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It Get's Tricky With Niki

The Jackets are riding high right now. They have matched their best start in franchise history (2003-2004) going 3-1 in their first four games. Back in those days the Jackets were pretending as they dropped their next six games...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 month ago 140 reads 0 comments
Pre-game thoughts: Norrena in nets as Jackets try to rebound

The latest word from Puck-rakers is that Pascal Leclaire is out with yet another injury for a minimum of three games. That means its Freddy Norrena between the pipes tonight with Dan LaCosta as the backup...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 118 reads 0 comments
Russell down a good thing

It was good to get an explanation on why Russell was sent down this morning - from the 'patch:"He was good with (the demotion)," coach Ken Hitchcock said. "He wants to play. He knows he needs to play...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 134 reads 0 comments
Columbus Blue Jackets, Ohio State, and Syracuse Crunch: Game Reactions

Lost in all this goal-inconclusive-so-let's-reverse-it mumbo jumbo, was a decent road game by most of the Jackets.I'll spare everyone the spotlight today and just throw a few thoughts out there ...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 202 reads 0 comments
NHL: It gets better...

Here is NHL.com's official statement from the game review article:The NHL had all 30 teams in action Saturday, so the video review room in Toronto was overworked...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 121 reads 0 comments
Jackets get hosed

I'll have more on this game in the morning but I just saw the replay of the waived off game tying goal by Nash.I have two words:Complete horseshit!That is a flat out one of the worst calls I've ever seen...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 65 reads 0 comments
Zherdev haunts Jackets

Its not that the Jackets played horrible, but the Rangers were certainly the better team last night.You knew one of the traded players would make a difference but the question was who? Well Z ...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 64 reads 0 comments
A look back..

ESPN has an interesting article looking back at some of the past draft classes. Here is what they had to say about some current and former Jackets:20034...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 27 reads 0 comments
Weekend hockey preview

Of course we know we've got plenty of Jackets hockey to keep us busy this weekend with the game tonight versus the Rangers and then after its hopping a plane for a game against Minnesota the following night (I hope these guys get frequent flyer miles)...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 28 reads 0 comments
Pre-game thoughts: Familiar faces return to Nationwide tonight!

The 6-2 New York Rangers invade Nationwide tonight looking to end a 2 game losing streak. Of course the story of the game will be the return of two former Jackets in Nikolai Zherdev and Dan Fritsche...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 24 reads 0 comments
Stat(s) of the day

Just some quick stats for you today:- The Jackets are 9th overall in the West but have as many points as 7th ranked Colorado and 8th ranked Nashville.- The Central is 4-4 versus the East thus far...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 46 reads 0 comments
This is what its all about...

I rant and rumble on about hockey and the Jackets day in a day out and go through the greens, yellows and reds but then you read something like what Aaron Portzline posted today in the Puck-rakers ...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 27 reads 0 comments
Week 2 Power Rankings: Jackets slide

Yahoo.comRank: 21This is a team built around a defensive system, yet Columbus is giving up 4.2 goals per game. Getting Pascal Leclair back this week should help.ColumbusDispatch...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 39 reads 0 comments
Jackets hang on; pull to .500 on season

The Jackets controled the first two periods and pulled out to a well deserved 3-1 lead. In the 3rd though it was all Canucks but Leclaire was there tonight to close the door to earn the 4-2 victory...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 57 reads 0 comments
Commodore clears the air

Puk-rakers got an explanation from Commodore on "the photo" which I will also share here:No. 1 -- The photo was taken by a friend in February while Commodore was still a member of the Carolina Hurricanes...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 49 reads 1 comments
Pre-game thoughts: Defense tries to get back on track

Tonight is the next chance for what once was a major strength of this team, the defense, to get back on track as they face the 3-3 Vancouver Canucks...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 39 reads 0 comments
Syracuse, OSU split games

It seems everyone split games over the weekend.Lets start with Syracuse.After losing 3/4ths of their top line (MacKenzie out with surgery and Filatov up with the Jackets getting) the Crunch pulled out a 3-2 shootout victory over Binghamton Friday night...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 45 reads 0 comments
Mixed bag

Coming off an emotional 5-3 over the Predators on Friday night the Columbus Blue Jackets followed it up with an absolute stinker last night in Nashville losing ugly 6-3.Lets take a good at the good and bad from both games...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 63 reads 0 comments
Pre-game thoughts: Too-who?

The home opener has finally arrived and its the first chance of the year for the Jackets to gets some long awaited redemption against the Nashville Predators.The Jackets come into this game 1-2 while the Preds are 2-2...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 47 reads 0 comments
Savard gets powerplayed

Guide a team to their best record in 5 years in your first full season as a head coach and what's your reward after starting 1-2-1 the follwing year?A pink slip in your stocking...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 54 reads 0 comments
Week 1 Power Rankings: Its a start

The Jackets power rankings meta-score is back again this season. Some of the rankings have yet to be released and I will update this post when they become available.Without further adu here we go:CBSSports...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 95 reads 0 comments
Destination Garage Bar!

If your a fan of the best hockey bar in town (a.k.a. R Bar Arena) and are looking for a watering hole on opening night while the new location is under construction look no further than the Garage ...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 53 reads 0 comments
Stat of the day

I'm probably making a mountain out of a molehill here but out of the 8 goals that have been scored by the Jackets thus far, only 2 have been scored by players who were regulars in the lineup last season in Nash and Murray...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 35 reads 0 comments
Filatov up; Boll out

That didn't take long.Young blue chipper Nikita Filatov is up after just a short 2 game stint in Syracuse of the American Hockey League. Filatov notched 2 goals in those 2 game.So where does he fit?How sweet would a Filatov-Brassard-Voracek line be...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 44 reads 0 comments
Jackets stay out of the box....but lose anyways.

Hey...they stayed out the box so that should be a win right?Wrong.Instead it was bad bounces and costly mistakes that did in the Jackets last night in San Jose as they fell 5-2...

Written by Light the Lamp about about 1 year ago 57 reads 0 comments

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Light the Lamp Article Archive

It Get's Tricky With Niki

Pre-game thoughts: Norrena in nets as Jackets try to rebound

Russell down a good thing

Columbus Blue Jackets, Ohio State, and Syracuse Crunch: Game Reactions

NHL: It gets better...

Jackets get hosed

Zherdev haunts Jackets

A look back..

Weekend hockey preview

Pre-game thoughts: Familiar faces return to Nationwide tonight!

Stat(s) of the day

This is what its all about...

Week 2 Power Rankings: Jackets slide

Jackets hang on; pull to .500 on season

Commodore clears the air

Pre-game thoughts: Defense tries to get back on track

Syracuse, OSU split games

Mixed bag

Pre-game thoughts: Too-who?

Savard gets powerplayed

Week 1 Power Rankings: Its a start

Destination Garage Bar!

Stat of the day

Filatov up; Boll out

Jackets stay out of the box....but lose anyways.

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