Columbus Blue Jackets vs. New York Islanders
Nationwide Arena
April 7, 2012
Today is a first for me, two games on the same day. I just finished the Columbus Crew game about 1.5 hours ago and now I am at the CBJ for their final game of the season. Nationwide is another brand new Arena that showcases a lot of player specific items for the fans enjoyment. From 10 year anniversary display cases, fan favorite Rick Nash’s draft pictures, to the well known goal canon that you can take a picture with (of course I did, why even ask?). The fan base was very knowledgeable, you can tell they love their team, but the only issue is that the CBJ are horrible. The aforementioned Rick Nash is great, newly acquired Jack Johnson (from my Kings…) is solid on defense, and goalie John Mason are staples on the team, but that is all they have. Columbus has the worst record in the league so a lot of the talk around the arena was,” at least we will have a great #1 draft pick…”.
The game was a complete contrast of the Blue Jackets record though, they dominated from the drop of the puck. There were 10 total goals in the game in which Columbus had 7. They fought hard in the corners, made fantastic stick to stick passes, and put fists to faces in the fights (there were 3 in the game). Maybe next year they can start and end with the same ferocity.
The best part of the game actually originated outside the doors of Nationwide. The team provided markers and neon green cardboard for fans to make personal signs. The overwhelming majority revolved around asking Nash to please stay on the team and the rest were about firing the GM. Not exactly what the arena reps wanted on the final day of the season.
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