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Does Rick Bowness have the Blue Jackets ready to fire?

The CBJ win their season opener for the first time in five years. Matthew Knies racks up three points in his Union Blue debut. Nationwide rocks.

Michael Arace

02 Oct 2026 — 6 min read

Introductions prior to the Blue Jackets' season opener vs. the Buffalo Sabres at the Nationwide Arena Thursday night. This year's motto is "Heart and ..." dang, but I forget the second part. Their hype video theme leans hard on a Civil War motif with murky fields, soldiers, cannons, interspersed with Jackets players staring menacingly into the camera and Damon Severson smirking.

Blue Jackets cracked open by the Panthers. Too early to panic?

"You have to hope, you've got to believe, that that performance tonight will embarrass them enough to stop this, right? Because if they're not embarrassed by that, we don't want them on the team." -- Rick Bowness

Crew dominate in Orlando and lose, 3-2

And what is it about the Blue Jackets and the second period?

The Weekly Dis

Catching up with the visuals with the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Crew, including This Week in Discasting (excellent guests)

For the Blue Jackets, a (non-bye) bye week that hopefully doesn't spell "bye-bye"

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Blue Jackets cracked open by the Panthers. Too early to panic?

Crew dominate in Orlando and lose, 3-2

The Weekly Dis

For the Blue Jackets, a (non-bye) bye week that hopefully doesn't spell "bye-bye"