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Good Day In Columbus
by Paul on 06/25/07 at 02:07 PM ET
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from Adam Proteau of the Hockey News,
Fans in the arena were as enthusiastic as any I’ve seen assembled for the draft. And I can’t believe I’m about to type this, but the crowd’s ovation for Blue Jackets owner John H. McConnell before his pre-draft welcome speech bordered on touching.
At that point, anyone in the stands who hailed from Boston or Chicago could have been forgiven for believing they were hallucinating.
more on the Columbus experience…
The view of Columbus from the End of the Bench,
The long anticipated draft weekend has come and gone. I’ve taken a moment to relax and reflect. In the aftermath, I felt exhausted but I’m not really sure why. I didn’t work all that hard, stay up too late, or party too hard. Still, it was a whirlwind twenty-four hours for me….
New Jackets GM Scott Howson stepped to the stage to announce the seventh pick, and was met with thunderous applause, cheering, and chants of “Let’s Go Jackets!” I’m sure he couldn’t have asked for a better introduction to the hockey fans in Columbus.
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