I feel like I should preface this review with this: Mathieu Olivier is a role player. He’s asked to perform certain tasks. He’s not expected to score goals or make sweet passes.
On Thursday, the Blue Jackets improved to 22-31-10 with a 4-2 win over the red-hot Edmonton Oilers. The club has now won three of its last four games and six of its last 10. Here are three things from Thursday's game: Tarasov was fantastic on Thursday, stopping 29 of 31 shots.
Down goes New York. The Columbus Blue Jackets scored three second-period goals en route to a 4-2 win on Sunday night to defeat the New York Rangers at Nationwide Arena.
Earlier in the week, we asked a question via headline: “Are the Canucks tough enough for the Stanley Cup Playoffs?”
Ivan Provorov’s return to the Wells Fargo Center was briefly interrupted by some extracurriculars. Nicolas Deslauriers of the Philadelphia Flyers and Mathieu Olivier of the Columbus Blue Jackets dropped the mitts at center ice.
The Blue Jackets announced Saturday that they activated Mathieu Olivier off injured reserve and placed Eric Robinson on waivers after giving him a "non-roster" designation, which clears a roster spot for Olivier. Olivier began his second season as a Blue Jacket on injured reserve with a leg injury.
Ahead of training camps opening, the Columbus Blue Jackets released the injury status of four players.
The Columbus Blue Jackets made a relatively small but significant transaction on Wednesday, re-signing fourth-line winger Mathieu Olivier to a two-year contract with a $1.1M AAV. On the one hand, it's hardly notable when a 31st-place team re-signs a fourth-line grinder that tallied a pedestrian 5-10-15 in 66 games last season.
The Columbus Blue Jackets took care of another piece of business on Wednesday. One of their hard-working forwards was rewarded for his play. The Blue Jackets and forward Mathieu Olivier agreed to a two-year extension with an AAV of $1.1 million.
In what’s becoming a tired refrain, the Columbus Blue Jackets have issued multiple injury updates after a blowout loss over the weekend.
When the Columbus Blue Jackets traded a fourth-round pick for forward Mathieu Olivier last June, it seemed like a move that wouldn’t make much of a difference.
Tied for the second-worst record in the NHL, it's safe to say that the Columbus Blue Jackets have been disappointing so far this season. Several players, such as Cole Sillinger, have contributed to the team's down year with slumps of their own.
The offseason shuffle begins with the Columbus Blue Jackets‘ first offseason acquisition. One target for general manager Jarmo Kekalainen heading into this offseason was decreasing his team’s goals against.
The Columbus Blue Jackets and Nashville Predators made a trade on Thursday. As announced by Blue Jackets General Manager and Alternate Governor Jarmo Kekalainen,
Cody Glass, Connor Ingram and Mathieu Olivier have all been reassigned to the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals to join their Calder Cup run, and two Avs players were sent to the Colorado Eagles.
Both Cousins and Forsberg are listed as week-to-week with upper-body injuries.
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