Expectations have never been higher for the Columbus Blue Jackets. As preparations for the season begin in earnest, whet measuring stick will we use to gauge success or failure?
With the Traverse City tournament coming later this week, and training camp beginning in only a fortnight, the ice is in at Nationwide, traffic on the hockey sites is picking up, and the rumblings of fan expectations are growing louder by the day. Why not? This is a club that finished with its fourth highest point total in history last year (including extrapolating the 55 points earned in the 48 game 2012-13 season to a full season 94 points), despite a horrific injury streak that saw over 500 man-games disappear in the medical wing.