The Blue Jackets have played impressively on the road and, at times, unimaginably bad at home. They have knocked off two of the hottest clubs in the NHL (St. Louis and Los Angeles) and beaten all four conference finalists from last season’s playoffs. But they have also made the middling Colorado Avalanche look like a Stanley Cup contender. If you can’t get a read on the Blue Jackets, don’t feel bad. One-fifth of the way into the season, coach Scott Arniel feels the same way. "Style of play? I don’t even
gucci purse know if I could describe our team right now," Arniel said yesterday, as the Blue Jackets prepared to play the Anaheim Ducks tonight. "I don’t know if ve’re a speed team or a grinding team. Every night we’ve seen something different, which I guess is a good thing. "Every team that’s trying to pre-scout us and get a good read on us good luck with that." Arniel was not necessarily complaining. The Blue Jackets’ roller-coaster play seems, as of today, almost charming because of their 10-6-0 record. They remained a confident bunch yesterday, only a few hours after knocking off the Los Angeles Kings 5-3 on Wednesday. The Blue Jackets became
gucci travel bagsthe first club to beat the Kings in the Staples Center this season, and they did so with a plucky effort from the bottom two forward lines and the defense, along with a well-timed goal by Rick Nash and the No. 1 line." "It’s too early to deem the combination of center Derick Brassard and wingers Rick Nash and Jake Voracek a bona fide No. 1 line in the NHL. The statistics sure make it tempting, though. "Each game (with Brassard) gets better," Nash said. "You look around the league, and some lines have been together for a couple of years. We’ve been together for weeks. But to have this much chemistry early I think is a good sign." The No.1 line was pretty
nike air max tnmuch invisible Wednesday until the final three minutes of a 5-3 victory over Los Angeles. With 3:12 remaining, Brassard made a slick cross-zone pass to Nash, who made a nifty move around a Kings defenseman in the left faceoff circle before scoring the go-ahead goal. It continued a theme. Since that line was put together Oct.23 at Chicago - nine games ago - Brassard has five goals and seven assists, Nash five goals and four assists and Voracek three goals and six assists. That puts all three on a point-a-game pace with a combined plus-7 rating. The Blue Jackets are 7-3-0 in that stretch. "It’s coming," Brassard said. "We all know that Nasher makes everyone so much better on the ice. The other team is so worried about Rick. It’s not going to be pretty every game. But if we’re effective like (Wednesday) and we go get the win, we did our job.""