Rostislav Klesla

Rostislav Klesla celebrated a new four-year contract extension by scoring a goal midway through the third period Saturday night to push the Columbus Blue Jackets past the Minnesota Wild, 2-1 in the season opener for both teams. Steve Mason, winner of last season's Calder Trophy as the NHL rookie of the year, finished with 32 saves — several in the final minute while the Wild had a two-man advantage. R.J. Umberger added a short-handed goal for Columbus, 15-13-4 in the series against the Wild, who came into the league at the same time. Andrew Brunette scored for Minnesota. Niklas Backstrom had 37 saves. Read Full Story

Coach Ken Hitchcock revealed his leadership group today. According to Puck-Rakers , this is how it’s going to be: – Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock revealed his “leadership group”: Rick Nash, Fredrik Modin, Rostislav Klesla, Michael Peca, Mike Commodore and Manny Malhotra. Nash is to be expected. He’s our Captain, and well, that sort of goes along with that whole thing. Fredrik Modin is also one that I expected to be in there. If he is healthy, he will do a great job. He has Stanley Cup experience and is one of our veterans. Rostislav Klesla really stepped up last season when Foote left. ... Read Full Story

It has been a busy few days for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Free Agency began on Tuesday at noon, and the Blue Jackets have been busy ever since. The first order of business for the Jackets was sending under-achieving forward Gilbert Brule to Edmonton for Raffi Torres . Torres is a bit of a bruiser, who hits hard, and who always is willing to sacrifice his body in order for the team to succeed. The Blue Jackets were in the running for free agent stud Wade Redden, until the bitter end…sort of. Redden chose to go to the New York Rangers, not because of ... Read Full Story

The Columbus Blue Jackets placed defenseman Rostislav Klesla on injured reserve on Wednesday because of an ankle injury. Klesla has missed the last two games and will likely miss at least one more with what coach Ken Hitchcock called a high ankle sprain h Read Full Story

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