I won’t say that to too many players, but he’s one of those where I might say, ‘Hey, you can get out of the way sometimes. “He’s probably going to have to learn that it’s OK to bail (to avoid hits). “He’s willing to put himself in positions that … sometimes he scares me because of his size, but he does what’s required to make the play,” Blue Jackets coach Brad Larsen said. The Blue Jackets don’t have an answer for why they’ve started so slowly in the last few games, and nobody was in much of a mood to dissect it in the postgame dressing room.īut it’s remarkable how one uber-confident player - not to mention a 5-foot-9, 177-pounder - can spread that vibe across an entire bench. “It’s great to see another college kid jump right out of college and into the NHL. “Whoof, he’s a fun player to watch,” said Gaudreau, who added an empty-net goal in the final minute to seal it. The Blue Jackets won 5-3 and Blankenburg was named the game’s first star.Ĭheesin for the BlankenBOOM □□ /AqYBbwbO0s And it was Blankenburg’s goal with only 1:23 remaining in regulation, off a breathtaking play and pass by veteran winger Jakub Voracek, that gave the Blue Jackets their first lead of the game. It was Blankenburg’s remarkable long-range pass to spring Johnny Gaudreau for a breakaway goal only 38 seconds into the third period that helped mount a four-goal comeback. We may be witnessing the early stages of defenseman Nick Blankenburg’s rise to folk-hero status in Columbus. If the denizens of Nationwide had command of Patrik Laine’s language, they may have shouted back “ Ei kovin hyvin,” which is something along the lines of “not so great!”Īt that point, the Blue Jackets were down 2-0 to Nashville, and it would have been 3-0 if not for an NHL review that took a Predators goal off the board for being offside.īut for a second straight game, the Blue Jackets had a mid-game awakening, and for a second straight game it was hypercharged by an undrafted, unheralded defenseman who couldn’t crack the lineup in the first three games of the season. The phrase on Thursday was mitä kuuluu, which is how a Finn would say: “How are you doing?”
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