Don’t feel bad if you can’t remember more than Geoff Platt’s name ringing a bell. This is probably because he didn’t do much with his short time in Columbus.
Center Geoff Platt signed as a free agent with Columbus in early 2005 and managed to appear in 15 games during that season. In the next season he appeared in 26 games with Columbus bringing his total to a whopping 41 NHL games with the Blue Jackets.
Early in the 07-08 seasons Platt was traded to Anaheim for minor-leaguers Clay Wilson and Aaron Rome. In his brief NHL career Platt would best be qualified as a “Minor League Plus” player. He has found a scoring touch in previously the AHL and now with the KHL.
The other number 47 in Columbus history was defenseman Aaron Johnson. After being drafted by the Jackets in 2001, Johnson spent parts of 3 seasons with Columbus, totaling 116 games during the 2003, 2005, and 2006 seasons.
Since not receiving a qualifying offer from Columbus in the summer of 2007, Johnson has been on the move each of the last 3 seasons, Johnson has spent time with the Islanders, Blackhawks, Flames, and Oilers in his time since leaving the Jackets. After never really sticking anywhere, I’ll be surprised if Johnson gets many more chances in the NHL.
The Green Seat View continues making “A Case for Columbus” with the most recent installment, “The City, Part 1, The Food“. Green Seater mentions some Columbus staples but leaves off a few of my favorites: Catfish Biff’s Pizza (Campus), Buckeye Donuts (Campus), Columbus Fish Market, Cap City Diner, the Original Max & Erma’s (German Village). There are few places he lists that I have yet to try, and now will definitely need to now that yet another person recommended it.
The winds of change are a blowing… well at least there’s a slight breeze about. Shootouts will no longer be included in a teams win total when it comes to tie-breakers. Puck Daddy goes on to give a good bit of credit to GMSH for nudging these changes in the right direction. Last season the shootout had a bigger impact than it ever has previously on the final league standings. I’m all for decreasing the impact a skills competition has on who does and doesn’t make the playoffs, especially since the Jackets have been so poor in the said competition.
I also wouldn’t mind a slight scoring change if the powers that be reject allowing overtime to change to 3 minutes of 4-on-4, 3 minutes of 3-on-3, and 3 minutes of 2-on-2, before the shootout.
I’m glad to see the league and management being proactive on this front. I am extremely “anti-tie” but have strong feelings against the use of a shootout. A continuous OT like the playoffs would be nice, but the weight of regular season games doesn’t warrant 4 hour hockey games
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