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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Blue Jackets have been granted permission to speak with Detroit Red Wings assistant Paul MacLean about their vacant head coaching position.
Red Wings general manager Ken Holland confirmed Monday that he had been asked by his Columbus counterpart, Scott Howson, and that he believed the interview would take place on Tuesday.
The Blue Jackets are in the process of hiring a replacement Continue reading ‘Jackets allowed to interview Wings assistant’
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Since becoming the interim head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets a week ago, Claude Noel has received over 1,000 calls, texts and emails offering congratulations.
Some are from folks back home in Kirkland Lake, Ont., or players and coaches dating back to his long career beating the bushes of the AHL, ECHL and practically every other HL.
Others? He’s not so sure.
“You know Continue reading ‘New Jackets coach focusing on playing loose’
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A day after he was fired as head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets, Ken Hitchcock declined to take any parting shots at the club’s management and said he is eager to see how the franchise’s young talent develops.
His biggest regret is that he won’t be an integral part of the future success.
“My message is that these are the actual growing pains that every organization goes through Continue reading ‘Hitchcock takes high road, wishes Jackets well’
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WASHINGTON — The Capitals shook up their roster a bit Monday, acquiring left-winger Jason Chimera from the Blue Jackets in a trade that sends Chris Clark and defenceman Milan Jurcina to Columbus.
The deal cuts about US$2 million in salary this season from Washington’s payroll, which could clear room for another trade.
Chimera has eight goals and nine assists this season, along with 47 penalty minutes, Continue reading ‘Capitals acquire Chimera from Blue Jackets’
The Columbus Blue Jackets have acquired defenceman Brendan Bell and forward Tomas Kana from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for forward Pascal Pelletier, the teams announced on Tuesday.
The Blue Jackets have assigned Bell and Kana to the Syracuse Crunch, the club?s American Hockey League affiliate.
Bell, 26, has collected seven goals and 21 assists for 28 points in 101 career NHL games with Toronto, Phoenix and Ottawa. In Continue reading ‘Blues swap two-for-one with Blue Jackets’
After a slow start, Carey Price has rounded into form. The Columbus Blue Jackets hope they can say the same of Steve Mason in the very near future.
A pair of goaltenders headed in opposite directions likely will be on display Tuesday night as the Blue Jackets try to rebound from an ugly loss in a matchup with the Montreal Canadiens.
Price has established himself as one of the league’s best young goaltenders with two strong seasons Continue reading ‘Price revival has Habs thinking win over Jackets’
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Blue Jackets have loaned promising forward Nikita Filatov to CSKA of the Kontinental Hockey League for the remainder of the 2009-10 season.
General manager Scott Howson announced the move Tuesday. He said it was made so Filatov could develop his game in his hometown of Moscow.
Filatov has been unhappy with his spare minutes since making the club to start the season. Continue reading ‘Jackets banish Filatov to KHL for rest of season’
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated forward Kristian Huselius and placed forward Raffi Torres on the injured list.
General manager Scott Howson announced the moves on Friday.
Torres’ placement was retroactive to Wednesday, when he was injured in a 9-1 home loss to Detroit. He has eight goals and one assist in 17 games this season.
Huselius was injured in practice on Nov. Continue reading ‘Jackets activate Huselius, place Torres on IR’
COLUMBUS, OHIO — The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed centre Derick Brassard to a US$12.8-million, four-year contract extension.
The 22-year-old native of Gatineau, Que., scored 10 goals and added 15 assists in 31 games last season before a dislocated shoulder in December benched him for the remainder of the year.
“We are pleased to have Derick under contract for the next five years,” Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson Continue reading ‘Jackets ink Brassard to 4-year deal’
TORONTO — Resisting the allure of free agency was easy for Rick Nash.
Earlier this month, the 25-year-old native of Brampton, Ont., agreed to an eight-year contract extension with the Columbus Blue Jackets worth US$62.5 million. Nash would’ve been an unrestricted free agent after next season but said he always wanted to remain with the Jackets.
“It was pretty easy because Columbus wanted to get everything done and I wanted to stay Continue reading ‘Jackets extension easy call for Nash’
