The 2003–04 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the Blue Jackets' fourth season in the NHL, as the team was coming off of a 29–42–8–3 record in the 2002–03 season, earning 69 points to finish in last place in the Western Conference for the second-straight year.
2003–04 Columbus Blue Jackets | |
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Division | 4th Central |
Conference | 14th Western |
2003–04 record | 25–45–8–4 |
Home record | 17–18–4–2 |
Road record | 8–27–4–2 |
Goals for | 177 |
Goals against | 238 |
Team information | |
General manager | Doug MacLean |
Coach | Doug MacLean (Oct-Jan) Gerard Gallant (Jan-Apr) |
Captain | Luke Richardson |
Alternate captains | Todd Marchant Geoff Sanderson (Oct-Mar) |
Arena | Nationwide Arena |
Average attendance | 17,369 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Syracuse Crunch (AHL) Dayton Bombers (ECHL) Elmira Jackals (UHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Rick Nash (41) |
Assists | David Vyborny (31) |
Points | Rich Nash (57) |
Penalty minutes | Jody Shelley (228) |
Plus/minus | Aaron Johnson (-2) |
Wins | Marc Denis (21) |
Goals against average | Marc Denis (2.56) |
Off-season
editColumbus would undergo some changes during the off-season, as leading scorer and team captain Ray Whitney would leave to sign with the Detroit Red Wings. The Blue Jackets named veteran defenseman Luke Richardson the third captain in franchise history.[1]
Regular season
editThe Blue Jackets would get off to a solid start in 2003–04, winning three of their first four games, though the club would eventually go on a seven-game losing streak to quickly fall out of playoff contention. Columbus would continue to struggle, and General Manager and Head Coach Doug MacLean announced on January 1, 2004, that he would step down from head coaching duties, naming Blue Jackets assistant coach and former NHL player Gerard Gallant as his replacement.[2] Columbus posted a 9–21–4–3 record under MacLean. While the Blue Jackets would play better hockey with Gallant behind the bench, the team would fail once again to earn a playoff spot, as they finished the season with a 25–45–8–4 record for 62 points—seven fewer than the previous season—and finish 29 points the Nashville Predators for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Columbus, however, climbed out of the basement in the Central Division for the first time in franchise history after finishing ahead of the Chicago Blackhawks.
Rick Nash had a memorable season, finishing in a three-way tie with Ilya Kovalchuk from the Atlanta Thrashers and Jarome Iginla from the Calgary Flames to win the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy as the League's highest goal-scorer; he scored a club-record 41 goals and finished with a team-best 57 points. David Vyborny led the Blue Jackets with 31 assists and finished second to Nash with 53 points. Rookie Nikolai Zherdev also contributed a solid 34 points in 57 games. On defense, Anders Eriksson led the Jackets with 27 points, while Jaroslav Spacek contributed with 22 points in just 58 games. Jody Shelley provided the team toughness, earning a team-high 228 penalty minutes.
In goal, Marc Denis was the team's number one, playing a team-high 66 games, winning 21 of them, posting a team best 2.56 goals against average (GAA) and earning five shutouts.
