Get the Puck Outta Here!!!!

With some of the reports that say W Nathan Horton may have to retire due to a degenerative back problem, I thought that I would give a few thoughts on this. I've only seen Nathan Horton play live a few times. I've seen him when he was with the Bruins a couple times during the Bruins run at the Stanley Cup in 2011 on TV. My impression of him was a go getter who played his heart out. He was a team first player that never thought of himself. That made him a great fit with the Blue Jackets. When he was signed before last season, I got excited. I loved the signing and was hopeful. While his first season with the CBJ wasn't as good as he wanted, we were hopeful for his second season. He would be healthy, and go back to the Horton that played for Boston. Sadly, it doesn't look like it's going to happen. As a fan, it sucks. When healthy, he was great. As a person, I feel for the guy. This is something he loves and it's about to be taken away. It would not surprise m...

For the CBJ, the first two games are in the books. Both of them wins over the Buffalo Sabres and the New Yawk Rangers. I got to watch the CBJ-Sabres game at R Bar downtown. The atmosphere at R Bar was electric. Everyone one excited and jacked up for the game. I have to admit it surprised even me how people were excited for the game. It was really good to see that. Got to hang out with some great people, including Kevin Valentin, Alex Sawyer among others. 97.1 was there, and just a great time to be had. Saturday. The home opener, I got downtown around 2 or so, and you could already feel how excited the fans were for the game to start. I didn't get to see the red carpet as I decided to hang out with Teressa and the rest of the Arch City Army (Brian, Jerod, Zach, et al). I'm glad I did. It was a great time with fellow fans and just plan great folk. Got to see Dancing Kevin again, who, as I've said before, is a GREAT guy and very approachable. I love the fact that his video...

March of the Union Army. Let’s Go Jackets!!!! Let’s Go Jackets!!! 1 st Line (Sounded by lead group) C (Sounded by Lead Group) Ryan (Front group) Johansen (Back Group) RW (Sounded by Lead Group) Cam(Front group)  Atkinson(Back Group) LW (Sounded by Lead Group) Nick (Front group) Folingo (Back Group) D (Sounded by Lead Group) Jack (Front group) Johnson (Back Group) D (Sounded by Lead Group) David (Front group) Savard(Back Group) G (Sounded by Lead Group) Sergei (Front group) BOBROVSKY (Back Group) 2nd Line (Sounded by lead group) C (Sounded by Lead Group) Artem (Front group) Anisimov (Back Group) RW (Sounded by Lead Group) Alexander (Front group) Wennberg(Back Group) LW (Sounded by Lead Group) Scott(Front group) Hartnell (Back Group) D (Sounded by Lead Group) James (Front group) Wisniewski (Back Group) D (Sounded by Lead Group) Tim (Front group) Erixon (Back Group) G (Sounded by ...

The nightmare is over. The Ryan Johansen ordeal is over with. He has been signed to a three year contract. The terms are all over Twitter and Facebook, so I'm not going to re-hash it here.  Bottom line is that it's a fair contract that is backloaded. I like it, and he's back with us. I'm happy, and with the addition of Skille, I think we've improved our team. In other news, Kerby Rychel has been assigned to Springfield. I'm a little surprised by that, as I felt he played better then Wennberg, as much as I was pulling for Wennberg. I'm sure Richards saw something that I obviously missed. I'm glad Wennberg made it, but was also pulling Rychel. I hope to see them both, as I mentioned that to both of them at the Zoo event last week. Brian Gibbons is on the IR, which would be why I didn't see him the last two games. I hope he comes back soon, as I think he's a GREAT addition to the team. Get well soon, Brian. With the last pre-season game in the...

Here is a rough draft of the Sounding off for the March of the Union Army on October 11th. March of the Union Army. Let’s Go Jackets!!!! Let’s Go Jackets!!! 1 st Line (Sounded by lead group) C (Sounded by Lead Group) Player First Name (Front group) Player Last Name (Back Group) RW (Sounded by Lead Group) Player First Name (Front group) Player Last Name (Back Group) LW (Sounded by Lead Group) Player First Name (Front group) Player Last Name (Back Group) D (Sounded by Lead Group) Player First Name (Front group) Player Last Name (Back Group) D (Sounded by Lead Group) Player First Name (Front group) Player Last Name (Back Group) G (Sounded by Lead Group) Player First Name (Front group) Player Last Name (Back Group) Repeated for each line. In between the lines, alternate CBJ and Let’s go Jacket Chants After the 4 th line is sounded off, All groups go We Are the 5 th Line!!!! Also thinking about adding in the coac...