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Just how bad is Jack Johnson?

February 23, 2012 in bad trades, jack johnson, Jeff Carter by davidjohnson

The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded Jeff Carter to the Los Angeles Kings for Jack Johnson and a first round pick.  When Johnson signed his current 7 year, $30.5M contract I wrote how I thought the Kings would regret the contract.  Now I think the Blue Jackets will. Just how bad is Jack Johnson?  Well, [...]

What is Rick Nash?

February 14, 2012 in Brassard, Huselius, Lupul, player analysis, Rick Nash, Voracek by davidjohnson

So word has come out over the last day that Rick Nash is, at least on some level, available in a trade from the Blue Jackets.  So, the question is, who is Rick Nash and would you want him on your team? Nash has been a Blue Jacket from the day he was drafted first [...]

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Avoiding the Letdown Game

January 29, 2010 in puckosphereallstars by other

I said after last Saturday’s win in Detroit that the Kings had to be careful to avoid the classic letdown game. With it’s next two games against teams currently headed nowhere fast, it’s always a possibility that after beating Detroit the Kings would expect two points just for showing up in Toronto and Columbus. After staving off slippery slope #1 in Toronto Tuesday night, the Kings pummeled Columbus 4-1 on Thursday to improve to 3-0 on the current road trip.
The game saw Anze Kopitar get his 100th and 101st goals in a King uniform as well as an outstanding performance

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