The Blue Jackets would finish the season having tied the Dallas Stars for most times shut-out, with 11.[3]
Season standings
editNo. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 48 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 255 | 189 | 109 |
2 | 7 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 191 | 198 | 91 |
3 | 8 | Nashville Predators | 82 | 38 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 216 | 217 | 91 |
4 | 14 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 25 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 177 | 238 | 62 |
5 | 15 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 20 | 43 | 11 | 8 | 188 | 259 | 59 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | P- Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 48 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 255 | 189 | 109 |
2 | Y- San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 43 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 255 | 183 | 104 |
3 | Y- Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 43 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 235 | 194 | 101 |
4 | X- Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 236 | 198 | 100 |
5 | X- Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 194 | 175 | 97 |
6 | X- Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 42 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 200 | 176 | 94 |
7 | X- St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 191 | 198 | 91 |
8 | X- Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 38 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 216 | 217 | 91 |
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9 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 221 | 208 | 89 |
10 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 30 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 188 | 183 | 83 |
11 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 28 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 205 | 217 | 81 |
12 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PA | 82 | 29 | 35 | 10 | 8 | 184 | 213 | 76 |
13 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 22 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 188 | 245 | 68 |
14 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 25 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 177 | 238 | 62 |
15 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 20 | 43 | 11 | 8 | 188 | 259 | 59 |
Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest
P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
Schedule and results
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October: 3–6–0–1 (home: 3–2–0–0; road: 0–4–0–1)
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November: 4–6–3–0 (home: 4–2–2–0; road: 0–4–1–0)
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December: 2–9–1–2 (home: 1–6–1–1; road: 1–3–0–1)
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January: 6–6–3–0 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 2–4–2–0)
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February: 4–7–1–1 (home: 3–1–0–1; road: 1–6–1–0)
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March: 5–10–0–0 (home: 2–4–0–0; road: 3–6–0–0)
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April: 1–1–0–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 1–0–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
editScoring
edit- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blue Jackets only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blue Jackets only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
61 | Rick Nash | LW | 80 | 41 | 16 | 57 | −35 | 87 |
9 | David Vyborny | RW | 82 | 22 | 31 | 53 | −26 | 40 |
13 | Nikolai Zherdev | RW | 57 | 13 | 21 | 34 | −11 | 54 |
26 | Todd Marchant | C | 77 | 9 | 25 | 34 | −17 | 34 |
10 | Trevor Letowski | RW | 73 | 15 | 17 | 32 | −12 | 16 |
8 | Geoff Sanderson‡ | LW | 67 | 13 | 16 | 29 | −9 | 34 |
2 | Anders Eriksson† | D | 66 | 7 | 20 | 27 | −6 | 18 |
25 | Andrew Cassels | C | 58 | 6 | 20 | 26 | −24 | 26 |
27 | Manny Malhotra† | C | 56 | 12 | 13 | 25 | −5 | 24 |
3 | Jaroslav Spacek | D | 58 | 5 | 17 | 22 | −13 | 45 |
28 | Tyler Wright | C | 68 | 9 | 9 | 18 | −19 | 63 |
5 | Darryl Sydor‡ | D | 49 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −19 | 26 |
44 | Rostislav Klesla | D | 47 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −16 | 27 |
20 | Lasse Pirjeta‡ | C | 57 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −6 | 20 |
23 | Derrick Walser | D | 27 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −6 | 22 |
47 | Aaron Johnson | D | 29 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 32 |
16 | Alexander Svitov† | C | 29 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −8 | 16 |
