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MartiniHockey.net: Tank That, Toronto
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Unfettered, unfiltered and unnerving since 2008. If It's a Hockey Hour, It's HAPPY HOUR! Thursday, April 9, 2015. Tank That, Toronto. Another game, another glimpse at the team that just will not quit. Not content to have a nine-game win streak downgraded to a ten-game point streak and then stop there, the Columbus Blue Jackets extended their run to 11 games without a regulation loss, by scorching the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-0. But man, was it good to see him back, or what? Boone Jenner would net the second...
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MartiniHockey.net: March 2015
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Unfettered, unfiltered and unnerving since 2008. If It's a Hockey Hour, It's HAPPY HOUR! Saturday, March 28, 2015. Jackets' Play Is An Important Lesson In Pride. Sadly, it cannot be denied. buried a couple feet underneath the elation of the Columbus Blue Jackets' 5-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks is that nagging feeling. And yes, I feel it too. Lament. A little resentment. Maybe even a little bit of anger. That feeling of, "Why now? But is it a universal truth? Storm like this season's. Now, consid...
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MartiniHockey.net: December 2014
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Unfettered, unfiltered and unnerving since 2008. If It's a Hockey Hour, It's HAPPY HOUR! Tuesday, December 23, 2014. In the unfortunate quiet of nationwide Arena on Monday night… You could hear it. No, not a pin drop. It's more like. well. a splat. It was the kind of thing I suppose the Jackets' detractors were waiting to see happen, and the one that the faithful dreaded seeing happen. But, it is what it is. Well, we'll just say "paused.". Because in reality, that really is all it is. I mean, I suppose y...
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MartiniHockey.net: July 2015
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Unfettered, unfiltered and unnerving since 2008. If It's a Hockey Hour, It's HAPPY HOUR! Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Marquee (Trade) de Saad. As if there wasn't already plenty of stuff happening in the Columbus Blue Jackets' world right now, general manager Jarmo Kekalainen just pulled off another big deal to show the NHL that he is not messing around. Came after a regular season in which he amassed 23 goals and 29 assists in 82 games. To say he has some upside would be an understatement. This means we are ...
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MartiniHockey.net: October 2014
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Unfettered, unfiltered and unnerving since 2008. If It's a Hockey Hour, It's HAPPY HOUR! Thursday, October 9, 2014. How You Take It: The Test Ahead. There's an old bumper sticker - probably some posters, and nice little neat square quote thingies that wind up on Instagram, too - that has a saying that comes to mind often in business:. Life is 10% how you make it, and 90% how you take it.". How the Columbus Blue Jackets will do this year will depend very much on that 90 percent. The good news is that - de...
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MartiniHockey.net: December 2013
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Unfettered, unfiltered and unnerving since 2008. If It's a Hockey Hour, It's HAPPY HOUR! Tuesday, December 31, 2013. The Blue Jackets' 2013: One Hell Of A Ride. A somewhat bittersweet hockey year, really. It certainly had its share of ups and downs. We saw a crazy, fast-paced season absolutely packed with hockey. Except there were only 48 games of it because of a pissing contest between an asshat in a suit representing whiny players and an asshat in a suit representing whiny owners. The lackadaisical dis...
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MartiniHockey.net: February 2014
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Unfettered, unfiltered and unnerving since 2008. If It's a Hockey Hour, It's HAPPY HOUR! Thursday, February 27, 2014. Hope So, Anyway. Wayne Gretzky is awesome. The greatest player in the history of hockey. I've always respected the hell out of him. he's a great ambassador to the world's greatest sport. But on the issue of the NHL's continued participation in the Olympics - in which he proclaimed that he would vote for NHL players to go. Say, Wayne Gretzky could not be more conditionally right. Remember ...
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MartiniHockey.net: February 2015
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Unfettered, unfiltered and unnerving since 2008. If It's a Hockey Hour, It's HAPPY HOUR! Friday, February 27, 2015. Forever A Blue Jacket. AN OPEN LETTER TO NATHAN HORTON]. Man, I don't know where to start. Except that a quote and a paragraph in a Columbus Blue Jackets news release. Hardly sums up what you meant to this team, and at least some. Fans, if not all. You saw the potential in this team, and you saw the leadership here was trying to build, and you bought in. You had to sit out because of th...
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MartiniHockey.net: September 2014
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Unfettered, unfiltered and unnerving since 2008. If It's a Hockey Hour, It's HAPPY HOUR! Wednesday, September 17, 2014. An Open Post-It To Ryan Johansen. And/or you can "Like" the blog. Or add to your Google Circles. Tuesday, September 16, 2014. VOTE: Who's The Next CBJ App Poster-Guy? Well, this whole Ryan Johansen thing isn't looking like it's going to go well. First, Jarmo Kekalainen drew a line in the sand. Now, John Davidson sounds like he's ready to shoot anyone. Who crosses it on sight. Now you're...
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MartiniHockey.net: Celebrating Our "Irrelevant" Team
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Unfettered, unfiltered and unnerving since 2008. If It's a Hockey Hour, It's HAPPY HOUR! Monday, April 6, 2015. Celebrating Our "Irrelevant" Team. Mamas, don't let your underage kids troll on Twitter.". The "non-relevant" Columbus Blue Jackets earned a franchise-record ninth-straight win with the additional style points of taking the season series from this young, misguided lad's Pittsburgh Penguins. However, he has been very. The little twerp is sweating. I'm happy with that. The chemistry that the Jack...
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