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The Blue Jackets could be witnessing what the future holds for them over the next few days. Due to injuries to Rick Nash and Kristian Huselius, the Blue Jackets have recalled Derek MacKenzie and highly-touted prospect, Maxim Mayorov from Syracuse of the AHL.
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Rick Nash had to leave the game last night against the Kings do to an undisclosed “lower body injury.” Could he miss tonight’s game against Anaheim? All signs point to yes, since it’s a back-to-back game and to be honest, the Ducks are a very physical team and Columbus may not want to risk having their franchise player out there injured and risk it.
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The Blue Jackets haven’t done well on the road this season, but their effort against the Los Angeles Kings was very depressing. The Blue Jackets did do some trading at the deadline and moved some pieces that could have helped them the rest of the season. One trade in particular seemed like a non-factor at the time, but burned Columbus on Monday night.
Tags: alexander frolov, drew doughty, fredrik modin, Jonathan Quick, mathieu garon, Michal Handzus, r.j. umberger, rick nash, steve mason, wayne simmonds
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Raffi Torres is a hot commodity as the trading deadline looms ahead. He’s been linked to about every team needing a 2nd or 3rd line scorer. What could the Blue Jackets get out of him? Is it worth trading him at the deadline?
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The Blue Jackets played the Sharks last night and Steve Mason looked like the player of the same name that had an amazing rookie campaign. Columbus blanked the high-scoring San Jose attack and Mason was rewarded with 1st Star honors today for his effort.
Tags: claude noel, steve mason
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Now that Ken Hitchcock is out of the picture and Claude Noel has been named interim head coach, let’s take a moment to get to know him. What experience has he had and what should we expect from the team with him in charge.
Tags: claude noel, kwn hitchcock
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The Columbus Blue Jackets made a bold move today, they fired head coach Ken Hitchcock. After the team made their first ever playoff appearance last season, the disappointing season this year was too much for upper management to handle. What’s next for the Blue Jackets and will they start trading away their veterans and restock youth?
Tags: ken hitchcock
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Twitter has been buzzing this afternoon about something that happened during Saturday’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks. After a Blackhawks goal in the contest, the sound operator played The Fratellis song, “Chelsea Dagger,” which is played after Blackhawks goals in Chicago. The crowd was quite confused and a lot of fans are going on Twitter wanting to know answers.
Tags: the fratellis
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Chicago is arguably the best team in the Western Conference and a home and home against them would probably send most teams running. The Blue Jackets faced that task and they had two shots at the Blackhawks, they completely whiffed at Chicago and foul-tipped when they faced them at their house. What can we take from these two meetings, anything good come from two losses?
Tags: cristobal huet, jonathan toews, kris russell, kris versteeg, kristian huselius, mathieu garon, raffi torres, rick nash, steve mason
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It looks like coach Ken Hitchcock’s philosophy of riding his hot goaltender finally paid off. Garon went 3-0-0 with a 1.46 goals-against average and a .940 save percentage. He even registered a shutout this week against the Stars. Who did the NHL give the first and second stars of the week?
Tags: alex burrows, jonas hiller, mathieu garon
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Bobby Roberts is the Editor at America's White Boy, providing an alternative and humorous view of the world of sports and entertainment. He also serves as the Indiana Pacers correspondent (PacersPlace.com) and Columbus Blue Jackets Correspondent (StingersOnIce.com) for the Fanball Blog Network. He has routinely wrote under the nickname, Sweetbob, across the internet for years. You can contact Bobby via email, Facebook, Twitter, Digg, and BallHype.
