Sigh… Yet another shutout for the Jackets, their sixth this year (they only had five all of last season). Lots of frustrating things about this game… but Pascal Leclaire wasn’t one of them. The man was an absolute animal between the pipes, especially through the early second period when the Jackets were getting outshot three to one.
We know that MotSaG has been remiss in covering the CBJ as well as we would have liked to. It’s just that recently there’s been this other team in Ohio that has taken up most of our blogging space.
It was announced yesterday that Captain Kangaroo Ken Hitchcock has been hired as the new coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
I’ve been waiting to chime in on the recent lethargic performance of the CBJ.
First, I was hoping it was only that the Jackets were having a hard time getting up to speed after the long layoff (2 games in 10 days).
The season starts tomorrow (finally!), and your CBJ roster has been set. I won’t go into much analysis, here; if you’d like some, check out Drew’s take on the roster over over at EOB.
Missing from the lineup are the injured Fedorov, Svitov, and Berard; and the reserved Picard and Zherdev.
The Blue Jackets have announced that Nikolai Zherdev will be back wearing blue sweaters in Columbus this season. No details were disclosed on the three-year deal.
The fact that Zherdev was convinced to end his holdout with the Blue Jackets is good news for a team that has already lost two centers to injury and had a player suspended.
A pretty impressive and exciting preseason was up-ended last night when Sergei Federov was slew-footed into the boards, injuring his shoulder. The AP is reporting that Sergei will miss up to six weeks.
Drew over at EOB calculates that, because of a relatively sparse schedule in October and early November, Federov could end up only missing four or five regular-season games.
Blue Jackets negotiations with Nikolai Zherdev have reportedly “hit a snag.”
This is not good. The CBJ has tons of talent, but we can’t afford to lose the depth that Zherdev brings to the table. It seems that all he wants is three or four years, and MacClean is hedging.
Today, the NHL announced the CBJ schedule for the 2006/7 season.
The season opens against Vancouver on October 6, and features a division matchup on New Year’s Eve against the Blackhawks.
Also, this is currently classified as a “rumor,” but the Jackets might have a home preseason game against the world champion ‘Canes in September!
The CBJ took center Derick Brassard as their first pick on Saturday. Brass (his moniker) earned the Michael Bossy trophy winner as Quebec’s best pro hockey prospect last year. He scored 44 goals and had 72 assists – in just 58 games, and despite breaking his wrist.
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