Previewing critical back-to-back Penguins-Blue Jackets games
Somerset native Bob McElligott is the play-by-play man for the Columbus Blue Jackets. He joins me for the Thursday Sided.co “Hockey Week” podcast.
The Penguins and Columbus have enormous back-to-back games coming up. These contests Thursday and Saturday are huge in the Metropolitan Division standings and may go a long way toward determining the Eastern Conference bracket.
We ask Bob about the Blue Jackets up-and-down play since they made all those trades at the deadline, their issues with the Penguins in crucial situations and whether the Penguins will face Keith Kinkaid in net.
LISTEN: Previewing critical back-to-back Penguins-Blue Jackets games
Also, we examine the state of the Metro Division positioning battle, and the wild card race.
Plus, will the Blue Jackets ever win a playoff series? And could it be against the Penguins?
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