When Sergei Bobrovsky was traded by the Philadelphia Flyers to the Columbus Blue Jackets in the summer of 2012, the CBJ organization and Bobrovsky both needed a change.
Bob spent the 2011-2012 season backing up Ilya Bryzgalov and playing poorly even when he got the chance while the Blue Jackets were having their own issues, with the most prevalent being that they finished dead-last in the NHL with 65 points.
Steve Mason‘s play had regressed from his impressive rookie year, so bringing a new goalie into Columbus couldn’t hurt, right? In fact, it couldn’t.