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Traverse City GDT: Dallas Stars Prospects Take On Columbus Blue Jackets in...
Join us as we stalk a live scoreboard and Twitter to "watch" the Stars prospects go for the title in Traverse City.With mere days left until the big club hits the ice to officially start preparations...
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Wednesday's Dump and Chase: Time Is Almost Up, RFAs
Training camp begins in a few days. Now is the time for all the upset general managers and/or agents to parade out their PR pressure campaigns and hope their RFA signs immediately. You know, because...
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The Mutual Benefits of Bridge Contracts
The idea of a bridge contract as a mutually beneficial tool that both team and player can utilize to allow for a larger sample size and more negotiating tools before signing a long term contract for...
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Jackets Prospects Clean Up in Traverse City
It took overtime, but the Blue Jackets won the Traverse City Prospects Tournament for the third time in franchise history.The prospects for the Columbus Blue Jacketsdefeated the Dallas Stars prospects...
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Here are the numbers: Blue Jackets offering Ryan Johansen some options
Developing...According to John Davidson as relayed through our very own Dan P., the Blue Jackets have extended three offers to breakout center Ryan Johansen: 2 years, $6 million; 6 years, $32 million;...
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All Injuries Are Healed.... Sorta
Nathan Horton may still not be 100%.As the Blue Jackets Media Lunch kicked off, it was pretty clear that Ryan Johansen and his contract would be the big talking point. Lost in some of that shuffle is...
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Gratification - Traverse City Tournament Win Shows a Bright Future for the...
The front office is understandably pleased by these developments.It's obviously a small sample size, but the Traverse City eight-team prospects tournament can be a nice barometer for how a team's...
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The Burden of High Expectations
From worst in the league, to knocking on the door, to making the playoffs in just two seasons, the Jackets now have the attention of the rest of the league. They also, however, have the high...
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Contract talks turn ugly between Ryan Johansen, Blue Jackets
The Blue Jackets have laid their cards on the table and Ryan Johansen has to decide whether to call their bluff.The contract negotiations between the Columbus Blue Jackets and restricted free agent...
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FlightZone: Camp Day!!
It's a day for bad coffee and other things that you think of when you think of hockey...that and more Ryan Johansen drama. The seven year playoff itch probably won't be scratched yet.And can the kids...
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Quick Strikes for Thursday, September 18
It's the morning of Lightning training camp! What we have to offer with reads isn't strictly about camp, though. Relocation scuttlebutt, contract issues, and camp story lines... That's some of your...
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Glen Sather's Long History Of Bridge Deals Sets A Needed Precedent
Sather's hard stance with RFA negotiations sets a needed precedent for the Rangers. If you haven't been living under a rock, you know what's going on with the Columbus Blue Jackets and RFA Ryan...
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Thursday Links - Life Is Random? Stunning!
Plenty of good stuff to look at today. Check it out and pass it on!*INSERT CLEVER SAYING HERE*BLUES NEWS:Fox Sports Midwest announced that they would be televising ALL 71 Blues games not being covered...
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Thursday's Dump & Chase: Time For the Real Deal...Training Camp Opens Today
Here we go! No on-ice activities today, just physicals...which started at 6am. Why? Who knows? In fact, this is now one of my biggest questions heading into the season...why do the players have to be...
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Ice Level with Andrew Berkshire
Every Monday and Thursday at 7:30pm EST, join Andrew Berkshire and Conor McKenna as they break down the most interesting stories in hockey, while maybe talking about food a bit. Okay, we talk about...
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Training camp opens; Sather and bridge contracts; Oh there goes Pavel...
Today's New York Rangers notes.Happy Friday, folks. Can you believe we're actually three days away from a preseason game? It's all happening, and on Thursday, we reached another benchmark on the...
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Quick Strikes for Friday, September 19
Welcome to Day 2 of training camp! In this Friday edition of Quick Strikes, we have a lot of news from the Lightning and around the NHL, including some video from General Manager Steve Yzerman and Head...
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Fantasy Hockey 2014-15: Consolidated Rankings
Continuing on with our Fantasy Hockey Draft Kit, Troy Langefeld provides consolidated rankings for the upcoming NHL season.Today is the day that you've all been waiting for I'm sure. The consolidated...
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Day One of Camp In The Books
First day of training camp under Peters is high energy, up tempo, and organizedJeff Skinner got knocked down hard by Ron Hainsey. Carter Sandlak and Dennis Robertson got tangled up and almost came to...
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For the millionth time, there's nothing wrong with Rick Nash, he's good at...
The whipping boy of New York' hockey scene was again called into question last week. Let's explore (again) why he's good at his job.At some point last week, I said I was done defending Rick Nash. I...
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