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'Embarrassed' Blue Jackets want to improve on dismal season
'Embarrassed' Blue Jackets want to improve on dismal season
COLUMBUS, Ohio >> The Columbus Blue Jackets players and bosses don't believe lack of talent was to blame for last year's disappointing — and admittedly embarrassing — season.Thus, there were no headline-making deals for the Blue Jackets in the offseason, which was probably due partly to their expensive existing contracts.But it also signals that this team has confidence in its young talent and expects success will come soon.
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Columbus Blue Jackets at a glance
Columbus Blue Jackets at a glance
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETSLAST SEASON: 34-40-8, 76 points.Last in the Metropolitan Division, missed the playoffs.COACH: John Tortorella, second year, 34-32-8ADDED: C Sam Gagner, D Scott Harrington, LW Pierre-Luc Dubois.
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Season Preview: Columbus Blue Jackets
Season Preview: Columbus Blue Jackets
Additions: F: Josh Anderson, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Sam Gagner, Sonny Milano; D: Zach WerenskiSubtractions: F: Jared Boll, Kerby Rychel; D: Justin Falk, Fedor TyutinProjected opening night lineupForwardsBrandon Saad - Brandon Dubinsky - Cam AtkinsonBoone Jenner - Sam Gagner - Nick FolignoScott Hartnell - Alexander Wennberg - Oliver BjorkstrandMatt Calvert- Pierre-Luc Dubois - William KarlssonGregory CampbellDefensemenRyan Murray - Seth JonesJack Johnson - David SavardZach Werenski - Dalton ProutCody GoloubefGoaliesSergei BobrovskyCurtis McElhinneyJoonas KorpisaloVideo: CBJ@TOR: Bobrovsky denies Laich's shots on doorstepAn 0-8-0 start, the first seven with coach Todd Richards before John Tortorella took over on Oct. 20, doomed the Blue Jackets to failure before most people in Columbus knew the hockey season had started.Those hoping for an offseason trade that would recalibrate the Blue Jackets and energize the fans were disappointed that there were no trades such as the ones that brought Scott Hartnell in 2014 and Brandon Saad in 2015.Instead, the Blue Jackets made news for what they didn't do, such as passing on forward Jesse Puljujarvi in the 2016 NHL Draft.
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Preds Fall to Blue Jackets in Overtime
Preds Fall to Blue Jackets in Overtime
"I was happy for probably 38 minutes or so," Laviolette said."I thought that we were moving things in the right direction, pretty tight defensively, but then it just seemed like we stopped playing that way and lost our energy a little bit.We lost our edge on the attack offensively, so I'm not happy with the end of the game, but for 40 minutes, I thought that we did some good things."
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