The Columbus Blue Jackets have announced that they’ve relieved their head coach Pascal Vincent of his duties. The news reported by Elliotte Freidman of Sportsnet. The Columbus Blue Jackets announced that head coach Pascal Vincent has been relieved of his duties. Vincent took over the job after the firing of Mike Babcock prior to the
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The Columbus Blue Jackets need a major shake up. What that shake up needs to be exactly is yet to be determined. But securing only 59 and 66 points in consecutive seasons is nowhere near good enough even if the team feels progress has been made. Welcome to our 2023-24 end of season Blue Jackets’
Another trip to Pittsburgh. Another loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins for the Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG Paints Arena. But yet that’s not the biggest story coming from this game in my sight. The Blue Jackets played a better game overall but still fell short in the end. They lost 3-2 to the Penguins thanks
We are down to the final 24 hours or so until the NHL’s Trade Deadline passes. For the Columbus Blue Jackets, they’re talking to teams. But as expected, they have been relatively quiet to this point. While the expectation that a move or two could happen, nothing major is expected to happen. Most of the
For the second consecutive season, the Columbus Blue Jackets are playing out the string of their season knowing they won’t be participating in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Although they’re technically not mathematically eliminated, it would take a miraculous run from this point to even have a chance. Given how the 2023-24 season has gone so
My, how the tables have turned. It was just over a year ago that the Buffalo Sabres went into Nationwide Arena and embarrassed the Columbus Blue Jackets 9-4 on National TV. That game featured Tage Thompson scoring five goals. Fast forward to Tuesday night. It was the Blue Jackets who offered their own dose of
Another game, another blown multi-goal lead. This time, the Blue Jackets saw a 3-0 third period lead disappear in under seven minutes. To their credit, the Blue Jackets were able to gather themselves enough to not allow another goal in the third period. That secured them at least a point. However, they never touched the
Just five games into the 2023-24 season, the Columbus Blue Jackets look dramatically different than they did all of last season. While it’s still early, it’s easy to see why. The Blue Jackets did earn their third win of the season Saturday night against the Minnesota Wild 5-4 in overtime. It marked the first time
With the recent announcement of Pascal Vincent‘s promotion from assistant coach to head coach with the Blue Jackets, we’ll look at the path he’s taken to where he currently sits. Is there a history of internal promotions recently within the NHL? And if so, how have some recent coaches done since being promoted? Similar Trajectory
The Columbus Blue Jackets made major news as training camp week is about to start. They have made a coaching change. On Sunday afternoon, the Blue Jackets announced that “after much discussion and careful consideration”, the team and Mike Babcock together agreed to begin the process of stepping down effective immediately. In addition, the team
Sportsnet: Jeff Marek on 32 Thoughts last night on Barry Trotz. ** NHLRumors.com transcription “Okay, so Barry Trotz and the Philadelphia Flyers. So to clear things up. So this became a thing online. It became a thing with local reporters in Philadelphia. It became a thing on the podcast. So Ron, let’s put this thing
The Senators have their first-round pick in play? Shawn Simpson: Have been hearing that the Ottawa Senators’ first-round pick, seventh overall, is already in play. The Senators like the idea of who they could draft at No. 7 and know they could get a good player, but they also want to improve now. Did Trotz