-Vintage Canuck- Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Quote Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen, assistant general manager Bill Zito, and president of hockey operations John Davidson have each signed two-year contract extensions through the 2018-19 season, reports Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch. Davidson joined the team in October 2012 and hired Kekalainen four months later. The Blue Jackets have made the playoffs once since the duo took over, a first-round loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2014. Though the team has been unable to build off that postseason appearance, finishing 11th and 15th in the Eastern Conference in the two seasons since, Columbus, slowly but surely, appears to be trending upward. "This (extension) gives us an opportunity to keep doing what we’ve been trying to build," Kekalainen said. "It’s a process that will take its time, but we’re on our way." The Blue Jackets' AHL affiliate, the Lake Erie (now Cleveland) Monsters, won the Calder Cup, and the club added 2016 third overall pick Pierre-Luc Dubois to a promising group of prospects. http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1094598 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILL BILL NECRO Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Riveting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocksterh8 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 This is so exciting I better sit down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Great up and coming young D! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 We've been saying this for a long time about the Blue Jackets, but they'll need to find success soon. Those two-year extensions won't mean anything if they don't show improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush17 Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Grats to everyone included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCanuck Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Ryan Murray should have gone first overall in 2012 and Seth Jones was projected to go 1st overall in 2013. In a couple years they could potentially be the most dominant pairing in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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