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NHL Labor Negotiations: A Key Group Not at the Table
The NHL owners and players’ union continues to negotiate—or unwisely recess as the case seems to be currently—with little to no regard for one key group...
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Selecting the Next Captain of the Columbus Blue Jackets
July 23, 2012 UPDATE: This article was written a day BEFORE the Rick Nash trade to the New York Rangers. The article's focus is the selection of the next captain of the Columbus Blue Jackets which is even more relevant now...
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Rick Nash and the Columbus Blue Jackets Need to Reconcile
Rick Nash and the Columbus Blue Jackets need to reconcile and get back on the track of building a great team in Columbus...
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Boom! Another Major Blow to the Columbus Blue Jackets
Boom! The NHLPA has rebuffed the NHL 's realignment plan. Yes, your read that correctly. The implementation of the league's realignment plan set for next season is dead (for now) according to USA Today ...
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Columbus Blue Jackets: Is There a Method to the Madness?
The beleaguered Columbus Blue Jacket's much-anticipated season is shaping up to be nothing short of abysmal, dashed dreams and disappointment once again...
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Columbus Blue Jackets: The Sky Has Fallen with 9-2 Loss to Philadelphia
The reeling Columbus Blue Jackets have lost most of their games in the opening stanza of this season and many have been embarrassing losses...
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Columbus Blue Jackets: Loss to Vancouver Means Worst-Ever Start to a Season
The Columbus Blue Jackets played a spirited game against the defending Western Conference champion Vancouver Canucks . Vancouver got off to a slow start, going down 2-1 to Columbus before rising to the occasion in the final stanza...
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Columbus Blue Jackets: 4 Reasons for the Home-Opener Loss to Nashville
Columbus Blue Jackets opened their 2011-2012 season last night in the sold-out Nationwide Arena against their divisional rival, the Nashville Predators ...
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Columbus Blue Jackets Dashboard, Vol. 2: Thumbs Up
The Columbus Blue Jackets had a decent preseason showing with an aggregate record of five wins, two losses in regulation time and one overtime loss...
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James Wisniewski: Did Brendan Shanahan Dispense Justice or Injustice?
Brendan Shanahan , the NHL 's new czar of player safety, has begun his reign by firing a torpedo at James Wisniewski . He has single-handedly recalibrated the level of punishment doled out to players in violation of critical player safety rules...
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Columbus Blue Jackets: Playoff Probability Dashboard Report: Volume 1
Even though it is only daybreak on the NHL landscape and the sun is barely peeking above the horizon of a new season, there are already an ominous cloud blocking the sunlight from reaching the land of the Blue Jackets...
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Ohio State Football: The Lion Has Been Wounded, but Beware!
Ohio State's football program has hit a new low with the debacle in Miami on Saturday. The Buckeyes had already been smarting from off-field shenanigans prior to the beginning of ...
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NHL: Winnipeg vs Columbus: A Tale of 2 Cities, 2 Coaches and the Manitoba Moose
For what will merely be a preseason opener on Sept. 20, there is a great deal of anticipation building up for multiple reasons. Big time hockey returns to Winnipeg after a sabbatical of sorts...
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NHL Preseason: 11 Reasons Why Its Important to Every Team Including the Jackets
The onset of cooler weather is a sure reminder that the NHL preseason is upon us. As players return from their favorite destinations around the world to their respective team's home city, the anticipation begins mounting for the upcoming season...
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NHL Predictions 2011-12: 3 Reasons Columbus Blue Jackets Will Make the Playoffs
The hapless Columbus Blue Jackets have largely been basement-dwellers in their brief existence in the NHL . They have made it to the playoffs only once in 10 seasons, in 2008-2009...