In response to the NHL trade deadline day, it was back to status quo for the Columbus Blue Jackets (CBJ).
That means the CBJ were—as they have been in eight of their previous nine years— sellers rather than buyers. This mode is the cumulative effect of seasons lost. In this particular season, it is the most frustrating of all prior seasons, as expectations were at their highest, given that the CBJ made the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in their history.
However, after a season filled with setbacks including Mike Commodore's puzzling "conditioning issues" and downfall; the regression of super sophs Derick Brassard, Jakub Voracek, and Steve Mason; the asymmetries of Ken Hitchcock's plodding, and the defense-first system versus the pedal to the metal, post-lockout system ...
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Article written by Ed Cmar
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