You would be hard-pressed to find a harder worker on the Blue Jackets than Justin Danforth. He’s relentless in all three zones and puts 110% effort into whatever he’s asked to do.
Welcome to Game 82. For the Columbus Blue Jackets, it means the end of their 2023-24 season. It also means starting to look forward to better days after a tough season for many.
Earlier in the week, we asked a question via headline: “Are the Canucks tough enough for the Stanley Cup Playoffs?”
With the All-Star break in the rearview, the trade deadline looms large. Where does each team stand, and what moves should they be looking to make? Let's take a look around the league with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The New Jersey Devils snapped a three-game winless skid with a victory prior to their holiday break. The Devils aim to follow that up with another win Wednesday when they conclude their five-game homestand against the Columbus Blue Jackets in Newark, N.J.
It’s not often a player makes their NHL debut in their late 20s. It’s even more rare that a player makes their debut like that and then carves out a role on the team’s top line.
Guess who's second on the club in goals? Justin Danforth has picked up where he left off for the Columbus Blue Jackets after missing the final 76 games last season due to shoulder surgery.
Justin Danforth and Zach Werenski each collected one goal and one assist and goaltender Spencer Martin won for the first time since Dec. 27, 2022, as the host Columbus Blue Jackets claimed a 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Friday.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed Justin Danforth to a one-year, $1.1MM contract extension, carrying him through the 2024-25 season.
While there’s a lot of buzz surrounding the Columbus Blue Jackets’ top-six forward group, there’s undoubtedly going to be some heavy competition in the bottom-six as well.
He is expected to make a full recovery in six months, meaning he’ll be out for most of the season, if not all of it.
Another injury blow to the Blue Jackets. Justin Danforth is sidelined indefinitely after suffering an upper-body injury in Columbus' Saturday night loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the team announced. Danforth has posted two goals and one assist in six games so far this season.
I spoke to Justin Danforth at practice last week about his time in the NHL last season and the upcoming campaign. You scored at a pretty good rate last year (10 goals in 45 games equates to 18 goals over an 82-game season).
Neal, 34, split time last season between the St. Louis Blues and their AHL affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds.
He finally became an NHL regular at age 28. Most players that don’t see NHL action by their mid-20s will likely never do so. Not Justin Danforth. He slowly worked his way through the ranks for the NCAA, ECHL, AHL, and even Europe before finally making the NHL at age 28.
Justin Danforth may not have been the first name to come to mind when discussing the Columbus Blue Jackets’ Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy candidate prior to his nomination.
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