Raffi Torres News

After day one of free agency, my previous predictions of signing a decent back-up goaltender and a checking line center were correct.

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For the first time ever, the Stanley Cup playoffs will come to Columbus, Ohio when the Blue Jackets host the Detroit Red Wings in Game 3 of their opening round Western Conference series.

All Raffi Torres wanted to do was make a good first impression in Columbus. Coming from Edmonton in a trade over the summer, he wanted to fit in right away with his new teammates in his new market.

The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets by a 4-1 tally on Tuesday, taking a 3-0 series lead in what was, arguably, the most "Columbus-like" grind of the series.

Beginning Thursday, the Columbus Blue Jackets and their fans will get their first taste of the NHL postseason.

Our independent fan bloggers square off to skirmish ahead of the big Wings-Jacks series.

The defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings will begin a new playoff run tonight, as they host the seventh-seeded Columbus Blue Jackets in Game 1 of the Western Conference quarterfinals at Joe Louis Arena.

That the Columbus Blue Jackets' secured their first playoff berth in franchise history doesn't mean there's a "Mission Accomplished" banner hanging in the team dressing room.

The Edmonton Oilers were seeded eighth in the NHL Western Conference playoffs three years ago.

Raffi Torres, hitting the ice while fighting for the puck with the Wild's Kurtis Foster, and the Blue Jackets fell down quite a bit in the past two games.

That the Columbus Blue Jackets' secured their first playoff berth in franchise history doesn't mean there's a "Mission Accomplished" banner hanging in the team dressing room.

Columbus' Jared Boll, left, checks Chicago's Cameron Barker during the first period.

Steve Mason's emergence as a star goalie has put the Columbus Blue Jackets into the playoffs and on the right track for the long-term. TED MOUTHS OFF Ted Montgomery writes an exclusive column for USATODAY.com. He is the author of four hockey books and has been an avid hockey fan since first rooting for the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs ...

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Ducks 5, Oilers 3 - Rob Niedermeyer scored two goals to lead host Anaheim to a victory over Edmonton.

Not long ago, Blue Jackets center Michael Peca was regarded as one of the NHL's most notorious open-ice hitters, a smallish player who could wreak big-time havoc with collisions that belied his frame.

Blue Jackets left winger Raffi Torres, who has overcome knee and shoulder injuries to have a significant impact on the Blue Jackets' season, has been nominated for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy by the Columbus chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.

The Florida Panthers need to make the playoffs. If that takes benching their highest-paid player, so be it.

In the biggest game in franchise history, the Columbus Blue Jackets relied on their lucky charm.