few of them and the updates provided by head coach Dean Evason earlier this week. The most recent player to find himself out for the fore...
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The Blue Jackets are going to be without Kent Johnson. Considering he's become a key part of their special teams, he'll be hard to replace.
Blue Jackets Facing Familiar Challenge of Overcoming Big Injuries
Just four games into the new season, the Columbus Blue Jackets are already facing a familiar challenge. It's one that they can't seem to shake.
Not only are injuries happening in bulk, they're big injuries taking out some ...
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Blue Jackets’ Kent Johnson Out For a While
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach Dean Evason confirmed Saturday morning that forward Kent Johnson's injury is "not short term." These comments come after Johnson took an awkward fall on Thursday (Oct. 17) against the Buffalo Sabres after tallying just 6:26 of ice t...
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Blue Jackets Have Reasons To Be Optimistic
Given their results in the last few seasons, the tragic loss of Johnny Gaudreau, and the lack of major additions to the core group, it is easy to see why predictions have the Columbus Blue Jackets finishing in the ...
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Blue Jackets’ Kent Johnson Made Most of Offseason With Quick Recovery
It was a freak faceoff play at the end of an already decided hockey game. But it was enough to end Kent Johnson's 2023-24 season.
Johnson suffered a torn labrum on the play with about 10 seconds left in the New Yo...
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Blue Jackets’ News & Rumors: van Riemsdyk, Waddell & More
Welcome to the start of the 2024-25 season, at least for us anyway. Training camps open across the NHL this week as we are now under a month away from regular season hockey beginning.
The Columbus Blue Jac...
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Blue Jackets Get Value on Johnson & Marchenko Contracts
The Columbus Blue Jackets have been slowly getting their business done over the course of the offseason. Arguably they were once again the team with the most work to get done between seasons. They had to do the draft and free agency -...
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Blue Jackets Already Feel Different Under Don Waddell
The Columbus Blue Jackets needed a new direction and a fresh perspective. Given the way things have gone since the departure of John Tortorella, stability was something not linked to the team in any way.
But as we sit here at the e...
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Blue Jackets’ Young Guns’ Season in Review
The Columbus Blue Jackets' 2023-24 season did not turn out how they had hoped. Their 66-point 27-43-12 season put them in last place in the Metropolitan Division and 29th overall. The team was not able to break its four-season playoff drought, but t...
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While they did not make the playoffs, multiple young guns for the team continued to learn in their skills as players. In this post, I'll do a review of a few of these young players who are looking to become a pivotal piece for the Blue Jackets in the future.
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