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Blue Jackets Keep Cam Atkinson For Two More Years
The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed forward Cam Atkinson to a contract extension, a deal that will pay the young winger $2.3 million over the next two seasons. Originally selected by Columbus with its eighth pick, 157th overall, at the 2008 NHL Draft, he signed a two-year entry level contract with the club back in March of 2011. The small [...]
2014 Olympic Goaltending Preview: Russia
With less than a year until the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, I will preview the goaltending for each country going into the Olympics in a weekly series. Today I take a look at Russia, one of the favorites to win gold in their own country. Will some good NHL goaltenders be left off [...]
Blue Jackets Re-Sign Matt Calvert To A Two-Year Contract Extension
Columbus Press Release COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed forward Matt Calvert to a two-year contract extension through the 2014-15 National Hockey League season, club General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced today. As is club policy, terms were not disclosed. “Matt is a dynamic young winger that plays with great tenacity at both ends of the ice and [...]
A Victorious Return for Greene
After a good game resulted in a 3-2 shootout loss to the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday, the Kings returned home for a date with the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight, seeking a fifth straight win at Staples Center and looking to improve their home record to 17-4-1 on the year. With five games left in [...]
Penguins Trade Patrick Killeen To Columbus For Basically Nothing
The Pittsburgh Penguins have traded goaltender Patrick Killeen to the Columbus Blue Jackets for future considerations. Killeen was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 6th round (180th overall) of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. Prior to turning professional, Killeen played major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League with the Brampton Battalion. Last year, Killeen appeared in five games for Penguins AHL [...]
Steve Mason Traded To Flyers, Blue Jackets Grab Comeau
The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded Steve Mason to the Philadelphia Flyers in return for Michael Leighton and a third round pick. Mason, 24, was the 2009 Calder Trophy winner as the NHL’s Rookie of the Year. Since then, he has only fallen downwards and was replaced by Sergei Bobrovsky as the starter. The Blue Jackets also received Blake Comeau [...]
Marian Gaborik Traded to Columbus
The New York Rangers have finally ended weeks of torment; Marian Gaborik has been traded. The Blue Jackets have traded Derek Brassard, Derek Dorsett, John Moore and a 6th round draft pick for New York Rangers forward Marian Gaborik. The Blue Jackets are looking to make some noise this year and Gaborik will greatly benefit [...]
Flyers Send Matt Ford To Columbus For Future Considerations
The Columbus Blue Jackets announced that they have acquired forward Matthew Ford from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for future considerations. Ford started his amateur career playing for the Sioux Falls Stampede of the United States Hockey League in the 2003–04 season. In 60 games, Ford posted an impressive 37 goals and 68 points to lead the Stampede and was consequently drafted in the eighth [...]