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Welcome to Puck Drop Preview 2017-18, where LastWordOnHockey.com gives you a detailed look at each team from around the NHL leading to the start of this hockey season and offers our insight and analysis. Make sure to stick around until the end of the series, where we’ll offer our full predictions for the standings in each division, and […] READ MORE
As the Stanley Cup Play-offs reach the tail end, and teams start to set their sights on the NHL Entry Draft, the Columbus Blue Jackets have many reasons to be excited, and one is the third overall pick. This is a pivotal off-season for what was an underachieving organization last year, and with a good […] READ MORE
With the 2015-16 season finally wrapped up, and closed out against Chicago last night at Nationwide Arena, many fans are looking to the future of a very promising Columbus Blue Jackets squad. There is the negative that they missed the playoffs again and underperformed for the expectations set by the end of the 2014-15 season. However, […] READ MORE
Tuesday night saw what, for the better part of roughly 59 minutes, seemed to be yet another showing by the Columbus Blue Jackets in a game ruined by less than smart penalties. But, thanks to the heroics of Cam Atkinson and Boone Jenner, they were able to battle back and grab two points off a […] READ MORE
The original trading pawns have switched around in the Sharp and Saad trades for the Hawks. Here’s how they have the upper hand heading to the playoffs. READ MORE
The Winnipeg Jets have hit a home run with the Andrew Ladd trade to the Chicago Blackhawks. Having said that, this deal also works very well for Chicago. The Hawks are at a time and place where it’s about winning the Stanley Cup. Chicago is in a period where they have a window for championships […] READ MORE
The word underrated is an overplayed rhetoric in sports sometimes, and can mean different things to different people. But, by definition it is “to rate or evaluate too low; underestimate,” as stated by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, and when I look at that definition no NHL player is more of a poster boy for it than […] READ MORE
Brandon Saad, of the Columbus Blue Jackets, has been named to his first career NHL All-Star game at the age of 23. Big accomplishments of this nature have become commonplace for a young forward who has seen almost nothing but success since coming into the league with the Chicago Blackhawks, as their 2nd round draft […] READ MORE
Defenseman David Savard has signed a five-year contract extension with the Columbus Blue Jackets worth $21.25 million. Savard has played the last two full seasons with the Blue Jackets, and has established himself as one of their core defensive pieces, as he is still only twenty-four years old. The contract gives Savard an Average Annual […] READ MORE
Welcome to Puck Drop Preview 2015-16, where our hockey department gives you a detailed look at each team from around the NHL leading to the start of this hockey season and offers our insight and analysis. Makes sure to stick around until the end of the series, where we’ll offer our full predictions for the […] READ MORE
