Sergei Bobrovsky Rumors & News

Even as Blue Jackets fans cheer for Sergei Bobrovsky's campaign to rule the NHL 14 cover vote, and we commiserate with Lou, Katy, and the Springfield fan community about their season coming to an end, we have to think about the future. With a strong core established, and a number of young players stepping into larger roles, much is expected of guys like Cam Atkinson, Dalton Prout, Matt Calvert, and Ryan Johansen. Of that group, both Prout and Johansen were probably the most impressive at the end of last season. Johansen scored some key goals in the final stretch, and seemed to be bloss...

With Sergei Bobrovsky up for the Vezina trophy and firmly entrenched as the Jackets' number one goaltender, the last thing you'd expect General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen to do is chase a goalie in free agency. This is different, though. Antti Raanta just completed a phenomenal Finnish Elite League season, and word is he may be looking for a shot across the pond here in North America. With Steve Mason off to Philadelphia, there is an opening in the Columbus organization between the pipes, as it seems like a forgone conclusion that Michael Leighton won't be re-upping with the Jackets. Cur...

The NHL released the names of the three finalists for the Vezina trophy today, and Columbus goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky is on the ballot. Joining Bob in the running for the award given to the NHL's best goaltender are reigning Vezina-winner Henrik Lundqvist of the Rangers and San Jose's Antti Niemi. Last week I gave my pitch for why I think Bob should win, and I stand by my reasoning. He was the best regular season goaltender this past season, and fully deserves the award. The NHL general managers vote on the Vezina, and it's hard to say how much stock making the playoffs carries with ...

Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers is a finalist for the Vezina Trophy for a fifth time.

Fresh off a series sweep of the Canucks in which he stopped 93.7% of Vancouver's shots, allowing just eight goals over the course of the four games, Antti Niemi learned today that he's one of three finalists for the Vezina Trophy as the league's top goaltender alongside the Blue Jackets' Sergei Bobrovsky and the Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist. Posting a .924 save percentage and four shutouts in 43 games, Niemi compiled the best regular season of his young NHL career in 2013, representing the only reason the Sharks won games on many nights throughout February and March. He was also key to th...

The CBJs did what they had to do last night and kept themselves alive. Who else but Sergei Bobrovsky was the star of the show stopping 31 of 32. He has been incredibly steady down the stretch as he has won seven of his past eight games, hasn't given up more than three goals in any of his last 12 games and has kept it to two or less in 9 of 12. Cam Atkinson was the offensive spark for #Lumbus with two goals on seven shots. His production has been pretty sporadic this year but he has shown some spurtability. Ryan Callahan seems to specialize in big goals as his winner in OT put the Rang...

It was a must win game for the Jackets, and though Dallas gave them a very difficult time the Jackets prevailed, thanks to the normally weak powerplay and strong defensive play. First Period Notes: Sergei Bobrovsky manned the cage for the Jackets, while the Stars gave the start to Kari Lehtonen. The Jackets wasted no time getting on the board. After some strong work along the right boards by Brandon Dubinsky, number 17 fired the puck on-net, with Lehtonen making the save. Blake Comeau gathered the rebound and fired a shot himself, but it was also stopped by Lehtonen. Cam Atkinson, ho...

Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobrovsky (72) stops a shot by Dallas Stars defenseman Trevor Daley (6) during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Matt Strasen)