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Welcome to the NHL, Nikita!

by Bethany on 10/15/08 at 05:19 PM ET
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Nikita Filatov is being recalled, and will be playing in the home opener on Friday!!  This is HUGE news for Blue Jackets fans, and of course it doesn’t come without a cost.  Jared Boll is out with a head and neck issues, I’m with Portzline when he says Boll hasn’t been right since the fight in Dallas. 

Now, onto the game last night.  We had a good night on the power play, we were able to score two goals, which is a great thing.  HOWEVER, when your power play allows TWO short-handed goals you have a serious problem on your hand.  Pascal Leclaire wasn’t as good as he should have been, but he can’t be blamed for all the goals.  The Jackets were able to keep the penalties they took at a minimum, but that did not help.

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