The Columbus Blue Jackets will host the Minnesota Wild tonight at Nationwide Arena. It will be the one and only visit to Ohio by the team from the Land of 1000 Lakes this season.
These two teams will be forever locked at the hip as expansion brethren. Like our beloved Blue Jackets, the Wild entered the league in the year 2000.
This year, both clubs are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their inaugural season in the NHL. Like everything else we've come to know about the Jackets, they are being overshadowed by a team that is doing things a little bit better.