Today I am proud to announce that the favorite Columbus Blue Jacket of all time – as chosen by you, the loyal readers of The Cannon – is…
SERGEI BOBROVSKY
Bob absolutely blew away the competition at every stage. This was expected, as he also had received the most nominations (by far).
Thank you to everyone who submitted nominations and who voted in the match-ups for the last month and a half. I enjoyed running this and I hope you all enjoyed participating and strolling down memory lane together.
In addition, I hope this helped get us through the late summer doldrums. Now training camp is finally here and the season is right around the corner! As always, stay tuned to The Cannon for coverage of training camp and preseason.
For anyone that is interested, here is the complete bracket. There were exactly 48 players with at least 6 nominations, which gave me a perfect number to sort into brackets. From there I split them into 12 groups based on era. (How convenient that there were exactly 12 current players, right?) Current players got a lot more nominations on average, so sorting everyone this way corrected the recency bias a little bit.
Here is the full list of every player that received a nomination. It’s a real who’s who and “who’s that?” of the all-time CBJ roster.
Nominations
| Player | Nominations |
|---|---|
| Sergei Bobrovsky | 98 |
| Nick Foligno | 71 |
| Rick Nash | 70 |
| Jody Shelley | 54 |
| Zach Werenski | 51 |
| Cam Atkinson | 48 |
| Brandon Dubinsky | 43 |
| Geoff Sanderson | 42 |
| Seth Jones | 41 |
| David Vyborny | 40 |
| Ron Tugnutt | 34 |
| Ray Whitney | 28 |
| Vinny Prospal | 28 |
| Boone Jenner | 27 |
| Espen Knutsen | 22 |
| Jakub Voracek | 20 |
| Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre | 19 |
| Rostislav Klesla | 19 |
| Jack Johnson | 19 |
| Sergei Fedorov | 18 |
| Ryan Johansen | 16 |
| James Wisniewski | 16 |
| Tyler Wright | 15 |
| Jared Boll | 15 |
| Matt Calvert | 15 |
| Manny Malhotra | 14 |
| RJ Umberger | 14 |
| Scott Hartnell | 14 |
| Marc Denis | 12 |
| Fedor Tyutin | 12 |
| Mark Letestu | 12 |
| Brandon Saad | 12 |
| Derek MacKenzie | 11 |
| Oliver BJORKSTRAND | 11 |
| Alexander Wennberg | 10 |
| Fredrik Modin | 9 |
| Josh Anderson | 9 |
| Kevin Dineen | 8 |
| Pascal LeClaire | 8 |
| Artem Anisimov | 8 |
| Lyle Odelein | 7 |
| Steve Mason | 7 |
| Kristian Huselius | 7 |
| Mike Commodore | 7 |
| Nikolai Zherdev | 6 |
| Marc Methot | 6 |
| Antoine Vermette | 6 |
| Derek Dorsett | 6 |
| David Savard | 5 |
| Derick Brassard | 5 |
| Jaroslav Spacek | 5 |
| Adam Foote | 4 |
| Andrew Cassells | 4 |
| Curtis McElhinney | 3 |
| Dalton Prout | 3 |
| Jason Chimera | 3 |
| Kris Russell | 3 |
| Lukas Sedlak | 3 |
| Luke Richardson | 3 |
| Marian Gaborik | 3 |
| Marko Dano | 3 |
| Michael Peca | 3 |
| Nikita Filatov | 3 |
| Allen York | 2 |
| David Clarkson | 2 |
| Deron Quint | 2 |
| Duvie Westcott | 2 |
| Jan Hejda | 2 |
| Jaroslav Balastik | 2 |
| Joonas Korpisalo | 2 |
| Kyle Quincey | 2 |
| Ole-Kristian Tollefsen | 2 |
| Robert Kron | 2 |
| Sonny Milano | 2 |
| Steve Heinze | 2 |
| William Karlsson | 2 |
| Zenon Konopka | 2 |
| Alexandre Picard | 1 |
| Chris Clark | 1 |
| Cody Bass | 1 |
| Curtis Glencross | 1 |
| Curtis Sanford | 1 |
| Dan Fritsche | 1 |
| Derrick Walser | 1 |
| Ethan Moreau | 1 |
| Grant Clitsome | 1 |
| Jack Skille | 1 |
| Jamie Heward | 1 |
| Jordan Leopold | 1 |
| Kevin Connauton | 1 |
| Markus Nutivaara | 1 |
| Martin Prusek | 1 |
| Mike York | 1 |
| Nathan Horton | 1 |
| Nikita Nikitin | 1 |
| Rafi Torres | 1 |
| Ryan Murray | 1 |
| Shawn Hunwick | 1 |
| Tim Erixon | 1 |
| Zenith Komarniski | 1 |