No. 181: JARMO KEKALAINEN / With his axing in Columbus, it's time to revisit my years-long feud with the Finn who said he wasn't a guy who held grudge.
I looked it up: "Kaunaa" is the Finnish word for grudge. Maybe it got lost in the translation.
It wasn’t exactly the lead item in sports world or even the hockey world last night. Nothing out of the operation of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ operation ever is. Funny how an outfit that’s more than two decades old retains the aspect of expansion franchise. It’s as if my 2010 PT Cruiser still had a new-car smell when it was towed off to the wreckers this week.
In Columbus, the Blue Jackets announced last night that they had terminated Jarmo Kekalainen. It’s a small miracle that Jarmo had been the GM of the team since 2013. Eleven years is a pre…
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