Tag: Columbus Blue Jackets

Looking Back: The Marian Gaborik Trade to the Blue Jackets by the Rangers

This is part two of a two-part series looking back at two blockbuster trades between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the New York Rangers in the 2012-2013 season. Part one was Blue Jackets trading Rick Nash to the Rangers. This second…

Niels Lachmann

Rumors: Kings, Hurricanes, Sabres, Coyotes, Stars and Loktionov

Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: The Kings may getting some salary cap relief if the NHLPA approves it. Slava Voynov's $4.16 million cap number is still on the books even though he is suspended. They played a player short on Tuesday.…

Mark Easson

Injuries: Weiss, Blue Jackets, Stepan, Krug, Stastny and More

Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press: Red Wings Stephen Weiss made his AHL (conditioning assignment for two games) debut last night but only lasted two periods, leaving with a sore groin. "He had a sore groin after two,…

Mark Easson

Injuries: Jackets, Hawks, Flames, Flyers, Preds, Wild, Lighning and Wings

Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: Sergei Bobrovsky will miss one to two weeks with a fractured finger. Aaron Portzline: Blue Jackets James Wisniewski has a broken finger and will be out one to two weeks. Mark Lazerus: Blackhawks Corey…

Mark Easson

Quick Hits: Maatta, Foligno, Kopitar and Other Injury Updates

Will DePaoli of Inside Pittsburgh Sports: Penguins defenseman Olli Maatta will have surgery next week to remove a tumor in his neck that might be a low-grade thyroid cancer. Maatta is still able to play until he has the surgery.…

Mark Easson

Looking Back: Carter Traded from Blue Jackets to Kings

This is part two of a two-part series looking back at Jeff Carter’s journey from Philadelphia to Los Angeles. Part one covered the transaction that brought Carter from Philly to Columbus. Part two looks at the trade that landed Carter…

Mark Ball

Injuries: Foligno, Kane, Crawford, Kopitar, Connolly and Bailey

Todd Sharrock: Blue Jackets Nick Foligno had movement and was talking to doctors after being stretched off the ice. He had precautionary x-rays at the Staples Center. Aaron Portzline: Foligno traveled with the team back to Columbus. (video of incident…

Mark Easson

Videos: NHL Highlights From Sun. Oct. 27th 2014

Highlights from five games last night, including four point nights from Kings forwards Tyler Toffoli and Jeff Carter.

Mark Easson

Rumors: Granlund, Blues, Yakupov and Myers

Michael Russo of the Star Tribune: Mikael Granlund's agent said Wild fans shouldn't worry about contract talks. “The only deadline would be next training camp, but Mikael is not the type of person that would want to use that as…

Mark Easson

Quick Hits: Injuries, Lines, Pairings and Goalies

Erik Erlendsson: Ryan Callahan not on ice, so not expecting to play Friday or Saturday. Andy Strickland: Blues Carl Gunnarsson won't play tonight. Joe Smith: Lightning lines: Drouin-Filppula-Stamkos/Palat-Johnson-Connolly/Kucherov-Namestnikov-Brown/Morrow-Boyle-Blunden. Randy Sportak: Flames lines: Colborne-Monahan-Hudler, Glencross-Stajan-Byron, Raymond-Backlund-Gaudreau, Bollig-Jooris-Bouma. Defensive pairings: Giordano-Brodie; Russell-Wideman; Smid-Engelland. Columbus Blue…

Mark Easson

Consensus Power Rankings – Week Two

For the rest of the season we'll be taking a look at various media outlets weekly power rankings and formulating a consensus rankings from them. Results will likely be posted each Wednesday. To get our consensus point total, we awarded…

Mark Easson

Injuries: Nichushkin, Gonchar, Horton, Callahan, Muzzin and Torres

Dallas Morning News: Stars Valeri Nichushkin has skated the past two days and could return to practice today. "If things go well, maybe he can participate in part of our practice, maybe in a non-contact sense or even just the…

Mark Easson