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Columbus Blue Jackets Losing Streak Now At Nine Games And What About Bob

11/12/2014 at 8:29am EST

from Shawn Mitchell of Puck-Rakers,

The Blue Jackets, as has become custom, fell behind in the first period, worked their way back and ultimately lost. That’s nine in a row (0-8-1), tying a franchise record winless streak. The number of consecutive losses now matches the number of injured players. This is no coincidence. Not by a long shot. But it is also no excuse for record-tying skids. “We have to be better,” general manager Jarmo Kekalainen said before the game. “We have to build better depth and learn from this. We went through a similar situation last year and came out stronger. That’s the way you have to look at it.”

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from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,

Columbus' star netminder will be a restricted free agent after the season. Re-signing him two years ago wasn’t easy. And you can expect there will again be serious overtures from his native country in Russia to go play in the KHL.

The Jackets made an offer during training camp that was rejected and the two sides haven’t spoken since. Bobrovsky is represented by agent Paul Theofanous.

"We love Bob, we want to obviously keep him," Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen told ESPN.com on Tuesday. "We made a fair offer in our opinion and it didn’t go anywhere. We’ll keep after it. He’s an incredibly hard-working player and he’s a leader that way and such a good example. We absolutely want to keep a guy like that and for long-term."

Bobrovsky is earning $6.25 million this season, although his cap hit is $5.625 million.

He's a restricted free agent for one more year and then has UFA eligibility starting in July 2016.

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