The following is a guest post from Matt Wagner, who has been covering the Blue Jackets since 2007, and joined the team at The Cannon in 2009. He’s one of the co-founders of Cannonfest, the annual summer Blue Jackets fan gathering,…
If you think things couldn’t get worse for the Columbus Blue Jackets, it has. Last season the club posted the sixth-highest payroll in the league but they finished last in the standings. Fans staged a revolt protest, another coach was…
Offseason Losses: Jakub Voracek, Nikita Filatov, Scottie Upshall, Mathieu Garon, Jan Hejda, Mike Commodore, Sami Lepisto Offseason Additions: Jeff Carter, Vinny Prospal, James Wisniewski, Radek Martinek Last Season Ranking: 13th in the West Offense: Jeff Carter coming to Columbus will give…
Key Offseason Additions: Brian Rolston, Evgeni Nabakov Key Offseason Losses: Doug Weight, Rob Schremp, Zenon Kenopka, Radek Martinek Last Season Ranking: 14th in East Offense: The Islanders have a solid group of young players, lead by John Tavares who began…
Yesterday was one of the first day of NHL free agency. Several teams made a splash, none bigger than the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers not only win the Jaromir Jagr sweepstakes, but they also acquired defenseman Andreas Lilja and forward…
With the Draft occuring tonight and the blockbuster trades and signings that occured yesterday in Philadelphia, other transactions that could have went unnoticed Thursday was the re-signing of Devin Setoguchi by the San Jose Sharks and the Montreal Canadiens coming…
In a surprising move, the New York Islanders trade 26-year-old defenseman James Wisniewski to the Montreal Canadiens for two draft picks. This season on Long Island, Wisniewski was tied or the team lead in points this season with 21. His…
My condolances go out to you fantasy players in 100 percent of ESPN.com and 97 percent of Yahoo! fantasy hockey leagues. Chris, you are included too as you already had Andre Markov on the IR. But I can’t really fault you…
Key Offseason Losses: Martin Biron, Jeff Tambellini, Tim Jackman Key Offseason Additions: James Wisniewski, Mark Eaton, Milan Jurcina, Nino Niederreiter, Zenon Konopka, P.A. Parenteau Last Season Ranking: 13th in East Offense: The New York Islanders are continuing to work with a…
James Wisniewski of the Anaheim Ducks threw a high elbow to Captain Shane Doan of the Phoenix Coyotes. The elbow left Doan staggered on the ice, and bleeding from his left cheek. At first glance it seems to be just…