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Preseason Breakdown - COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS

  • 08-09-2010 5:02pm
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    Rented Mule
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    http://www.tsn.ca/columnists/scott_cullen/?id=332858
    Last year was supposed to be the next step in the ascension of the Columbus Blue Jackets, following a playoff appearance in 2009, but it didn't quite work out that way and a pair of slumping sophomores were part of the reason why.

    If goaltender Steve Mason and centre Derick Brassard can rebound, there may be enough here for the Blue Jackets to get right back into the playoff mix, providing plenty of fantasy options along the way.

    Rick Nash is the obvious blue-chipper on the team, a 25-year-old who has topped 30 goals in five of the past six seasons. Nash has been waiting for a premier playmaker to centre his line but unless Brassard rises to that challenge, it looks like Antoine Vermette's position to lose.

    Vermette, to his credit, scored a career-high 65 points last year, so he's a capable playmaker, but that would figure to be pretty close to his ceiling as a point producer.

    The Jackets have depth on the wings, with R.J. Umberger scoring a career-high 55 points last year and Kristian Huselius scoring more than 55 points for the fourth straight season.


    There is absolutely no reason that this team was a bad as it was last season, but yet .....they were.

    The Central Division is not the joke that it once was. In years past, Detroit would dominate the division, and be able to pad their stats against lowly teams like, Columbus, St Louis and Chicago. Those days are long gone, and Columbus has their work cut out for them. The talent is there, but will the goaltenders come out of their funk ??


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