Marc Methot used to wear number 48. There ya go. Currently young Methot wears number 3 for the Blue Jackets but was the only player to ever wear number 48 for the Union Blue.
Marc Methot was drafted by Columbus during the 2003 NHL Entry Draft and since then has spent parts of 4 seasons with the Blue Jackets. Methot is under contract with the CBJ for one more season, my take is that this will be his last season in Columbus.
Earlier this summer Rick Gethin of The Hockey Writers had a nice interview with Methot about his off-season conditioning.
Unfortunately almost no news since last night’s #49 update. But there was this nice dismantling of Brian Burke‘s comments and motives to push the NHL players away from the Olympics and towards the World Cup of hockey.
I don’t know what I’ll say or do if the “L word” happens. Right now hockey fans need to try to keep a level head and ignore all the posturing that’s going on. The owners, general managers, players, and agents are all going to try to puff their chests up big and intimidate one another, but if all parties involved know what’s good for them, when negotiations arrive, there won’t be much arguing for the sake of the game and the fans.
If you didn’t catch this summer’s NHL Network series “Raising the Cup”, you seriously missed out. Of 35 years of Stanley Cup Clinchers, I’ve watched probably 15 of them and have a good bit still to catch up on the DVR. As a fan of an expansion team, I kind of view this as my education of what the NHL was before the Jackets came on to the scene. Maybe next summer they’ll play video of every team (that’s available) during their Inaugural Game. Probably not feasible for the Original Six… oh darn.