15 | Duvie Westcott | D | 34 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −15 | 39 |
45 | Jody Shelley | LW | 76 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −10 | 228 |
22 | Luke Richardson | D | 64 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −11 | 48 |
42 | Mark Hartigan | C | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −2 | 6 |
21 | Espen Knutsen‡ | C | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −5 | 2 |
7 | Scott Lachance | D | 77 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −23 | 44 |
46 | Tim Jackman | RW | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −7 | 16 |
17 | David Ling | RW | 50 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 98 |
32 | Kent McDonell | RW | 29 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −7 | 36 |
38 | Andrej Nedorost | LW | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
41 | Brad Moran | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
30 | Marc Denis | G | 66 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
24 | Todd Rohloff‡ | D | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −12 | 8 |
49 | Dan Fritsche | C | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −5 | 12 |
19 | Brian Holzinger† | C | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 2 |
36 | Don MacLean | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
33 | Jeremy Reich | LW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 20 |
37 | Darrel Scoville | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 6 |
40 | Fred Brathwaite | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
34 | Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre‡ | D | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 12 |
18 | Zenith Komarniski† | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Pascal Leclaire | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | Greg Mauldin | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
19 | Joe Motzko | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
39 | Mike Pandolfo | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
6 | Jamie Pushor†‡ | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
Goaltending
editNo. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
30 | Marc Denis | 66 | 21 | 36 | 7 | 1970 | 162 | 2.56 | .918 | 5 | 3796 |
40 | Fred Brathwaite | 21 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 574 | 59 | 3.37 | .897 | 0 | 1050 |
31 | Pascal Leclaire | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 7 | 3.53 | .899 | 0 | 119 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy | Rick Nash[a] | [7] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Rick Nash | [8] |
NHL Offensive Player of the Week | David Vyborny (March 1) | [9] | |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Nikolay Zherdev | [10] | |
Team | Foundation Community Service Award | Luke Richardson | [11] |
Three Stars Award | Rick Nash | [11] |
Milestones
editMilestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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First game | Dan Fritsche | October 9, 2003 | [12] |
Aaron Johnson | December 2, 2003 | ||
Nikolay Zherdev | |||
Tim Jackman | December 20, 2003 | ||
Jeremy Reich | January 21, 2004 | ||
Joe Motzko | February 2, 2004 | ||
Pascal Leclaire | February 20, 2004 | ||
Greg Mauldin | March 26, 2004 | ||
Mike Pandolfo |
Transactions
editThe Blue Jackets were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2003, the day after the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2004, the day of the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.[13]
Trades
editDate | Details | Ref | |
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June 22, 2003 | To Carolina Hurricanes
|
To Columbus Blue Jackets
|
[14] |
To Los Angeles Kings
|
To Columbus Blue Jackets
|
[14] | |
July 22, 2003 | To Dallas Stars
|
To Columbus Blue Jackets |
[15] |
October 3, 2003 | To Boston Bruins |
To Columbus Blue Jackets
|
[16] |
October 30, 2003 | To Vancouver Canucks |
To Columbus Blue Jackets |
[17] |
December 31, 2003 | To Atlanta Thrashers |
To Columbus Blue Jackets
|
[18] |
January 23, 2004 | To New York Rangers |
To Columbus Blue Jackets
|
[19] |
January 27, 2004 | To Tampa Bay Lightning
|
To Columbus Blue Jackets
|
[20] |
February 10, 2004 | To Pittsburgh Penguins |
To Columbus Blue Jackets |
[21] |
March 9, 2004 | To Pittsburgh Penguins |
To Columbus Blue Jackets |
[22] |
To Vancouver Canucks |
To Columbus Blue Jackets
|
[23] |
Players acquired
editDate | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 3, 2003 | Trevor Letowski | Vancouver Canucks | multi-year | Free agency | [24] |
Todd Marchant | Edmonton Oilers | multi-year | Free agency | [24] | |
