It's a time-honored NHL formula: Bottom out, draft high and build a winner. The Blue Jackets didn't expect to be so bottom-y, but here they are.
. Wait. It wasn’t about tanking per se. It was more about the NHL draft lottery. The essence of it was this:
The Jackets’ schedule will not relent. Near the end of the month, they’ll swing through Western Canada with four games in six days. The trip culminates with a Vancouver-Seattle back-to-back. If you thought the Jackets had a rough time in December, when they lost 10 of 14, well, it’s entirely possible that any one of the next three months will be worse.
At this juncture, what is vastly more important than the Jackets’ record is their diligence in developing their young talent. They have a pipeline. They need to show it’s operational.
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