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Chris Clark remembers the primary time he noticed Trey Repair-Wolansky hit the ice as an expert hockey participant. Repair-Wolansky made his debut within the playoffs in Might with Cleveland of the AHL, and Clark – then the Blue Jackets’ head honcho of prospect improvement – watched the assured, passionate offensive dynamo’s first few shifts feeling the hockey model of getting his coronary heart in his throat. “His first three passes had been little contact saucer passes,” ...

An damage to a goaltender has a ripple impact on a complete group. The one to Blue Jackets netminder Joonas Korpisalo isn’t any completely different. When the group’s starter went down with a knee damage that may maintain him out Four-6 weeks in a Dec. 29 sport vs. Chicago, everybody within the organizational meals chain moved up a peg.  Korpisalo’s backup, Elvis Merzlikins, grew to become the starter. Matiss Kivlenieks was summoned from AHL Cleveland to be Merzlikins’ backup. And Ve...