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The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated forward Raffi Torres off injured reserve, and he is expected to play in the club's game on Thursday night in Dallas. General manager Scott Howson announced the move Thursday morning. Torres, who broke a bone in his face against Detroit on Nov. 11, has...

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COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated forward Raffi Torres off Injured Reserve, General Manager Scott Howson announced today. Torres, who was injured against Detroit on November 11, has collected 8 1 9 and 10 penalty minutes in ...

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The Columbus Blue Jackets have loaned promising forward Nikita Filatov (FIHL'-uh-tawf) to CSKA (CHESH'-kuh) of the Kontinental Hockey League for the remainder of the 2009-10 season. General manager Scott Howson announced the move Tuesday. He said it was made so Filatov could develop h...

The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated forward Kristian Huselius and placed forward Raffi Torres on the injured list. General manager Scott Howson announced the moves on Friday. Torres' placement was retroactive to Wednesday, when he was injured in a 9-1 home loss to Detroit. He has eig...

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The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated defenseman Jan Hejda and added center Derek MacKenzie to the roster on emergency recall from the club's American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse. General manager Scott Howson announced the moves on Wednesday, in time for both to join the tea...

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COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated defenseman Jan Hejda off injured reserve, General Manager Scott Howson announced today. Hejda is expected to be in the lineup tonight when the Blue Jackets host the San Jose Sharks. Hejda ha...

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COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed center Andrew Murray on injured reserve retroactive to October 20, General Manager Scott Howson announced today. He is expected to miss at least four weeks. Murray, 27, has registered one assis...

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The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed center Andrew Murray on injured reserve with a shoulder injury. General Manager Scott Howson announced the move, retroactive to Oct. 20, on Tuesday. Murray is expected to miss at least four weeks. Murray has one assist in six games this season. Last seaso...

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COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated defenseman Mike Commodore off injured reserve, General Manager Scott Howson announced today. Commodore, 29, who was injured in the Blue Jackets first preseason game at Pittsburgh on Septembe...

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Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson spent all last season, all offseason and most of last month's training camp looking for a right-shot defenseman who could run a power play. He won't use the word "desperate" but it had reached that point.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded right wing Stefan Legein (LEE' juhn) to the Philadelphia Flyers for defenseman Michael Ratchuk. Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson announced the trade on Tuesday. The 20-year-old Legein, a second-round pick in the 2007 draft, played briefl...

COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Columbus Blue Jackets have acquired defenseman Michael Ratchuk from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for right wing Stefan Legein, club General Manager Scott Howson announced today. He was then assigned to the Syracuse Crunch, t...

COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed defenseman Kris Russell to a three year contract extension, General Manager Scott Howson announced today. Russell, 22, has registered four goals and 28 assists for 32 points and 42 penalty minu...

The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed defenseman Kris Russell to a three-year contract extension that will keep him with the club through the 2012-13 season. General manager Scott Howson announced the contract just minutes before the Blue Jackets hosted the Los Angeles Kings on Saturd...

Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Jan Hejda, who is expected to miss 4 to 6 weeks with a sprained left knee, has been placed on injured reserve retroactive to Oct. 13. General manager Scott Howson announced the move Friday. Hejda was injured late in Tuesday's 2-1 victory over Calgary when he c...

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COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed defenseman Jan Hejda on injured reserve retroactive to October 13, General Manager Scott Howson announced today. Hejda has recorded one assist, two penalty minutes and a +8 plus/minus rating i...

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The Columbus Blue Jackets have picked up left wing Jordan LaVallee-Smotherman from the Atlanta Thrashers in exchange for future considerations. General manager Scott Howson announced the deal Thursday. LaVallee-Smotherman was assigned to the club's American Hockey League affilia...

COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed defenseman Rostislav Klesla to a four year contract extension that will keep the club's first ever Entry Draft pick with the organization through the 2013 14 season, General Manager Scott Howson an...

COLUMBUS, OHIO The Columbus Blue Jackets have acquired defenseman Anton Stralman from the Calgary Flames in exchange for a third round pick in the 2010 Entry Draft, General Manager Scott Howson announced today. Stralman, 23, registered one goal an...

ANALYZING THE GOALIES: What the Blue Jackets did to Steve Mason last season was, in the words of GM Scott Howson, "probably unfair." In the throes of a playoff push, the Jackets had no choice but to run Mason into the ground. As a 19-year-old, he started 60 of the final 66 games. This year, the pos...

COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Columbus Blue Jackets have made their fourth roster moves of training camp today with the re assignment of two players, General Manager Scott Howson announced. The current training camp roster consists of 36 players. The follow...

COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed center Antoine Vermette to a five year contract extension which begins in 2010 11 and continues through the 2014 15 season, club General Manager Scott Howson announced today. Vermette, 27, has...

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COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed right wing Derek Dorsett to a two year contract extension which begins in 2010 11 and continues through the 2011 12 season, club General Manager Scott Howson announced today. Dorsett, 22, talli...

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COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed center Derick Brassard to a four year contract extension, which begins in 2010 11 and continues through the 2013 14 campaign, club General Manager Scott Howson announced today. Brassard, 22, t...

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Gladiators to serve as ECHL affiliate of Blue Jackets and American Hockey League's Syracuse Crunch COLUMBUS, OHIO - Columbus Blue Jackets General Manager Scott Howson announced today that the club has reached an agreement with the Gwinnett Gladiato...

Several weeks ago, Puck-Rakers asked fans to submit questions to Blue Jackets GM Scott Howson.

COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Columbus Blue Jackets have re signed goaltender Dan LaCosta to a one year, two way NHL American Hockey League contract, General Manager Scott Howson announced today. LaCosta, 23, was a 2 0 0 record with a 1.54 goals against av...

Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson might be staring down the fairway on the first tee as you read this.

COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Columbus Blue Jackets have re signed left wing Mike Blunden to a one year, two way NHL American Hockey League contracts, General Manager Scott Howson announced today. Blunden, 23, collected 12 19 31 and 110 penalty minutes in ...

COLUMBUS, OHIO The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed center Trevor Frischmon to a one year, two way NHL American Hockey League contract, General Manager Scott Howson announced today. Frischmon, 27, scored five goals and added 20 assists for 25 poin...

COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed defenseman Brent Regner to a standard three year entry level contract, General Manager Scott Howson announced July 1. Regner, 20, was the Blue Jackets' seventh pick, 137th overall, in the 20...

COLUMBUS, OHIO The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed goaltender Mathieu Garon to a two year contract, club General Manager Scott Howson announced tonight. Garon, 30, has compiled a 94 83 13 record with a 2.84 goals against average, .905 save percent...

When news of the Blue Jackets' financial woes broke late last month, Scott Howson did what any right-thinking general manager in his position would do.

 Canada For all the progress the Blue Jackets made under GM Scott Howson and head coach Ken Hitchcock, there is already a contentious issue for them to deal with this summer. Rick Nash has been the face of the Blue Jackets franchise and is just hitting his ...

 OH The Edmonton Journal predicts that Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson will go after Anaheim defenseman Francois Beauchemin, a former Jacket, when he becomes an unrestricted free agent in July. Beauchemin doesn't exactly fit the Jackets' need for ...

By Joe Zedalis Nik Antropov and defenseman Pavel Kubina are said to interest Jackets general manager Scott Howson. And you have to figure Leafs GM Brian Burke, now just over a month on the job, is dying to make a deal. Burke apparently has told the Jackets that he gladly will move players with contracts to ge...

By Brochu(noreply@blogger.com) The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that the Blue Jackets are in trade talks with six or seven teams, and their greatest need is an offensive centre. "I still think we can make the playoffs with the team we have now," GM Scott Howson said. "But we are trying to tweak the roster for sure. We've had c...

By Truth Serum It is probably fair to say that a lot of PSL holders, both current and former, are tired of the team and not enthusiastic as they used to be.  I am an early member of the blame Doug MacLean club and have not joined the blame Scott Howson club yet, although their membership is growing.  I think MacL...

By Greg Wyshynski • A rather candid Scott Howson on the Columbus Blue Jackets' sagging attendance: "I'm of the view that we have to earn back the trust of our fans ... Until then, we are going to continue to suffer through these times." [Dispatch] • Patrick O'Sullivan is back on the Los Angeles Kings' top line, and...

By Truth Serum Last year, I believe that Scott Howson watched Ken Hitchcock work with the players he had, seeing if there were some gems in the mix that could play at the level needed for the team to make the playoffs.  As we all know, the team tried hard most of the time and Hitchcock and the staff worked inhum...

By Blue Jackets Staff | Writer COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have re-assigned goaltender Steve Mason to the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League, club General Manager Scott Howson announced January 11. Mason was added to the roster on emergency ...

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By Blue Jackets Editorial The Columbus Blue Jackets have recalled center Derick Brassard from the American Hockey League's Syracuse Crunch, club General Manager Scott Howson announced January 10. Brassard is expected to make his NHL debut on Friday.

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