Columbus Blue Jackets Power Rankings - 2011-12
| Power Ranking | ||||
| WEEK | RECORD | RANK | COMMENT | |
| Week 28 | 29-46-7 | 30 | Back to our regularly scheduled programming, the Rick Nash Trade Watch. | |
| Week 27 | 27-45-7 | 30 | It doesnt seem fair to rank a team thats won three in a row dead last in the rankings. Sadly, even with that, the Blue Jackets are the worst team in the NHL by a country mile. | |
| Week 26 | 24-44-7 | 30 | There are seven games left to this torture, Jackets fans. Just seven games. | |
| Week 25 | 23-42-7 | 30 | After a brief spasm of respectability, the Blue Jackets are back to their woeful ways, having lost four of five. | |
| Week 24 | 22-40-7 | 29 | Kudos to Rick Nash for playing hits guts out despite being disappointed he wasn't moved. That's a pro. | |
| Week 23 | 20-38-7 | 29 | You've got to hand it to captain Rick Nash -- he's not mailing it in even though he desperately wants out of Columbus. A two-game winning streak is a minor miracle for this woeful squad. | |
| Week 22 | 18-37-7 | 30 | I disagree with the Jackets' decision. I would have taken the best deal available and ended the Rick Nash drama. | |
| Week 21 | 17-35-7 | 30 | The season of shame continues for the NHL's worst franchise on and off the ice. | |
| Week 20 | 16-34-6 | 30 | The Jackets are trying to find a new home for Jeff Carter. Can they pull it off? | |
| Week 19 | 14-32-6 | 30 | Just when long-suffering Columbus fans thought they'd seen it all, even the clock conspires to keep the floundering Blue Jackets at the bottom of the overall standings. | |
| Week 18 | 13-30-6 | 30 | The fire sale is soon to begin. | |
| Week 17 | 13-28-6 | 29 | Not much to separate the pathetic Blue Jackets from the crumbling Edmonton Oilers, so we slotted the Jackets at 29th based on getting a point against Detroit in a shootout loss Saturday. | |
| Week 16 | 12-27-5 | 30 | Hosting the Oilers on Tuesday night. Now there's a hot ticket. | |
| Week 15 | 11-25-5 | 30 | The Blue Jackets took another step toward the first overall pick by collapsing against woeful Anaheim. The fans in Columbus must be so proud. [Editor's note: Scott Arniel was fired Monday. Assistant coach Todd Richards will take over on an interim basis for the rest of the season.] | |
| Week 14 | 10-23-5 | 30 | GM Scott Howson told ESPN.com last week he's open for business. | |
| Week 13 | 9-21-4 | 30 | Look in the dictionary under "collapse," and you see a picture of the Blue Jackets. The Jackets have lost four straight and are forging new territory in terms of the way games can be given away. Fans in Columbus must be delighted with the way the team has responded to the decision not to fire Scott Arniel. | |
| Week 12 | 9-20-0 | 29 | Three-game losing streak sets Jackets back to their normal ways. | |
| Week 11 | 8-17-4 | 28 | It tells you how bad Carolina and Anaheim are that Columbus jumps up in the rankings with a 2-2-1 record in its past five games. | |
| Week 10 | 7-16-3 | 29 | In a lost season, at least Curtis Sanford is a nice story. | |
| Week 9 | 6-14-3 | 26 | Some signs of life in Columbus, as the Blue Jackets had points in five straight (3-0-2) before Sunday's 2-1 loss to St. Louis. | |
| Week 8 | 4-13-2 | 30 | Well, when you're 27th in offense and 30th in defense, you hang your hat in the basement. | |
| Week 7 | 3-12-1 | 30 | Jeff Carter returned to the Blue Jackets' lineup, and they equaled their longest winning "streak" of the season (one game) with a win over hapless Winnipeg. Well, when you're as low as you can go, you have to start somewhere, right? | |
| Week 6 | 2-11-1 | 30 | I mean, what else is left to say? An atrocious start to the season just keeps getting worse. | |
| Week 5 | 2-9-1 | 30 | The Blue Jackets responded to rumors of imminent changes at management and coaching levels with a big win over Anaheim on Sunday. Still winless (0-6-0) on the road, though. | |
| Week 4 | 0-7-1 | 30 | Something has to give in Columbus. The payroll ballooned in the offseason, but the Blue Jackets have yet to post a victory eight games into the season. | |
| Week 3 | 0-4-1 | 30 | It's hard to imagine a worse start for a team that could ill-afford a bad start. The Blue Jackets are in danger of being buried in the Western Conference playoff race before "star" defenseman James Wisniewski plays his first game. Their power play is 1-for-25. Calling Jeff Carter, please report to Nationwide Arena. | |
| Week 2 | 0-2-0 | 25 | If there's a good-looking 0-2-0 team, this is it. They had good spurts in both losses, but the pressure is already on the Jackets to post some wins. | |
| Week 1 | 0-0-0 | 26 | Nice work by James Wisniewski to get himself canned for the first eight games with his new team. Even Jeff Carter won't be able to keep the Blue Jackets from a fifth-place finish in the Central. | |
