Category: 2022-23 Player Review

2022-23 Player Review: Jake Bean played 14 games for Columbus last season and is officially at a crossroads

By MrSwift13 | May 26th 2023 | 3 min read |

Jake Bean missed 14 games during his first season in 2021-22, sidelined with a groin injury. This season, Bean played just 14 games before his season ...

2022-23 Player Review: Patrik Laine had a positive season bookended by a pair of injuries

By JKinCLE | May 23rd 2023 | 4 min read |

You can say Laine was the (literal) first domino to fall this year, kicking off a historic rash of injuries that sank the Blue Jackets’ season e...

2022-23 Player Review: Jack Roslovic isn't the answer

By Pale Dragon | May 19th 2023 | 4 min read |

Since joining his hometown team in early 2021, Jack Roslovic’s play has been up and down – like a toilet seat, as some would say. That first s...

2022-23 Player Review: Yegor Chinakhov is still a promising prospect

By Dalerrific | May 17th 2023 | 3 min read |

We unfortunately did not get to see much of Chinakhov this season. When we did get to see him, he was mostly quiet. Much was made of Sillinger’s...

2022-23 Player Review: Gavin Bayreuther was certainly a player on the blue line this season

By MrSwift13 | May 16th 2023 | 3 min read |

In an ideal world, Gavin Bayreuther does not have a spot on the Columbus Blue Jackets NHL roster. We do not, unfortunately, live in an ideal world. Ba...

2022-23 Player Review: Emil Bemstrom remains an enigma

By Pale Dragon | May 15th 2023 | 4 min read |

Would you believe me if I told you that Emil Bemstrom is the fifth longest tenured Blue Jackets player currently in the organization? Just Boone Jenne...

2022-23 Player Review: Jake Christiansen - better than you think?

By Pale Dragon | May 12th 2023 | 2 min read |

At first I struggled to find a hook for this piece. Jake Christiansen: he’s just a guy, right? Played 24 games here, but so did 24 others. It wa...

2022-23 Player Review: Kirill Marchenko is an absolute gem, on and off the ice

By Burkus Circus | May 9th 2023 | 3 min read |

Kirill Marchenko had a breakout rookie season for Columbus this year. After playing in the KHL the last three years, and a 16-game stint with the Clev...

2022-23 Player Review: Liam Foudy found his game late in the season

By Dalerrific | May 5th 2023 | 2 min read |

It was a rollercoaster of a season for Liam Foudy. He started off his season tallying two assists in his first game on October 23rd. He added an assis...

2022-23 Player Review: Eric Robinson found his scoring touch

By Pale Dragon | May 3rd 2023 | 4 min read |

Can you guess which Blue Jackets player ranks 34th in franchise history in games played? Precisely in between Geoff Sanderson (261) and Vladislav Gavr...