10 Copyright (c) 2012 Yahoo!, Inc. All rights reserved. en-us 126 15 http://sports.yahoo.com http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/b/ysp_logo_rss.gif Latest news and information about the Columbus Blue Jackets. http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/cob http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13gqkr0kv/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl--sea-dogs-stunned-in-semifinal-loss-to-host-cataractes-at-memorial-cup.html Defending champion Saint John was the odds-on favourite to repeat as Memorial Cup champs, but they came up short against a determined Shawinigan squad. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:08:04 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,01fa53f3-5760-3663-9368-775a0a19f44b-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13g5pg4dv/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/dominik-hasek-wants-nhl-return-tortorella-game-6-195836583.html Fri, 25 May 2012 12:58:36 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,5d1aaeed-9239-366c-8019-50e2ee6045ed-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13h06kirt/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/philadelphia-flyers-cannot-regret-trading-mike-richards-jeff-001700114--nhl.html The day of June 23, 2011 seemed like any other relatively normal early-summer day. It was sunny. It was warm. It was welcoming. It wasn't for Mike Richards and Jeff Carter, whom the Philadelphia Flyers dealt to the Los Angeles Kings and Columbus Blue Jackets respectively, and reshaped their entire franchise in one fell swoop. Now come the complaints from many Flyers fans who say the team made the wrong moves at the wrong times, as Richards and Carter find themselves four games away from doing something they couldn't do in Philadelphia: hoist a Stanley Cup. Thu, 24 May 2012 17:17:00 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,b76a1e87-541d-3d6f-a1bc-a190e5194f6f-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13f7ck0cj/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/dodger-stadium-winter-classic-10-worst-nhl-fans-200054795.html Thu, 24 May 2012 13:00:54 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,a06890b8-3a0a-33d1-88ec-ca5bb8a4e61d-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12jcgr7nn/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/blue-jackets-sign-ryan-russell-184036088--nhl.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Columbus Blue Jackets have agreed to terms on a one-year, two-way NHL-American Hockey League contract with center Ryan Russell. Thu, 24 May 2012 11:40:36 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,e3949e95-80f8-3c50-9093-1257d3368117-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12hmggrdd/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/blue-jackets-sign-rw-dorsett-205532248--nhl.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed right wing Derek Dorsett to a three-year contract after his finest NHL season. Wed, 23 May 2012 13:55:32 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,195feec2-5c63-3ad5-b086-57c956c97259-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13ghatpgi/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/dustin-penner-jeff-carter-mike-richards-edit-nhl-160040865.html Why are the Los Angeles Kings in the 2012 Stanley Cup Final? Because the two drunk, locker room cancers helped set up a lazy fat-ass for the game-winning goal. At least that's how it would have been framed about eight months ago, when the narratives about Mike Richards, Jeff Carter and Dustin Penner had defined them as players. The first two were banished from the Philadelphia Flyers, ostensibly for cap relief in the pursuit of a No. 1 goaltender (or, failing that, Ilya Bryzgalov) but mostly for a culture change in the dressing room. Penner, meanwhile, was (a) a waste of salary compared to production and (b) out of shape and (c) lazy to the point where his general manager suggested he might be better off playing for the El Cid Lounge in a men's softball league . In overtime of Game 5 in the Western Conference Final on Tuesday night, Richards won the faceoff near the defensive zone. Slava Voynov moved it up the boards, and Penner kept the puck alive in the attacking zone on the forecheck, sending a nifty backhand pass to a streaking Carter. He fired the puck off of Phoenix Coyotes goalie Mike Smith with Richards causing chaos on front of the net, helping to clear the slot for Penner to fire home the rebound over Smith's glove. With that, the Kings were headed to the Cup Final. This trio was maligned and decried for the better part of 2011-12. Yet it was this Dry Island of Misfit Toys that has the Kings four wins away from the first Stanley Cup. Wed, 23 May 2012 09:00:40 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,9548b43c-638b-379c-8bd1-bf21f888380c-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13r087mun/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/learned-embarrassing-la-sports-media-moments-while-covering-135822855.html Mon, 21 May 2012 06:58:22 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,f879fe6a-83b0-3bf8-9dad-82774f5c572e-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=147ufj4jp/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl--rangers-rookie-chris-kreider-making-it-look-easy-as-he-jumps-from-ncaa-title-to-nhl-playoffs.html Kreider went from big man at Boston College to a rushed-in rookie on a tight-knit Rangers team, but his power-forward skills and quietly confident ways have eased the transition. Fri, 18 May 2012 12:15:57 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,0966e5c6-c380-3e30-9f68-a73989a352fb-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13ig7kl05/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/inside-los-angeles-kings-twitter-feed-social-media-225509441.html Tue, 15 May 2012 15:55:09 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,c320cba9-d9d4-3342-8caa-1d1d9b2dc95e-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12qs043rt/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/columbus-keeps-interim-coach-richards-144928778--nhl.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) When Todd Richards took over the woeful Columbus Blue Jackets in January after the firing of coach Scott Arniel, he was also interviewing for the job. Mon, 14 May 2012 13:23:33 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,077aa4fb-65fb-3704-b5ad-25f5af6d3675-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12lpg0q65/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/blue-jackets-name-richards-coach-172234343--nhl.html Todd Richards, who took over as interim coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets midway into this past season, was named the National Hockey League team's coach on Monday by general manager Scott Howson. Mon, 14 May 2012 10:22:34 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,e6401f72-53a6-3c67-9dd5-f500932541e8-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12jjs128e/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/blue-jackets-keep-richards-two-152017568--nhl.html The Columbus Blue Jackets are sticking with Todd Richards. Mon, 14 May 2012 08:20:17 