i will be very surprised if johnson doesn't wear the "C" next year...

here is a quick slideshow that looks at possible candidates...

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...s-blue-jackets

I believe he'll be there, he showed he could handle himself against older competition in the WC. I imagine he'll be sheltered to an extent but I do expect him to be on the opening night roster.

Umberger would probably be the leading candidate for the C. Johnson, Foligno, Prospal, and Dorsett could all wear A's.

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F: Malkin, Tavares, E. Kane, Parenteau, Havlat, Tarasenko, Galchenyuk, Brunner, Boyes, Kruger, Helm, M. Martin, Bergenheim, Carcillo, Stajan

D: Green, Ehrhoff, Ekman-Larsson, Coburn, Daley, Postma

G: Fleury, Mason, Montoya

Farm: Grigorenko, Grimaldi, Kucherov, D. Shore, Hartikainen, Stransky, Kerdiles, Joensuu, Pageau, Murphy, Ceci, Klefbom, Thrower, Donovan, Ekholm, Lehner, Dansk, Poulin, Nilsson, Andersen

I enjoyed the slideshow- honestly- but nothing in their even made it look like was the front runner- nevermind a lock to be captain. I guess you'll be very surpised next season :P

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12 team HTH CBS league
C(3)- Malkin, Carter, Little, Huberdeau, Galchenyuk
W(6)- Perry, Nash, Yakupov, Voracek, Wheeler,Cammalleri, Okposo, Hemsky
D(4)- Green, Weber, Hedman, Vishnovsky
G(1)- Lundquist, Rask
Goal/sog heavy- daily changes- slight bonus for pims- No +/-
Keep 12.

No Kreider, no stepan, no more job for howson!! Welcome McKinnon

And it looks to be done....

Anisimov, Dubinsky, Erixon, and a 1st rd pick to CBJ for Rick Nash.

First thoughts are it's pretty low considering what Howson was reportedly looking for originally. No Stepan, Kreider, or Del Zotto. All in all though, it's not a bad return for a player that wanted no part of Ohio anymore.

Fantasy-wise, I like this move for Anisimov, he'll find his way into the top 6. He has some consistency issues but with more of an opportunity I wonder if those will go away. Dubinsky brings good leadership to a team sorely lacking in that category, and he'll bring some scoring to the middle 6.

Erixon adds to the Jackets defense core. I don't know what Columbus is going to do with all of those players as they now run about 15 deep with defensemen capable of playing in the NHL. But in terms of value and talent, Erixon is one of the better defense prospects around and getting him might push Ryan Murray back to junior for a year.

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F: Malkin, Tavares, E. Kane, Parenteau, Havlat, Tarasenko, Galchenyuk, Brunner, Boyes, Kruger, Helm, M. Martin, Bergenheim, Carcillo, Stajan

D: Green, Ehrhoff, Ekman-Larsson, Coburn, Daley, Postma

G: Fleury, Mason, Montoya

Farm: Grigorenko, Grimaldi, Kucherov, D. Shore, Hartikainen, Stransky, Kerdiles, Joensuu, Pageau, Murphy, Ceci, Klefbom, Thrower, Donovan, Ekholm, Lehner, Dansk, Poulin, Nilsson, Andersen

Dude you lied to me... you said he was going to the Asia League Champion Oji Eagles!

Guess my sources were wrong, I had that as an E5, damn.

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F: Malkin, Tavares, E. Kane, Parenteau, Havlat, Tarasenko, Galchenyuk, Brunner, Boyes, Kruger, Helm, M. Martin, Bergenheim, Carcillo, Stajan

D: Green, Ehrhoff, Ekman-Larsson, Coburn, Daley, Postma

G: Fleury, Mason, Montoya

Farm: Grigorenko, Grimaldi, Kucherov, D. Shore, Hartikainen, Stransky, Kerdiles, Joensuu, Pageau, Murphy, Ceci, Klefbom, Thrower, Donovan, Ekholm, Lehner, Dansk, Poulin, Nilsson, Andersen

Hey guys, if any of you were interested, I started covering the Blue Jackets over at The Hockey Guys.net. I've written a few pieces thus far, but here is a link to my recap of the Rick Nash trade. Hope you enjoy!

http://thehockeyguys.net/the-afterma...ck-nash-trade/

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Another good one as always!

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Cap hit: $1188 out of $1250

C-Malkin $157,Schwartz $5,Granlund $5,Shaw $5,Rinaldo $5,Cervenka $5,Schroeder $5,Galchenyuk $5
LW-Hartnell $136,Nash $115,Leino $29,Kulemin $49,Gagne $32,Paajarvi $5,MFoligno $5,Joensuu $5
RW-Brown $115,Jagr $14,Grabner $40,Gallagher $5,Knight $5,Radulov $5
D-Karlsson $105,Edler $83,McDonagh $18,Bogosian $27,Mitchell $22,REllis $5,Salvador $5,Hamilton $5
G-Halak $127,Montoya $24,Bishop $5,Fasth $5,Allen $5

As posted in the NYR thread, this is an excellent bit of collaboration between Rangers and Blue Jackets bloggers (Blueshirt Banter and The Cannon, respectively) to analyze the Nash trade and what each player brings to their new surroundings. It's a 4-part series, but I can't seem to locate no 3:

Part 1 http://www.blueshirtbanter.com/2012/...mors#storyjump

Part 2 http://www.jacketscannon.com/2012/7/...e-q-a-part-two

Part 4 http://www.jacketscannon.com/2012/7/...nter-part-four

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CBS Sportsline 14 team H2H keeper (21-man roster, 14 keepers), weekly lineup changes
G, A, PPP, SOG, BS, +/-, GAA, W, SV%
Montreal Maulers - 2011/12 and 2012/13 League Champions
C: Zetterberg/Getzlaf/Granlund/Roy/Desharnais
W: Hossa/Gaborik/Moulson/Marleau/Fleischmann/Horton/Brown/Baertschi(IR)
D: Markov/Karlsson(IR)/Letang/Byfuglien/McDonagh/Tyutin/Spurgeon
G: Lundqvist/Hiller/Brodeur