Nestled among the angst of an injury plagued 2014-15 NHL Campaign and a disastrously under-performing 2015-16 season, the Columbus Blue Jackets were a bright star for the NHL over a long weekend in January of 2015 when they hosted the NHL All-Star Game. During that time Columbus gave the rest of the NHL a glimpse of the potential of the market. Ironically, there were ripples put in motion that weekend that are still rocking the CBJ lifeboat today, a year and a half later.
The game itself was a bit of a snoozer, in the third year of the pick-up game format that had the Captains picking their team for the game.