NHL Hockey Betting - Columbus Blue Jackets

NHL Betting 2007-08 – Columbus Blue Jackets
Manager: Ken Hitchcock
Arena: Nationwide Arena
Last Season: 33-42-7, 73 pts (4th Central, 11th Western Conference)
2008 Prediction: 14th Western Conference

Preseason Odds to win Stanley Cup: +8000

The Blue Jackets head in to the 2007-08 season without much hype, and for good reason. Ken Hitchcock landed on his feet with Columbus after an unceremonious departure from Philadelphia. Over the next year, the hard nosed Hitchcock will turn this lackluster band of underachievers in to a strong NHL team, but the task is daunting and the learning curve is steep. Even with Hitchcock’s considerable hockey mind, can he pull the Jackets up from the NHL gutter?

What always surprises the NHL betting community is the Blue Jackets inability to score. Rick Nash is the club’s future, and he is a mainstay on the talent laden Canadian Team. Signing Michael Peca to help mold a young locker room will certainly help as Nikolai Zherdev went from having massive potential, to simply being a massive headache. Sergei Fedorov was once an MVP, but he heeds to hang up his skates and get out of the way to make room for the youth movement in Columbus.

The team is a mess on the blue-line, and one has to wonder how Adam Foote stops from pulling out his hair and bashing his head against the wall. The Rostilislav Klesla has been a bust after being drafted fourth overall in 2000. How bad is this team? Alexander Svitov bailed on the team and signed with Russia.

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Official Website: www.bluejackets.com