Category: 2022-23 Player Review

2022-23 Player Review: Michael Hutchinson helped play out the stretch after being traded for Blue Jackets legend Jonathan Quick

By MrSwift13 | Jun 20th 2023 | 3 min read |

Michael Hutchinson was acquired at the trade deadline as part of a package to do right by Jonathan Quick. Quick never wanted to come to Columbus, and ...

2022-23 Player Review: Lane Pederson was a placeholder

By Pale Dragon | Jun 16th 2023 | 3 min read |

With the injuries piling up in January, the Columbus Blue Jackets were in a tough spot. First, they were on the West Coast, so getting call-ups from C...

2022-23 Player Review: Marcus Bjork got his first taste of NHL experience

By JKinCLE | Jun 14th 2023 | 4 min read |

How many times have we seen a random European player that nobody had ever heard of get signed to an NHL contract only to get a few NHL games, or toil ...

2022-23 Player Review: Was Erik Gudbranson decent?

By Burkus Circus | Jun 13th 2023 | 3 min read |

I went into this article fully prepared to rip into this player. Gudbranson played horrible defense, was ineffective in his role as a physical defense...

2022-23 Player Review: Johnny Gaudreau was everything we hoped he would be

By Dalerrific | Jun 9th 2023 | 3 min read |

Johnny Gaudreau was coming off a 115 point season with the Flames before signing as a free agent with the Blue Jackets. Most expected those numbers to...

2022-23 Player Review: Mathieu Olivier became a trusted player in important moments for some reason

By MrSwift13 | Jun 7th 2023 | 3 min read |

Mathieu Olivier was certainly a source of frustration for Blue Jackets fans this season. Don’t believe me? I have receipts.Seriously, I have rec...

2022-23 Player Review: Nick Blankenburg brings energy to the lineup

By Pale Dragon | Jun 6th 2023 | 3 min read |

I love Nick Blankenburg. I love that he’s a small player who is fearless. He lays big hits and can make things happen in the offensive zone. The...

2022-23 Player Review: I was right about Cole Sillinger?

By Burkus Circus | Jun 5th 2023 | 3 min read |

I started writing for this blog just before the 2021-22 season. My first ever article? A piece on my worries with throwing Cole Sillinger into the mix...

2022-23 Player Review: Sean Kuraly is a great fourth line center and that is all that should be expected of him

By JKinCLE | Jun 2nd 2023 | 4 min read |

Dublin, Ohio’s own Sean Kuraly had quite a year this past season. Historically Kuraly has been a fourth line center, and rightfully so. That is ...

2022-23 Player Review: Kent Johnson had a successful rookie year

By Dalerrific | May 30th 2023 | 3 min read |

It’s amazing that Kent Johnson managed to play 79 games this season with how injury prone the rest of the club was. It was quite the rookie seas...