From Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: The Blue Jackets couldn't afford to let Kristian Huselius get a good night's sleep. With permission from Huselius' agent, Don Meehan, Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson and coach Ken Hitchcock made their final sales pitch to Huselius at about 2 a.m. yesterday in his native Sweden. It was about 8 p.m. Wednesday in Columbus. "We woke him ...

from Bob Hunter of the Columbus Dispatch, Remember, this is about winning. Kristian Huselius, the free-agent forward the Jackets signed after the Zherdev trade, is talented and appears to be a better fit for Hitchcock than Zherdev was. Raffi Torres, a winger who came to the Jackets in the Brule deal with the Oilers, definitely is. With hard-checking free-agent defenseman Mike Commodore, ...

Here are the NHL free agent signings from July 2, 2008: Columbus Blue Jackets sign UFA winger Kristian Huselius (4-year, $4.75 million). New York Islanders sign UFA forward Doug Weight (1-year, $1.75 million). Philadelphia Flyers re-sign defenceman Randy Jones (2-years, undisclosed) and forward Riley Cote (3-years, undisclosed). Dallas Stars sign RFA forward B.J. Crombeen (1-year, ...

The Columbus Blue Jackets continued to turn over their roster on Wednesday, signing unrestricted free agent forward Kristian Huselius . Sources tell TSN it's a four-year deal worth $4.75 million per year. The move came just hours after the Blue Jackets shipped enigmatic forward Nikolai Zherdev to the New York Rangers in a four player swap. Huselius, 29, is coming off a productive couple of ...

Kristian Huselius to Columbus: Four years, $4.75 million per. He was making $1.4 million in Calgary. Like new Canadien Alex Tanguay, Huselius had difficulty adapting to Mike Keenan. He'll love equally hard-ass Ken Hitchcock. • • • In La Presse, François Gagnon cites the Mike Commodore and Jeff Finger contracts as proof the NHL has gone nuts. Supporting evidence: the ...

Kristian Huselius has traded one “c” for another - he’s gone from Calgary to Columbus.  I think this is a good thing for Juice who, for whatever reason, seems to lose his edge and ability to play right around the time his team needs him the most.  For these past few seasons with the Calgary Flames , Huselius has been downright awful during the postseason and the ...

From Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: On Huselius: "He's really comfortable carrying the puck, and he can go around people with it pretty good, you know? Sometimes you have play-making centers and sometimes you get your play-making on the wing. I really like Huselius. I've liked him for a number of years. He's only 29 years old. He can score, too, but he really likes to pass the ...

The Columbus Blue Jackets wasted little time in replacing winger Nikolai Zherdev, whom they deal t to the NY Rangers earlier today. It was reported Wednesday evening the Jackets had signed former Calgary Flames winger Kristian Huselius to a four-year contract worth $4.75 million per season. Jackets GM Scott Howson needed to bring in a more experienced winger for his first line and ...

From the Columbus Dispatch: The Blue Jackets have signed free agent left winger Kristian Huselius to a four-year contract worth $19 million, The Dispatch has learned. Huselius will make $4.75 million per season. Read more from Puck-rakers here . Good signing for the Jackets. Huselius is a very good offensive talent and should excel away from the pressure cooker in Calgary. With his ...

via Tom Reed at Puck-rakers , The Dispatch has learned the Blue Jackets are negotiating with free-agent forward Kristian Huselius, who played the past three seasons with the Flames. A deal could be struck later tonight. Huselius has scored 59 goals over the past two seasons. In other free-agent news, the Blue Jackets appear to be out of the running for center Brendan Morrison..

From Tom Reed of the Columbus Dispatch: The Dispatch has learned the Blue Jackets are negotiating with free-agent forward Kristian Huselius, who played the past three seasons with the Flames. A deal could be struck later tonight. Huselius has scored 59 goals over the past two seasons. In other free-agent news, the Blue Jackets appear to be out of the running for center Brendan Morrison..  ...

from Puck-rakers, I’ve been told that the Blue Jackets will be in hot pursuit of “four or five” players as of 12:00:01 Tuesday. First is the phone calls, then out go the faxes with offers. My guess—Redden, Morrison, Brooks Orpik, Kristian Huselius, Radim Vrbata. Maybe Niklas Hagman. Maybe Mike Commodore. Wait, that’s seven. more