Can the #CBJ go all….the….way??

Well, well, well….look who is back in the NHL Playoff Hunt and back in the hearts and minds of Columbus sports fans.  The Columbus Blue Jackets or more socially media known as the #CBJ.  After a tremendous push to end the 2012-13 season left them just short of the playoffs, this season started out very slow and very troubling.  The team looked sluggish, the locker room seemed splintered; Todd Richards, the Blue Jackets’ man in charge, seemed puzzled.  Add to that an injury to star goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky and a delayed beginning to Nathan Horton’s Blue Jacket career and many casual Blue Jackets fans responded with a “here we go again”.

But lo and behold, Horton finally made his debut and Sergei was able to get healthy and rested thanks to good fill-in work from backups Curtis McElhinney & Mike McKenna.  All of a sudden, the team didn’t look so sluggish, the locker room seemed to come together and Todd Richards didn’t seem so puzzled.  With the current four game winning streak, casual Blue Jacket fans and Columbus residents in general are interested and excited by Blue Jacket hockey again.

Let’s be honest, there are a core group of CBJ fans that live and die with the team…attend most games (many from the upper tank), and wear their Blue Jacket sweaters win or lose.  But for this team to thrive and survive, they must capture the hearts and minds of the casual fan.  Buckeye football and basketball rules the Capital City, no one can argue that…but if the Blue Jackets can build on this current run of four wins in a row and continue to play winning hockey, they can capture  Columbus.  Let’s be honest, everybody loves a winner.   Can the CBJ go all…..the……way?  Ok, let’s not get crazy…but if they could at least make the Stanley Cup Playoffs and win a first round series, it would go a LONG WAY.

Excited by the Blue Jackets current run or just a die-hard CBJ fan? Or do you just like beer?  Join us for the 95.5 The Game/Columbus Blue Jackets Celebrity Bartender Event!  It’s a great way to hang with your fellow Blue Jackets fans or meet some new ones!