I’m sure that I am one of many who are excited about the potential of this year’s Columbus Blue Jackets. Last night the boys in blue lost their second preseason game. This time to a bunch of Minnesota Wild regulars. While the Jackets had regulars: Jiri Novotny, Boll, Murray, Hejda and Norrena, the Wild seemed [...]
Archive for September, 2008
State of the (Blue Jackets) Nation
September 25, 2008Voracek & Brassard make impression
September 24, 2008Voracek and Brassard were two big question marks, wild cards, what have you… coming into camp this season. They’ve had solid camps so far. I was able to watch them practice twice.
But the truth lies in game situations. They impressed many last night. They were very creative and used their newly acquired strength and weight. [...]
Pre-Season Eve
September 22, 2008It is pre-season eve for blue jackets fans. Many fans have their tickets, are dusting their jerseys, and planning to take their friday evenings off for October 17th against Nashville. Pre-season will be the pre-party heading into the 2008-2009 NHL Season. Many fans have made their way to a training camp practice or two. Fans [...]
In Filatov We Trust
September 9, 2008The Nikita Filatov Saga is finally over. Naysayers who doubted Filatov’s ability to get himself to North America are now hushed. Jackets nation, myself included, all had it in the back of our minds. We’ve suffered so many blows and setbacks; from lack-luster first-rounders (see: Brule, A Picard, Klesla…) to season-hindering injuries (Modin).
Are the Columbus [...]
A Crowd Forming gets the Heart Pumping with Excitement
September 5, 2008I highly recommend reading the puck-rakers’ post today. It really gets you excited because we are so close to being back to hockey days in Cbus.
