Mental Monday (10/3/11)

Here is the first installment of something you might see from time to time this season: Mental Monday. The idea is to catch up a bit from the weekend and look forward to the week ahead. But it probably won't run every Monday because sometimes Mondays just suck. And I refuse to write when things suck. Right now though things are pretty much suck-free, so here we go.

Matt Wagner and the crew over at The Cannon have posted the 2011 Blue Jackets Blogger Roundtable, Pt. 1. Per Matt, here's the 411:

If you missed last year's edition, here's how this works: I, your handsome and talented moderator, assembled a list of questions which we sent to our panel during the pre-season, and they had until yesterday to write their answers. (In many cases, that means the answers were written before the last round of roster cuts, so please keep that in mind.) 

We'll be kicking it off today with the first couple of questions here at The Cannon, then another blog will host part 2 tomorrow, another hosts part three on Wednesday, and so on. We'll have something for you each day this week until the roundtable wraps up on Friday morning, just in time for the regular season.

The panel consists of Andy Krygier of CBJ Blog, Mike MacLean and Dan P. from The Cannon, Alison Lukan from Heart of A Jacket, J.Martin Poston of Martini Hockey, Jeff Little of Ten Minute Misconduct and yours truly. Be sure to check it out and follow along. The final installment on Friday will be hosted right here at Full Mental Jackets. 

Someone who goes by XxAnzeKopitarxX on YouTube has gone to an awful lot of trouble to post the 2012 goal horn sequences for every team in the NHL. I can't say if it's entirely accurate, but I'm willing to give anyone who would attempt such a thing the benefit of the doubt. The CBJ sequence has apparently changed a little from last season. It's more of a tweak. The old one is also on the site if you want to compare. What say ye all - tumbs up or thumbs down?

Add another CBJ-centric blog to your browsing list. Tom Fellrath (aka The Dark Blue Jacket) has created Blue Jackets Pucks and Stuff, a unique site highlighting "the curious, the obscure and the best of Columbus Blue Jackets memorabilia." So yeah, I sent him photos of my CBJ Santa figurine and my limited edition (#73 out of 576) autographed Doug MacLean hat issued prior to the inaugural season. As I mentioned to Tom, they could have made a million of these hats and I'm pretty sure mine wouldn't be any less obscure.

Tonight is a big night for the Blue Jackets, their fans and the city of Columbus. At tonight's Columbus City Council meeting members will vote to approve the use of anticipated casino tax revenue to buy and operate Nationwide Arena. If approved a collective sigh of relief will be heard through Jacketsland. The deal is designed to save the team upwards of $10 million in arena lease and operating costs, something that team officials have said is key to keeping the team in Columbus. While not everyone in town is in favor of the deal, it is expected to receive unanimous support by City Council members. Read more about tonight's meeting here.


That's all for now kids. Let's get ready to get ready.