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,d400fa45-773d-3937-8b24-0324e99c960a-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13im7dt06/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/blue-jackets-name-todd-richards-head-coach-because-143944590.html Can a coaching move symbolize both stability and instability? The Columbus Blue Jackets removed the interim tag from coach Todd Richards on Monday, making the former Minnesota Wild bench boss the sixth head coach in franchise history. He took over from Scott Arniel on Jan. 9, and went 18-21-2 under Richards at a time when Rick Nash's future cast a foreboding shadow over nearly every game. [ Related: Dale Hunter steps down as Washington Capitals coach ] From a stability standpoint, it could be argued this was a smart decision. The Jackets showed resiliency late in the season, going 11-8 in March and April. They also showed a cohesion and competitive spirit that was missing at the start of the season, when James Wisniewski's suspension, Jeff Carter's apathy and Steve Mason resembling Sonny Corleone's car at the toll booth. So maybe that's something to build on. Mon, 14 May 2012 07:39:44 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,0324dc2a-641e-30c8-87ba-7ea6f375617c-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=132163kk1/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/learned-washington-capitals-season-122810056.html Mon, 14 May 2012 05:28:10 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,b64b3f05-215d-3e7b-bb33-a5e2f2745783-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13qqr0d1a/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/brodeur-spotlight-drunk-pat-kane-photoshops-cherry-defends-200329172.html Fri, 11 May 2012 13:03:29 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,1242c153-7cc8-36c0-8345-55c8d13c5ae4-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=1359g0aja/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/perfect-finland-thrash-hapless-france-ice-hockey-205136359--nhl.html Defending champions and co-hosts of the world ice hockey championship Finland thrashed France 7-1 here on Thursday to move top of their group and maintain their perfect record. Thu, 10 May 2012 13:51:36 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,ed60484d-da66-324c-9525-aebfe949c913-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13t8hodni/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/learned-mediocre-divisions-produce-better-stanley-cup-playoff-142434948.html Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it. Occasionally you will hear that playing top teams several times a season, like those in the Atlantic and Central Divisions did this season, is a great way to prepare yourself for the postseason. They say it makes you ready to face the tougher competition in the playoffs, and by extension, those teams playing in softer divisions must logically be ill-prepared for similar rigors once the postseason rolls around. Both of the Atlantic and Central divisions were littered with 100-point teams, boasting eight of the league's 10 to eclipse the century mark between them (the other two being Boston and Vancouver), and it therefore stood to reason that they would likely send the lion's share of competitors to the conference finals. The better teams in the regular season tend to do about as well in the postseason, because they are, after all, very good teams. That makes sense. It turns out, though, that having a bunch of teams even in the neighborhood of 100 points in your division at the end of the regular season actually may be more of a detriment to a squad's postseason success. Since the lockout, only two teams have played in a Stanley Cup Final after playing in a division with three teams that managed 100 points. However, both those teams (Anaheim in 2007 and Chicago in 2010) won the Cup. If you expand that number out to even 97 points — which typically assures you a playoff berth but not home ice — only two more teams are added to the mix, the 2008 and 2009 Penguins. Conversely, teams coming out of divisions with two or fewer 97-point teams got into the Cup Finals with far greater frequency, doing so eight times since the lockout (including both Boston and Vancouver last year). But now we've seen the Los Angeles Kings advance to the Western Conference Final for the first time since 1993, and the Phoenix Coyotes stand on the precipice of doing the same for the first time since ever. Phoenix won the Pacific Division with 97 points, and is only a home ice team by virtue of its division title. Had seeding been based on points, they'd have slotted into the sixth spot. Los Angeles, meanwhile, finished with 95. The now-eliminated Sharks were sandwiched between them with 96. Three teams from one division in the playoffs, yes, but one terribly underwhelming division from which not much was expected. (Coming Up: America is a hockey superpower, thanks to Jack Johnson; Barry Trotz is wrong; Dustin Brown is awesome; Jordan Staal of Carolina; Thomas Vanek makes bank; Luongo to the Blackhawks?; Rick Dudley to the Habs; Jonathan Quick vs. Terry Sawchuck; trading Sidney Crosby; Todd McLellan-to-Calgary rumors; and the best and worst of the Capitals.) Mon, 07 May 2012 07:24:34 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,c6beedda-c66b-3b70-94d9-ff22ebdeed1c-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12fgncm8d/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/bad-luck-losses-stalk-blue-191357582--nhl.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Columbus Blue Jackets' logo is an Ohio flag wrapped around a silver star. Thu, 03 May 2012 19:48:01 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,bd948244-f302-318f-b872-0fde9c372de5-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12s25rp34/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-roundup-suspended-nashville-players-224021706--nhl.html Nashville Predators coach Barry Trotz had said earlier this week that if his team won Game 3 against Phoenix he would keep the same lineup for Friday's Game 4, and Trotz on Thursday hinted he may stick to that plan, even though it would mean leaving forwards Alexander Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn out of the lineup again. Thu, 03 May 2012 15:40:21 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,dc3a8834-7ab1-3aa8-92b5-fa3dcc02eea0-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12ng856qs/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/blue-jackets-johnson-named-captain-204009931--nhl.html Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Jack Johnson has been named captain for Team USA at the 2012 world championships, which begin Friday in Helsinki and Stockholm, USA Hockey announced Thursday. Thu, 03 May 2012 13:40:09 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,86a77aa9-2670-37db-913d-abcb4d820be2-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12hlb00lt/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/blue-jackets-d-johnson-named-173924123--nhl.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Jack Johnson has been selected captain for Team USA at the 2012 World Championships, which begin Friday in Helsinki and Stockholm. Thu, 03 May 2012 10:41:30 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,68db1117-4c76-392e-9910-838122c7096a-l:1 Fri, 25 May 2012 22:08:04 PDT