• Follow us on Twitter @buckeyeplanet and @bp_recruiting, like us on Facebook! Enjoy a post or article, recommend it to others! BP is only as strong as its community, and we only promote by word of mouth, so share away!
  • Consider registering! Fewer and higher quality ads, no emails you don't want, access to all the forums, download game torrents, private messages, polls, Sportsbook, etc. Even if you just want to lurk, there are a lot of good reasons to register!

Columbus Blue Jackets (Official Thread)

Jump to latest Follow Reply
Sort by date Sort by votes
Call me crazy but I love the way the Blue Jackets are playing right now... Although they are finding ways to let teams back into games.. You have to appreciate the fight in this team. Rather than giving the lead away and going home with the loss, they fire back up and tie the game.. Tonight was great, what a move by Brassard in the shootout!
 
Upvote 0
Another great win last night over Calgary.

Brassard is the real deal. I know a coach probably shouldn't mess with something if it is working, and it's early but...

do we think that Brassard should see some time with Nash at this point?
 
Upvote 0
of course I made a post about them possibly being out of the playoff picture insanely early right before a hot streak that showed them winning 3 in a row with points in their last 6 games. :smash:

You guys realize they went through the best team in the East (Montreal), and two teams likely to be in the playoffs at the end of the year (Edmonton and Calgary) and while the Calgary game ended up 3-1 on the scoreboard, they outplayed the other two teams for long stretches in those games as well.....
 
Upvote 0
Dispatch

Blue Jackets 3 | Flames 1: Rookie Mason picks up his third victory in goal

Sunday, November 9, 2008 3:22 AM
By Aaron Portzline


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
1109_brassard_11-09-08_C7_6FBR9UD.jpg
Terry Gilliam | Associated Press
The Blue Jackets' Derick Brassard, right, skates away after scoring past goalie Curtis McElhinney.




Injuries sapped the Blue Jackets forwards of their moxie early this season, and it took the overhauled group of defensemen roughly 10 games to develop chemistry.
The last piece of the Blue Jackets to come together was goaltending, and it has been locked down and fortified since rookie Steve Mason was called up from the minor leagues last week.
The Blue Jackets' 3-1 win last night over the Calgary Flames was their third straight and sixth straight game with at least a point.

Continued................
Click to expand...
 
Upvote 0
Dispatch

Blue jackets notebook
Solid third period one to remember
Workmanlike effort is the way players, coach prefer to win
Sunday, November 9, 2008 3:51 AM
By Tom Reed


The Columbus Dispatch

It wasn't nearly as exciting or dramatic as the third periods of recent Blue Jackets' games.
No furious three-goal rallies. No winners scored in the final minutes.
But what the Jackets did last night in the third period of a 3-1 win over the Calgary Flames in Nationwide Arena was every bit as impressive.

Continued..............
Click to expand...
 
Upvote 0
Dispatch

Blue Jackets notebook: Mason is like a brick wall
Rookie goaltender's stellar play means he'll keep starting
Monday, November 10, 2008 3:04 AM
By Aaron Portzline


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Until further notice, the Blue Jackets' go-to goaltender is rookie Steve Mason.
Coach Ken Hitchcock said yesterday that Mason, off to a 3-0 start in his NHL career, will start Wednesday when the Blue Jackets play host to the Phoenix Coyotes in Nationwide Arena.

Continued...........
Click to expand...
 
Upvote 0
JXC said:
Steve Mason is off to a good start. Let's hope he plays like this all season. Still am hoping Leclaire can get back on the ice soon.
Click to expand...
i think you will start to see a lot of running mason and snowing him now. teams will get physical with him. hes is a big kid. 6-4 215lbs. id expect the yotes to rough him up. the team will need to make teams pay the price for this, without taking dumb penalties. hitch and nash need to keep the orange armbands in the loop and walk a fine line of preaching pretecting the netminder vs whining.
 
Upvote 0
Dispatch

Jackets: Wins keep Nash from worrying about goals
Left winger hasn't scored in nine consecutive games
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 3:15 AM
By Aaron Portzline


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
1112_jackets_nash_sp_11-12-08_C6_QFBS5RG.jpg
JAY LAPRETE | Associated Press
Rick Nash, right, has made up for his lack of goal production by contributing in other ways to the Blue Jackets' recent success.




In previous seasons, the spotlight would have been on Blue Jackets left winger Rick Nash right now. He would have been asked to explain his current nine-game streak without a goal and how the struggling Blue Jackets desperately needed him to shake the doldrums.
But yesterday, Nash walked out of Nationwide Arena with the bouncy gait of a player who has had a burden lifted.

Continued..................
Click to expand...
 
Upvote 0
Dispatch

Jackets notebook: Mason catches foes off guard
Being a left-handed goalie puts him in the minority in NHL
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 3:18 AM
By Tom Reed


The Columbus Dispatch
1110_steve_mason_11-12-08_C5_4IBRGD6.jpg

Steve Mason




Blue Jackets rookie goal-tender Steve Mason catches the puck with his right hand.
Shooters might tell you it's the wrong one.
Mason is a bit of a rarity in the NHL, a goalie who doesn't catch with his left hand. Although it might not seem like a big deal, it forces some shooters to make adjustments.
"When I was growing up, I don't recall playing against (right-gloved) goalies," center Michael Peca said. "You're just not used to seeing them and when you are in tight (on a goaltender), it is a little different."

Continued............
Click to expand...
 
Upvote 0
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top