The Atlanta Thrashers hit the ice this season, while the Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets start next year.
The team is an American Hockey League affiliate of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The Columbus Blue Jackets even reported that season ticket holders have gone up slightly since the start of the lockout.
He led Hamilton to the second-best record in the AHL then turned down a chance to coach the Columbus Blue Jackets.
He traded three players and a first-round draft pick to the Columbus Blue Jackets in July to acquire star forward Rick Nash.
That was hardly expected when they pulled off a major offseason deal to pry star power forward Rick Nash away from the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The Columbus Blue Jackets, like the NHL office, have plans in place to reduce staff hours to a four-day work week by November 1, unless the lockout ends before then.
But teams like the Carolina Hurricanes, Phoenix Coyotes, Tampa Bay Lightning, Anaheim Ducks and Columbus Blue Jackets would still have trouble making money unless they went at least two rounds in the playoffs.
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After compiling the best record in the East and advancing to the conference finals last year, they had acquired superstar forward Rick Nash, presumed to be the final puzzle piece they would need to win their first championship since 1994, from the Columbus Blue Jackets in July.
Marian Gaborik landed in Columbus, providing the trade-happy Blue Jackets' playoff push a nudge.
The station redoubled its marketing efforts, particularly partnerships with a local music promoter and Columbus' pro hockey team, the Blue Jackets.
Brassard, a pickup from Columbus in the deal that sent Marian Gaborik to the Blue Jackets at the trade deadline, also had five assists in the first five games of the series.
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