Topic - Columbus Blue Jackets

The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). They are the easternmost team located in the Western Conference, being only a three hour drive along Interstate 70 from the nearest Eastern Conference team, the Pittsburgh Penguins. - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2013, file photo, hockey pucks are stacked on the boards as Vancouver Canucks players skate past during an informal NHL hockey practice at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. NHL free agency day began with two rivals helping each other out of a jam by way of a trade. The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired defenseman Cody Ceci, a 2020 third-round pick and minor leaguers Ben Harpur and Aaron Luchuk from the Ottawa Senators for defenseman Nikita Zaitsev, forward Connor Brown and minor leaguer Michael Carcone. The teams announced the trade early Monday, July 1, 2019, roughly 3½ hours before the start of free agency. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck, File)

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Columbus Blue Jackets' Boone Jenner, left, prepares to put the puck into the net for a goal behind Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury and Olli Maatta (3) in the first period of Game 5 of a first-round NHL playoff hockey series in Pittsburgh, Saturday, April 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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Columbus Blue Jackets' Nikita Nikitin, left to right, of Russia, Boone Jenner, Ryan Johansen and Dalton Prout celebrate their goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins during the first period of a first-round NHL playoff hockey game Monday, April 21, 2014, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

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FILE - In this April 11, 2014 file photo, Columbus Blue Jackets center Boone Jenner (38) celebrates with defenseman Jack Johnson (7) after scoring against the Tampa Bay Lightning during an NHL hockey game in Tampa, Fla. Few people outside of their dressing room think the Blue Jackets have even a remote chance of beating the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. After years of being an NHL doormat, they're used to being overlooked. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

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FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2014 file photo, Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobrovsky (72) of Russia, makes a save during an NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks, in San Jose, Calif. The old adage about predicting the winner of the Stanley Cup boils down to finding the hot goalie as the weather warms up outside. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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Columbus Blue Jackets center Boone Jenner (38) skates with the puck as Florida Panthers defenseman Erik Gudbranson (44) pursues in the first period of a hockey game, Saturday, April 12, 2014, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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Phoenix Coyotes' Shane Doan, left, and Columbus Blue Jackets' Fedor Tyutin, of Russia, fight for a loose puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, April 8, 2014, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

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Columbus Blue Jackets' Jack Johnson, left, controls the puck against New York Islanders' Frans Nielsen, of Denmark, in the third period of an NHL hockey game in Columbus, Ohio, Sunday, April 6, 2014. The Blue Jackets won 4-0. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)

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Columbus Blue Jackets' Boone Jenner, left, works for the puck against New York Islanders' Kevin Czuczman in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Columbus, Ohio, Sunday, April 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)

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Chicago Blackhawks' Andrew Shaw, left, carries the puck across the blue line as Columbus Blue Jackets' Matt Calvert defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game on Friday, April 4, 2014, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

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