Tag Archive | "Columbus Blue Jackets"
Most Likely to Succeed: Columbus Blue Jackets
Most likely to Succeed is our newest series which points out one player from every team and explains why that player is poised to increase their point totals. While some teams may have more than one player likely to breakout and some none, we will focus on the ones who actually should improve with a [...]
Continue reading...Nikita Filatov Returns to Columbus; Will Play
Friday, August 6, 2010
Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch recently reported Russian prospect Nikita Filatov returned to the team six weeks prior to training camp and expects to play this season in the NHL. At 20-years-old Filatov still ranks as the top prospect in the system and sixth overall according to last year’s rankings, according to hockey’s future. With [...]
Continue reading...Teams Lining up to Settle Before Arbitration
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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A few weeks ago we released an arbitration list which named the players ready to do battle with their employers. From that list a vast majority settled with the exception of Stanley Cup winner Antti Niemi. Let’s take a short look at who settled and who is still prepared to go to war: James Wisniewski [...]
Continue reading...Flyers Re-sign Their Main Agitator for One Year
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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The Philadelphia Flyers and winger Dan Carcillo will avoid arbitration and agree to a contract for one season and 1.075 million. At that rate, you have to figure Carcillo took a hometown discount to alleviate cap pressure on his team. He still puts himself in position to get a decent raise once the Flyers gain [...]
Continue reading...Nik Zherdev Plans on Returning to NHL
Monday, June 14, 2010
Former New York Rangers and Columbus Blue Jackets right winger Nikolai Zherdev wants to return to America. The article from 4period.ru reports Zherdev will wait until the July 1st free agency market to hit before signing a contract but expects to sign one shortly after. Regardless of his team’s talent, Zherdev averaged 59 points over [...]
Continue reading...Fantasy Season in Review: Columbus Blue Jackets
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
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Offensive Corps: Not too much changed this year opposed to last as Rick Nash led the team in scoring for a third straight year. The captain seemed a step off as he battled both injuries and inconsistency, finishing the season with 67 points– his lowest totals since the 2006-2007 season. His frequent linemates Kristian Huselius [...]
Continue reading...The Value 25
Saturday, March 13, 2010
The best way to describe this list is if you go to the waiver wire in your individual fantasy league (personally, I use Yahoo!) and find that Alexei Ponikarovsky, Tim Connolly, or Ryan Clowe are all available, this list is not for you. The Value 25 is a watch list intended for deep fantasy league [...]
Continue reading...Lack of Deadline “Star” Power
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Michael Farber of Sports Illustrated wrote yesterday that the NHL’s trade deadline lacked star power and only two players, Wojtek Wolski and Fredrik Modin, could comfortably play a top-six role in the current game. At this point I would like to urge Farber to see outside the box as numerous trades created holes likely to [...]
Continue reading...Under Review: Feb 2—Feb 8
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Last week was a tremendously newsworthy week for the NHL, capped by the tragic death in a car accident of Brendan Burke. Another huge trade and some head office changes round out the week that was in the world’s premier hockey league. Please Note: The Olympics start this Friday, so Under Review will not be [...]
Continue reading...2009-10 Western Conference All-Stars
Monday, February 8, 2010
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There’s no official NHL All-Star game this year because of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver but we still left the vote up to you! Voting ended at the end of January and we’ve tallied up the results for the Western Conference All-Star team. Your 2009-10 Western Conference starting lineup:
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