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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.

Forward Derek MacKenzie arrived from minor-league Syracuse on Wednesday with a couple of shirts, a pair of jeans, a sweat suit and no illusions.

Rick Nash scored the Columbus Blue Jackets' third goal in a 2:41 span of the third period to beat Carolina 3-2 Saturday night, the Hurricanes' franchise-record 12th consecutive game without a win.

Radio: WBNS-AM ; WWCD-FM \ The series The Blue Jackets are 4-6-0 against the Hurricanes , including 2-2-0 in Nationwide Arena.

San Jose defenseman Dan Boyle scored the lone goal in a shootout, and Evgeni Nabokov stopped all three Columbus shooters to give the visiting Sharks their sixth straight win, 3-2 over the Blue Jackets on Wednesday night.

That's exactly what the Thrashers have done. Atlanta looks to win its third straight without its leading scorer Thursday night, when it hosts a Columbus Blue Jackets club that's dropped six of eight.

The Capitals' Alex Ovechkin is restrained by a referee during an altercation with the Blue Jackets' Jared Boll, not pictured, during Sunday's game.

The Blue Jackets had a good day at the doctor's office yesterday. X-rays on the hands of defenseman Fedor Tyutin and center Derick Brassard showed bad bruises but no broken bones, and both are expected to play Wednesday when the Blue Jackets play host to San Jose.

Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock was asked last night about the recent play of his top two lines.

Defenseman Mike Commodore says Columbus needs to take care of the puck against Pittsburgh.

Blue Jackets forward Andrew Murray has been playing with shoulder pain since training camp.

As Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock groused about his club's early-season defensive breakdowns and its sporadic approach to checking, he took a deep breath and put the brakes on his line of thinking and the media's line of questioning.

Uh-oh. Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson, whose team fell to 0-6-1 Saturday, got the dreaded vote of confidence from GM Brian Burke -- meaning he's now on borrowed time.

Blue Jackets defenseman Mike Commodore, still slowed by a groin injury, was nearly rushed into duty last night against the Edmonton Oilers.

But the Jackets might not recognize him even if he does. Brule, who was the Blue Jackets' No.

Times and timing have changed for the rapidly improving Columbus Blue Jackets. Raffi Torres broke a tie with a power-play goal late in the second period and Rick Nash added a short-handed goal on Saturday night to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to their third win in a row, a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.

Raffi Torres broke a tie with a power-play goal late in the second period and Rick Nash added a short-handed goal on Saturday night to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to their third win in a row, a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.