July 15, 2003 | Mark Hartigan | Atlanta Thrashers | 1-year | Free agency | [25] |
September 5, 2003 | Todd Rohloff | Washington Capitals | 1-year | Free agency | [26] |
October 3, 2003 | Travis Green | Toronto Maple Leafs | Waiver draft | [16] | |
October 10, 2003 | Anders Eriksson | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1-year | Free agency | [27] |
November 21, 2003 | Manny Malhotra | Dallas Stars | Waivers | [28] | |
December 10, 2003 | Jamie Pushor | Syracuse Crunch (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [29] |
April 12, 2004 | Prestin Ryan | University of Maine (HE) | 1-year | Free agency | [30] |
April 19, 2004 | Brandon Sugden | Syracuse Crunch (AHL) | 1-year[b] | Free agency | [31] |
Players lost
editDate | Player | New team | Via[c] | Ref |
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July 1, 2003 | Radim Bicanek[d] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [32] | |
Jean-Francois Labbe | HC Lada Togliatti (RSL) | Free agency (VI) | [34] | |
Jonathan Schill[e] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [32] | ||
July 7, 2003 | Darren Van Impe | Hamburg Freezers (DEL) | Free agency (UFA) | [36] |
July 15, 2003 | Matt Davidson | Calgary Flames | Free agency (VI) | [37] |
July 29, 2003 | Ray Whitney | Detroit Red Wings | Free agency (III) | [38] |
August 9, 2003 | Paul Manning | Hamburg Freezers (DEL) | Free agency (II)[f] | [40] |
September 10, 2003 | Jamie Allison | Nashville Predators | Free agency (UFA) | [41] |
Mathieu Darche | Nashville Predators | Free agency (VI) | [41] | |
October 3, 2003 | Petr Tenkrat | Toronto Maple Leafs | Waiver draft | [16] |
October 9, 2003 | Dan Watson | Providence Bruins (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [42] |
October 10, 2003 | Blake Bellefeuille | Providence Bruins (AHL) | Free agency (VI) | [43] |
December 16, 2003 | Espen Knutsen | Valerenga (Norway)[g] | Buyout | [45] |
January 9, 2004 | Todd Rohloff | Washington Capitals | Waivers | [46] |
May 12, 2004 | Derrick Walser | Eisbaren Berlin (DEL) | Free agency[h] | [48] |
Signings
editDate | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 12, 2003 | Pauli Levokari | 1-year[b] | Re-signing | [49] |
Donald MacLean | 1-year[b] | Re-signing | [49] | |
July 1, 2003 | Andrew Cassels | multi-year | Re-signing | [50] |
July 15, 2003 | Aleksandr Guskov | multi-year | Entry-level | [25] |
July 18, 2003 | Darrel Scoville | Re-signing | [51] | |
Derrick Walser | Re-signing | [51] | ||
July 24, 2003 | David Ling | Re-signing | [52] | |
Brad Moran | Re-signing | [52] | ||
August 13, 2003 | Kent McDonell | Re-signing | [53] | |
Jeremy Reich | Re-signing | [53] | ||
August 15, 2003 | Nikolay Zherdev | multi-year | Entry-level | [54] |
August 26, 2003 | Karl Goehring | Re-signing | [55] | |
October 6, 2003 | Dan Fritsche | multi-year | Entry-level | [56] |
March 19, 2004 | Steven Goertzen | multi-year | Entry-level | [57] |
April 19, 2004 | Greg Mauldin | multi-year | Entry-level | [31] |
May 26, 2004 | Jody Shelley | 2-year | Re-signing | [58] |
June 1, 2004 | Tim Konsorada | multi-year | Entry-level | [59] |
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen | multi-year | Entry-level | [59] |
Draft picks
editColumbus' draft picks at the 2003 NHL entry draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.[60]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 4 | Nikolai Zherdev | Russia | CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
2 | 46 | Dan Fritsche | United States | Sarnia Sting (OHL) |
3 | 71 | Dmitri Kosmachev | Russia | CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
4 | 103 | Kevin Jarman | Canada | Stouffville Spirit (OPJHL) |
4 | 104 | Philippe Dupuis | Canada | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
5 | 138 | Arsi Piispanen | Finland | Jokerit (Finland) |
6 | 168 | Marc Methot | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
7 | 200 | Alexander Guskov | Russia | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia) |
8 | 233 | Mathieu Gravel | Canada | Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) |
9 | 283 | Trevor Hendrikx | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
Notes
edit- ^ Shared with Ilya Kovalchuk of the Atlanta Thrashers and Jarome Iginla of the Calgary Flames
- ^ a b c Club option for a second year.
- ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[32]
- ^ Bicanek was inactive during the 2003–04 season.[33]
- ^ Schill retired.[35]
- ^ Columbus retained Manning’s NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.[39]
- ^ Knutsen signed with Valerenga on December 17.[44]
- ^ Columbus retained Walser’s NHL rights until trading them to the Carolina Hurricanes on July 30, 2005.[47]
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