The Blue Jackets are riding an ugly three-game skid amid a bad start to the season. Here are five reasons why.
as an unrestricted free agent. Laine is the owner of a world-class shot and Gaudreau is coming off a career-best 115 points for the Calgary Flames on 40 goals and 85 assists.
They’ve been more like peanut butter and salsa. Both are still pretty good on their own, just not together. They've also been too predictable with some passes, too fancy with others and they've struggled keeping the offensive zone against aggressive penalty-killers. A couple of goalies have also kept the Blue Jackets off the board, including some impressive saves in the Bruins' win by Linus Ullmark., Columbus has allowed 44 more 5-on-5 scoring chances than it has generated and conceded 20 more high-danger chances .
It’s a “chicken and the egg” issue, since any goaltender would struggle against so many defensive breakdowns, but Merzlikins, Tarasov and Joonas Korpisalo can significantly boost the Blue Jackets’ odds by reducing the number of “bad” goals allowed.Six of the first seven teams the Blue Jackets played were playoff teams
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