Today’s edition of the #CBJ Community Spotlight features one of the more dedicated #CBJ fans/content creators out there, Jas Chaffin (better known as @CBJProspects or sometimes @en4cer45). Jas puts in more work than probably any other of the #CBJ fan twitter personalities. He’s sending out prospect updates & RT’ing results/quotes at all hours of the …
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Late Tuesday night it was revealed that #CBJ 4th line Center, Derek MacKenzie, would be getting a 2 year contract extension worth $2,000,000 ($1M/yr). For some, the decision to extend MacKenzie for that price was a bit controversial. MacKenzie earned $600,000 in each of the previous two seasons and some saw a “66 percent raise” …
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This Tuesday’s edition of the #CBJ Community Spotlight features a community favorite, Dannielle “Dannie” Browne (@frickindannie). Dannie is one of the more knowledgeable hockey/#CBJ fans on twitter. She’s got good hockey insight and when she’s not making fun of her interesting mixture of co-workers she’s helping to educate other fans. It’s unfortunate that she’s a …
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Before we get into the Derek Dorsett signing, I encourage you to read this post from Puck Daddy’s Harrison Mooney from January 8th of this year: “The fighter-scorer is as rare as the 40-goal scorer, and almost as valuable“. From the article: Last year’s Boston Bruins were the quintessential example of what can happen if …
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The second Thursday edition of our #CBJ Community Spotlight features one of the most knowledgeable #CBJ/hockey fans I know. Having grown up in Canada, Dan Edwards (@Canadan82) had the total immersion in the sport that most of us Columbus have not. Whenever I have a question about a rule, strategy or hockey concept I’m not …
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This week’s Tuesday edition of the #CBJ Community Spotlight focuses on a good Twitter buddy of mine, Cyrus Manesh (@cmanesh_). Cyrus was one of the first #CBJ fans from Twitter that I met in the ‘meatworld’. Our day to day interactions and conversations on Twitter spawned several great #CBJ Community Events such as the first …
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The Thursday edition of the #CBJ Community Spotlight will focus on Blue Jackets bloggers & content creators. This week’s edition focuses on Matt Wagner (@bzarcher), blogger for The Cannon. When I first got involved in the #CBJ community I began by reaching out to all of the bloggers I knew of and introducing myself as …
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This is the first item in a series of posts I’m hoping to continue throughout the off-season. The goal is to introduce members of the #CBJ community in a way that’s not easy to do in 140 characters or less. The plan is to run at least two profiles per week with one highlighting a …
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Recently one of my biggest friends (literally, biggest) has been on a quest to get healthy and shed a lot of unwanted weight. He’s in the process of blogging about his journey over at fatguyshrinking.com and on twitter at @FGShrinking. As part of his new found quest for a healthier lifestyle he committed to running …