Columbus Blue Jackets at Chicago Blackhawks
Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 8:00 EST
United Center, Chicago, Illinois
TV: Fox Sports Ohio - Radio: WBNS FM
Opponent’s Blog: Second City Hockey
Columbus Blue Jackets, 6-5-3, 15 points, .536 P%, 4th Central
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Chicago Blackhawks, 6-4-4, 16 points, .571 P%, 3rd Central
The Columbus Blue Jackets and their unending stream of headlines head to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Blackhawks tonight. Since Saturday, the Blue Jackets have seen:
-a controversial and poorly officiated game where the league inadvertently allowed a goal to stand following a botched replay
-Patrik Laine benched for more than 26 minutes Monday night
-Cam Atkinson said postgame that Laine “has to be better”
-Aaron Portzline speculate that Torts might want out of Columbus
-Mikko Koivu abruptly retired on Tuesday afternoon
-Reporting from the Dispatch late on Tuesday night that Laine was benched for blowing off an assistant coach
-A terse press conference from Torts and Laine saying “everything is fine” and “we’re by it”
Whew.