Bluejackets hire John Davidson as President Hockey Ops

[mattola]

Aaron Portzline ‏@Aportzline
Told an announcement on Davidson's hiring is forthcoming, perhaps as soon as Wednesday.

Aaron Portzline ‏@Aportzline
Davidson will likely assume "president of hockey operations" title with #CBJ

Aaron Portzline ‏@Aportzline
Every indication is that Scott Howson, Chris MacFarland and Craig Patrick will be retained, but Davidson has domain over all of hockey ops.

 

[mattola]

should be interesting to see what he does there. they certainly are a more balanced team after the Nash trade but alot of work to do yet
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[mattola]

holy shit actual hockey talk

 

[filosofy29]

Congrats 43. I think he'll do good things for you.....you know, if hockey actually starts.

Seriously good hire.

 

[dash]

Columbus just got a hell of a lot better just in time for no NHL hockey...

 

[4thstreet]

good hire
best thing is,it keeps him off CBC for any commentary,since he doesn't like to stop talking.

 

[esls79]

Where does JD fall on the depth chart for the Blue Jackets?

Just behind York but ahead of McElhinney?

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

It's a good hire. He has a lot of work to do. However, the D looks solid for awhile. The goaltending might be good in a few years if Dansk continues to develop. With three 1st round picks in 2013 the forward core can be built.

 

[Eddie_Shack]

If I knew how to photoshop, I would put JD at a podium in front of the Kiel Center with a big "Mission Accomplished" banner behind him.

/Yes, I know it's not the Kiel Center anymore, but in my world it is.

 

[forty_three]

Kinda bitter sweet. Yeah, I'm jazzed about an actual hockey guy coming here but I can't help but feel that tinge of "But why not before Nash got booted?". Even if the Nash deal had to get done for the whole organization, someone who has actually been to an NHL arena before would have gotten more.

D is in great shape for the future. Goal can be good if Bob gets support and Dansk and Forsberg continue to develop. And there are teams with cups that show those two things can be successful. Three picks this year help, but maybe he can move one to get immediate help. Going into a maybe season with Prospal as probably your most consistent forward is fucking scary.

Now all we gotta do is get the season underway, recoup some of those losses and make enough cash to offset the tax burden for that parking garage and be able to make the payments on that big TV and JD can actually buy a house here and not rent...

Welcome aboard John.

 

[forty_three]

Just announced; presser today at Nationwide at 2PM.

Live on bluejackets.com.