Comedy CowPies in the 'Lumbus

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Liked for the Hardy Astrom reference.

 

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Now I feel guilty for the Hardy Astrom reference.

Fare thee well, crazy legs. Thank you for the memories. And good luck with recovery.


With Elvis hurt, that makes our stretch run goalies JF Berube and Jet Greaves. I hope this turns out all Wright.

 

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Let's get all the Sillingers and keep them here. Mike played for 11 teams, all 3 of his sons only play for one.

 

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Carson Meyer makes his NHL debut tonight.

His inclusion in the lineup will make it four Columbus born players suiting up for the Jackets in the game. Not bad for a small city that will "never be a hockey town".

 

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Elvis Merzlikins Will Start the Remainder of the Blue Jackets' Regular Season Games, Per Brad Larsen

Elvis Merzlikins will start the remainder of the season for the Columbus Blue Jackets.

www.1stohiobattery.com

Props to Larsen for realizing that Elvis had never played more than 41 games in a season and that he can use a lost season to get Elvis used to playing a lot so he's ready to carry the weight once the team is ready to compete. I missed the Philly game, but he was apparently brilliant.

This is going to be 18 games for Elvis in the last 36 days of the season. Including 4 back to backs.

 

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Done deal.

 

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Done deal.

Some people are saying he should sit until next year but my thought on it is Laine is deciding on how long of a deal to sign this summer. If KJ comes in and has instant chemistry with him and Jake it may persuade Patty to take an 8 year vs a 4 or 5.

Edit: also apparently his age makes it so this will not burn a year of ELC. Not sure how true or how it works, but that's going around.

 

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3 guys in the system who grew up in Columbus.

Now 3 in the system from University of Michigan.

CBJ sign Michigan captain Nick Blankenburg to one-year contract | Columbus Blue Jackets

Blankenburg was among top-scoring defenseman in NCAA as a senior with 14-15-29 in 38 games

www.nhl.com

IT'S GOING DOWN IN THE ROOM. THERE WILL BE FISTICUFFS!

 

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As a follow up, there are a large number of comments across social media from Jackets Fans who seem split between complaining that we're signing players who played at Michigan and complaining that Johnson and Blankenburg are wearing 13 (Atkinson) and 77 (Anderson) respectively.

le sigh

 

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Two newest Jackets in the house tonight in Dirty Detroit to watch the game. Guess they gotta go pack their dorm rooms up and stuff before coming to C-Bus.

They are planning Johnson's debut to be Wednesday vs Montreal.

Holy hell, Blankenburg is short. Kent Johnson is 6'1"

 

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Turns out student visas are different than work visas.

Blankenburg for sure making his debut tonight. Still trying to get KJ sorted out in time.

 

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Also:

Color of Hockey: Adeniye looks to ride NCAA Division III title to NHL | NHL.com

Defenseman, HIFE alumnus raises profile after championship with Adrian College

www.nhl.com

Steep climb, but I hope he makes it happen.

 

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He's in. The KJ era begins.

 

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He's in. The KJ era begins.

Obligatory...

 

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Almost time to show off our Johnson

 

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As expected, the kid gets his first NHL point in his debut.

Not him, the other one.

 

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Purty.

Also SportsCenter's top play on ESPN

 

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Purty.

Also SportsCenter's top play on ESPN

Meanwhile, the Tigers have had a horrific season (11 wins). Sigh.

/Nice to see Cole playing great for the Jackets though.

 

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CBJ to take part in 2022 NHL Global Series in Tampere, Finland | Columbus Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets, Colorado Avalanche to meet in a pair of games at Nokia Arena on November 4 and 5

www.nhl.com

They're gonna try it again. Hopefully we won't have another global pandemic (or the same one) shut it down.

 

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Kent Johnson is being interviewed on CHEK TV as I type.