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Admiring Cam Atkinson’s Quarter Pole

Cam Atkinson is on some kind of bender. No, not the one you’re thinking of. Not the type that Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals thoroughly enjoyed last summer — perhaps in due time? But ever since Jarmo Kekalainen gave Atkinson the seven-year vote of confidence, and really, the mega bucks ($41.25 million through 2024-25) he commanded as a potential UFA among other big-time headliners that included John Tavares last summer, No. 13 has delivered in a big way, just as Kekalainen and Blue Jackets fans would have hoped.