Archive for the ‘Blue Jackets Hockey’ Category
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
So the burnout of another season took it's toll on the MotSaG...or more particularly YNBA...
Surprised? Not Really. It is tough to come up with brilliant material on a weekly basis when nothing is going on in the college football landscape. Here is a quick list of 20 ...
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
Attention, Mr. Bettman, Mr. Campbell, and Associated NHL Morons:
When a player is flying through the air, moving his skates backward relative to his body in order to not slice the jugular of your flavor-of-the-month goaltender, and the puck bounces off his edges & goes into the net, it is not ...
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
...but the Jackets have quietly crawled out of the Western Conference basement.
In fact, they've amazingly moved up to 8th place in the West. Collecting nine points in six games will do that.
Mason is performing admirably. The young guns on the team are forming a chemistry - they seem to be ...
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
...and you thought I was negative about the Buckeyes' underachievements.
Portzline's piece will make CBJ fans want to listen to Arcade Fire and cut themselves. He talks about his "friend" who has lost his interest in the Blue Jackets (ya sure, he's your "friend," Aaron).
For those who don't know Portzline, he's ...
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
In the Jackets' opener against the Dallas Stars, center Michael Peca was tossed out of the game. The NHL has suspended Peca indefinitely for violation of Rule 41, Physical Abuse of the Officials, category 2.
So what's Peca's side of the story? Via the Dog-patch:
"The only contact was me grabbing his ...
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
CBJ 5, Dallas 4
Great way to start the season, folks. The Jackets totally owned the first period; the Stars the second; both teams shared the third. With 20 seconds left in OT, Nash takes a perfect pass from Chimmy and executes a mach 1 snapshot to get the two points.
Nail ...
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Friday, July 4th, 2008
I avoided posting during the few days of craziness, in the hopes of avoiding over- or under-reacting to anything shocking that might have happened.
The drama started last weekend, when Duvie was put on waivers. I guess we saw this coming. Great attitude, but he never really reclaimed his status after ...
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
As expected, 23-year-old Rick Nash has been chosen as team captain for your Columbus Blue Jackets.
Rick is the fifth captain for the franchise, which has never seen a captain last more than three seasons.
It's another in a string of 'good long-term decisions that may not pay off right away,' (something ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
So Howson frees up a couple of million this year, some fans go nuts, and some fans are cautiously optimistic.
I'm somewhere in the middle. I'm sure the Jackets could not have done much better with regards to Fedorov. With the possibility of him bolting this summer, at least they got ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Today was the trade deadline, and the Blue Jackets have announced that Adam Foote is moving to Colorado.
Captain Adam Foote.
Foote was traded to the Avs for a 2009 first-round and conditional fourth-round pick.
So, who will be the new team captain in 2008/9? Nash is still quite young, but will no ...
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Time for a new feature on Men of the Scarlet and Gray, where we respond to comments, feedback, questions, and suggestions provided to us via the MotSaG Contact Form and/or individual post comments.
MotSaG reader Rob writes:
"You should change the name of your website. Every time I come on here, it ...
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
The most disappointing thing about this team since the All-Star break isn't the four losses, or the fact that they're letting teams come from behind to win.
It isn't that three of those losses were at home.
It's not even that Pazzy - once again - won't be able to pull off ...
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
End of an era.
I can't say it was a surprise, especially with how well some of the new guys (like Jared Boll) have worked out, but it's still sad to see Shelly go. Old-school, tough-but-fair enforcers are hard to come by in the "new NHL," and Jody was the classiest. ...
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
Rick, you made my six-year-old daughter jump up and run around the room screaming & cheering for five minutes.
Yes, it was your high stick that gave the Coyotes the tying power play goal with a minute left. But it was your octuple-inside-outside-deke faking-two-lighter-guys-out-of-their-skates-and-humiliating-the-goalie awesomeness with 25 seconds left that won ...
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008
UPDATE: See Below.
It looks like the French Alfalfa is going to start in goal for the Western Conference All-Star team. Way to go, Pazzy.
LeClaire was a "distant second" in voting, but Luongo has a very pregnant wife to take care of. Therefore, the Columbus netminder will fill the slot. Even ...
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