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Back in November, I wrote a two-part article titled ‘Who’s to Blame for Columbus Blue Jackets’ Mess?’ *In Part One, I identified senior Blue Jackets management as the primary culprit to the mess.* However, team majority owner John P. McConnell has expressed his full support of Blue Jackets team president Mike Priest and General[...]

The three titans of the Eastern Conference are the New York Rangers (69 points), Boston Bruins (66 points) and the Philadelphia Flyers (66 points.) But the Pittsburgh Penguins are stalking that field with 62 points.
Saturday’s game between the Penguins and Bruins was a game between two teams facing challenges as the NHL [...]

“Wait, no, I said *drop* the gloves …”

No. 1 Star: Sam Gagner, Edmonton Oilers

As you may have heard, he had somewhere between nine and seven points for the Oilers in their 8-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. His eight-point night tied a team record [...]

Philadelphia Flyers beat reporter Sam Carchidi recently reported that the Flyers may target Hurricanes defenseman Bryan Allen – now that Tim Gleason is off the block.

Allen, a rugged 6-foot-5, 226-pounder, [...]

For a little better then a month we [the Hurricane fans] have had to sit by and listen to all of the trade speculation surrounding defenseman Tim Gleason. Sitting in last place in the Eastern Conference it was hard to shoot down the rumors that Gleason (who was set to become a UFA) [...]

Bruce Garrioch, of the Ottawa Sun, has been certainly keeping his finger(s) on the pulse of the Carolina Hurricanes. Recently he [Garrioch] speculated that the Florida Panthers could be seeking to add depth to their backend for what looks to be the teams first playoff run since 1999 – 2000. Garrioch wonders if the Panthers might target Jaroslav Spacek from the Carolina Hurricanes [...]

OTTAWA — Sidney Crosby has an injury to the C1 and C2 vertebrae, according to Sportsnet’s Bob McCown and Elliotte Friedman of CBC.

Friedman, quoting Crosby’s agent, Pat Brisson: “Sid did suffer a concussion, but last week, the possibility of two fractured vertebrae (C1 and C2) was discovered. [...]

OTTAWA — Try as he might, Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas can’t get the focus back on hockey.

After the NHL All-Star Game Fantasy Draft on Thursday, Thomas fielded questions about declining to take part in the Bruins’ celebratory visit to the White House [...]

It is said that if you push a person so far, they will eventually push back – that believe has now become reality for Columbus Blue Jackets fans.

The Blue Jackets easily occupy the 30th position in the National Hockey League (NHL), posting a horrid record of 13-30-6. Were the Blue Jackets a rebuilding team [...]

Injury update

Carolina Hurricanes President and General Manager Jim Rutherford announced today that defenseman Joni Pitkanen may not return to the lineup before the first week in March – which effectively end any and all trade rumors surrounding him. Pitkanen initially suffered a concussion on December 6th [...]