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Columbus Prepares for Home Playoff Game, Brassard Cleared for Contact

The Columbus Blue Jackets are getting ready to play the first home playoff game in franchise history on Tuesday night, and while they find themselves in a 2-0 hole against the defending Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings, some good news might be on the horizon. Hopefully, for the Blue Jackets sake, it's not a case of...

FanHouse Chats With Blue Jackets Beat Writer Aaron Portzline

Thursday night, the Columbus Blue Jackets will begin their quest into the strange new world that is the NHL playoffs. To get an idea of the atmosphere around town, and to continue to learn more about this once anonymous franchise, we discussed its upcoming series against the Detroit Red Wings with Aaron Portzline, beat...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Blake Wheeler Scores 2, Bruins Win Again

Of all the big offseason moves over the summer, Boston's signing of Blake Wheeler is looking to be like quite a steal. Wheeler, if you'll recall, was a former first-round pick of the Phoenix Coyotes (fifth overall) and, well, it didn't exactly work out as he never signed with Phoenix, instead electing to become a free...

Yesterday's Newsmakers in the NHL: Devils Continue Slide

Things have been bleak in New Jersey ever since Martin Brodeur went down with his elbow injury, and they didn't exactly get any better on Friday night when the Devils fell, 3-1, to Washington. The Devils are now 1-5 since Brodeur's injury, and have scored just five goals in the five losses. Perhaps instead of acquiring a...

DerickBrassard News From the Web

03/30/12 Red Wings at their worst against NHL's worst, lose to... Source: eTaiwanNews.com The Detroit Red Wings had a poor effort from the start.
03/29/12 Blue Jackets 4, Red Wings 2: Notes, quotes from... Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI The Wings fell behind 2-0 after Columbus scored following turnovers by Niklas Kronwall and Brad Stuart.