OFFICIAL Columbus Blue Jackets Thread

[3074326]

Originally Posted by Jaxbuck

Well its not like there is a lot of drama building up to IU week. Stay in C-bus and go see the Jackets.

My question is which stadium will have more people from Columbus in it that day, Nationwide or IU's place?

Too hard of a decision. I'll have to worry about this later.

Leaning towards the Buckeyes..

[jimotis4heisman]

Puck Daddy chats with Rick Nash about golf, publicly negotiating massive co... - NHL - Yahoo! Sports
good read, and for those of you who think at 6-4 235 nasher is done filling out...

[BuckeyeMike80]

Waiting on my ticket rep to call me back so I can get my games assigned for my tickets.

I know I'll likely get a Red Wings game, A Blackhawks, I hope to get a Divealanche game and I'll probably try to see the Craptials and maybe another Red Wings game. Still undecided on the rest though.

[CCI]

LadyB and I will scalp like we did last year.

[3074326]

Cheap tickets with student ID.

[jimotis4heisman]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeMike80

Waiting on my ticket rep to call me back so I can get my games assigned for my tickets.

I know I'll likely get a Red Wings game, A Blackhawks, I hope to get a Divealanche game and I'll probably try to see the Craptials and maybe another Red Wings game. Still undecided on the rest though.

what did you decide on? (how many games)

[jimotis4heisman]

jackets and methot dont go to arbys.
2 year 2.025 total (1.0125 cap hit)
Arbitration Avoided (Puck-rakers)

[BuckTwenty]

Originally Posted by jimotis4heisman

jackets and methot dont go to arbys.
2 year 2.025 total (1.0125 cap hit)
Arbitration Avoided (Puck-rakers)

Great news!!

[Jaxbuck]

Originally Posted by jimotis4heisman

jackets and methot dont go to arbys.
2 year 2.025 total (1.0125 cap hit)
Arbitration Avoided (Puck-rakers)

Is NHL arb like MLB where the player is pretty much guaranteed a raise?

[jimotis4heisman]

Originally Posted by Jaxbuck

Is NHL arb like MLB where the player is pretty much guaranteed a raise?

-club picks one or two years.
-both sides pitch their arguments (usually using comparables in players, contracts, etc, player strengths/weakness, potential, injury history, years with team, nhl tenure, leadership, specialty qualities (might be pp, pk, shot out, lockerroom, etc)
-you cant use (ufa players/contracts, testimonials, video, media reports, team finances, salary cap, payroll)
-both sides give a number.
-arbitrator picks the salary within 48 hours of the end of the meeting. min is 85% of prior year.
-player can opt to go to arbys once in their nhl career.

[jimotis4heisman]

The Hockey News: Getting To Know: Getting To Know: Fedor Tyutin

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The Flyers were scheduled to have former Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Ole-Kristian Tollefsen in for a physical on Sunday and planned to sign the native of Oslo, Norway, if he passed, the Delaware County Daily Times reported Sunday.
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According to the Columbus Dispatch, the Jackets have a glut of defensemen.

Entire article: Paper says Flyers checking Columbus alum | Philadelphia Inquirer | 07/28/2009

[jimotis4heisman]

okt was never tendered. hes a free agent.

lacosta re ups on a one year deal. he should be the backup in cuse.

[3074326]

I've been doing a lot of reading about puck movers.. lots of people thinking that Van Ryn from Toronto is a solid fit for the Jackets. For Chimera and a pick. This is all just speculation by internet posters to my knowledge. I'd really like to see the Jackets pick up Kaberle somehow.. but I think they'd have to sacrifice one of the potential young stars..

What do you think, jo?

What about Sergei Zubov?

[jimotis4heisman]

Originally Posted by 3074326

I've been doing a lot of reading about puck movers.. lots of people thinking that Van Ryn from Toronto is a solid fit for the Jackets. For Chimera and a pick. This is all just speculation by internet posters to my knowledge. I'd really like to see the Jackets pick up Kaberle somehow.. but I think they'd have to sacrifice one of the potential young stars..

What do you think, jo?

What about Sergei Zubov?

zubov has played for hitch in the past. obvious connection there. but i think you have to look at a few things there. hes a 70 by, so he just had his 39th birthday. thats pretty old. hes coming off a big hip surgery. thats kind of a big deal for a hockey player, even more so with the laterl movements involved with being a defender. he played 10 games last year, half the season the year before. prior to that hes been a rock, an every night, every game player. granted the year he played 46 games, two years ago he had 35 pts and hes only a few years away from that monster 71 pt season. term and length would be important also. i dont think hes shopping for a one year deal, unless with a contender. hes likely going to want to be "overpaid" [hes a free agent, all fa's are "overpaid"]

mvr might be an interesting move.

i think at this point the cbj are in hold, theirs still a substantial amount of roster movement/churn and signings left, heck a bunch of teams need 2+ players to even ice a team. youve got lots of free agents out there, many of whom will find teams. i dont think youve seen the end of roster movements in the league, i think the new nhl has created two free agency frenzys, the big high dollar early one and the late scramble...

that being said i think columbus has some level of content to move forward with what they have in "worst case" on the backend they are better. no player is in decline and everyone of them should be stable or improving, even hejda seems like a fine wine as he keeps maturing, commie brings what he brings, klesla continues to improve, methot he could handle loggin second pairing mins and matchups, tyutin still getting better and looked very good last year, russell continued to grow, should a nice playoff spark and will continue to improve as he bulks up. many of the same comments can/should be said about the forwards (sans modin) phalsson is a new piece and he is a top shelf checking center, personally i expect overall regression of goaltending but a better back up. the team should be better on paper, granted they are no longer the cellar dwellers of the comedy central division, the days of being overlooked are over, and the divsion is as strong or stronger than since the jackets joined the league.


so long ramble short, cbj are holding, if something comes along theyll swoop in, if not than theyll fold and hold going into the season knowing they still have the season or the trade deadline to make a move.