Blue Jackets’ All-Time Worst First-Round Draft Picks
The NHL Entry Draft. For many owners, general managers, presidents, scouts, coaches, players, and prospects, the annual NHL Draft is one of the most exciting days on the calendar. It…
Nikita Filatov
2008 NHL Draft: Five Forgotten Picks
The 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa will always be notable as the draft which produced generational player Steven Stamkos. It is also notable for the number of defensemen drafted…
Fastest Two Goals in NHL History: Prospal and Letestu Make Their Mark
In Monday night’s game against the Sharks, Columbus forwards Vinny Prospal and Mark Letestu combined for the fastest goals scored in Blue Jackets history. The two scored just eight seconds…
Evaluating the Tenure of Scott Howson Part 1: Righting the Ship
When the Columbus Blue Jackets hired Scott Howson away from the Edmonton Oilers the team was coming off the sixth straight season in which they missed the playoffs.
Nikita Filatov’s Future with the Ottawa Senators is Unclear
The Nikita Filatov experiment in Ottawa may be coming to an end sooner than expected. Last Sunday Filatov and Ottawa Senators GM Bryan Murray had a meeting to discuss Filatov’s…
RJ Umberger Signing Shows That Howson’s Columbus Remodel is Full Steam Ahead
Jim Neveau, Senior NHL Columnist The last time the Columbus Blue Jackets took to the ice in an actual game, things were looking bleak for a franchise that was struggling…
5 Predictions for the 2011-2012 Ottawa Senators
With NHL training camps opening in less than a month, the thoughts of puck heads turn to all matters icebound. The local magazine racks are rifled in search of the…
Five Burning Questions for the 2011-2012 Columbus Blue Jackets
On September 16th the Columbus Blue Jackets open what might be the most anticipated training camp of their brief history. Along with the seasoned team veterans and talented prospects, Blue Jackets…
Jackets’ 1st Round Draft History Stacks Up Well In NHL
As training camps begin whittling their ranks, and youngsters are returned to juniors and others are dispatched to the AHL, there remain those veterans who are scuttled to the waiver…
What Now For The Blue Jackets?
By Rick Gethin The lights have been turned off on another disappointing season for the Blue Jackets. The fans have all retreated to their homes for the summer…
A Counter-Point View to “Filatov and The System”
By Rick Gethin “CSKA can give me more right now than Columbus, to whom I am thankful. And all I need is to get playing time.” ~ Blue Jacket…
Filatov and The System
Long before Nikita Filatov was born, his parents and fellow Russian citizens were intimately familiar with the аппарат (apparat) – the Russian term for the bewilderingly massive and complex Soviet…