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.
11 hours agoColumbus Dispatch The way center Ryan Johansen finished the season in Columbus — strong defensively and effective between wingers R.J. Umberger and Nick Foligno — gave the Blue Jackets hope that he had moved beyond needing constant prodding to stay motivated.
May 20, 2013Columbus Dispatch NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has vowed to have the All-Star Game at Nationwide Arena after the 2013 game was canceled by the owner’s lockout, but the league won’t take an All-Star break in the same season as an Olympic break. So, the hockey world won’t descend upon Columbus for at least two more seasons. But what about the NHL’s other marquee event?
May 12, 2013Columbus Dispatch The Blue Jackets’ selection of Trent Vogelhuber in the 2007 NHL draft in Columbus was a storybook finish to a memorable weekend in Nationwide Arena.
May 9, 2013Columbus Dispatch Bumped out of the Stanley Cup playoffs by one point last month, the Blue Jackets and goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky have resigned themselves this spring to the pursuit of another trophy.
May 9, 2013Columbus Dispatch There are few sweeter moments in hockey than scoring an overtime goal in the playoffs, and Cody Bass has two of them in the American Hockey League this postseason.
May 8, 2013Columbus Dispatch At long last, the Blue Jackets believe they have formed an identity, a foundation of hard work and defensive intensity that carried them on a stunning two-month ride and nearly into the Stanley Cup playoffs. The main objective this summer for general manager Jarmo Kekalainen is to build on that foundation, specifically with a player or two who can boost the club offensively.
May 4, 2013Columbus Dispatch Senators 4, Canadiens 2: Craig Anderson made 48 saves to help visiting Ottawa win Game 1 of an Eastern Conference playoff series last night. Jakob Silfverberg and former Blue Jacket Marc Methot scored early in the third period to help Ottawa win.
May 3, 2013Columbus Dispatch The Blue Jackets billed Marian Gaborik’s trip to Philadelphia as a mere precaution, but it was serious enough for him to pack an overnight bag in case surgery was needed.
May 1, 2013Columbus Dispatch Blue Jackets right winger Marian Gaborik will be in Philadelphia today to see an abdominal specialist, according to the website Sport.sme.sk of Slovakia. If he is cleared, Gaborik will play for Slovakia in the world hockey championships.
April 30, 2013Columbus Dispatch The Blue Jackets narrowly missed a spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs, which opened last night. That one point is going to sting for a long time, but with the offseason underway, there are some notable Blue Jackets players who need new contracts.
April 30, 2013Columbus Dispatch It was the most memorable two-month stretch of play the Blue Jackets have ever put together, a 19-5-5 supernova that captured the city and launched the Jackets from fewest points in the NHL on Feb. 24 to one point shy of a spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
April 30, 2013Columbus Dispatch Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane — the guys who win Stanley Cups — are not found on the waiver wire, they are found at the top of the draft. The Blue Jackets could have had such a player, but they blew it. They won too many games this season.
April 30, 2013Columbus Dispatch The Colorado Avalanche won the NHL draft lottery last night.
April 30, 2013Columbus Dispatch The Blue Jackets gathered in Nationwide Arena yesterday for a sobering day of exit interviews and physicals. It’s a day they had wished to delay at least a few more weeks.
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