Nikita Filatov News

If the Cincinnati Bengals' Cedric Benson feels threatened by fellow running back Larry Johnson, he might have only himself to blame.

After a costly first-period turnover Tuesday, Blue Jackets defenseman Kris Russell retreated to his bench but not his shell.

After his team lost to Canada in a shootout in the semifinals of the 2009 World Junior Championship, Russia's Nikita Filatov was near tears when he met with the media.

Defenseman John Moore was one of 29 players named to the United States National Junior Team preliminary roster that will compete at the 2010 World Junior Championships, while Nikita Filatov is among 33 players named to Team Russia's preliminary roster, the Blue Jackets announced Wednesday.

I took in a Barrie Colts-Saginaw Spirit game on the weekend, partly because the two Ontario League teams are both having excellent seasons and partly because two dynamic Russians are helping them do so.

Blue Jackets equipment manager Tim LeRoy is a resourceful individual. But if he attached a couple of small bicycle mirrors to the helmet of goaltender Steve Mason , the NHL might take a dim view of his handiwork.

Each Wednesday at noon during the NHL season, Dispatch.com and BlueJacketsXtra.com readers can chat online with either Aaron Portzline or Tom Reed, The Dispatch's Blue Jackets beat writers.

Columbus forward Nikita Filatov left the Blue Jackets, choosing to finish the season playing in Russia.

While backup Mathieu Garon has helped the Blue Jackets recover from their worst loss of the season, he hasn't taken over the starting job just yet.

Well, I guess we all received the answer to the question of whether Nikita Filatov was going to log more Time On Ice - TOI.

In a 3-2 win Monday, Blue Jackets right winger Jared Boll turned down two invitations from the Edmonton Oilers' Zach Stortini to fight.

Rick Nash scored on a power play and Kristian Huselius added a short-handed goal in the final seconds of the fight-filled opening period, sending the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night.

Center Derick Brassard had known for weeks that Nikita Filatov was unhappy with his role on the Blue Jackets and wanted to return to Russia.

Nikita Filatov was buried so deep in Columbus that he will reappear on the other side of the planet.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have loaned promising forward Nikita Filatov to CSKA of the Kontinental Hockey League for the remainder of the 2009-10 season.

While the rest of the Blue Jackets practiced on Oct. 19 in Calgary, Blue Jackets defenseman Anton Stralman and his girlfriend, Johanna, were married -- two years earlier than they expected and in a "ceremony" they never could have imagined.

I'm starting to get why Columbus fans are so frustrated with the team's handling of top prospect Nikita Filatov .

The days of assigning nicknames to forward lines have gone the way of wooden sticks, ties and dasher boards without advertising.

The Blue Jackets didn't have much time to enjoy their first-ever playoff appearance last season.

Radio: WBNS-AM , WWCD-FM \ The series The Blue Jackets are 10-20-0-3 all time against San Jose, including 9-6-0-1 in Nationwide Arena.