Sunday Overreactions: Are Blue Jackets legit Cup contenders?

New coach bump continues to pay off for Blue Jackets - Daily Faceoff

The fight for the Wild Card spots in the Eastern Conference is heating up with just a few weeks to go in the regular season. There’s one team in the race that few could’ve expected to be in the battle at this point in the year. When the Columbus Blue Jackets fired Dean Evason as head coach on Jan. 12, the team sat at the bottom of the East, with all signs pointing toward another solid pick in the NHL Draft. However, with the veteran Rick Bowness…

Sunday Overreactions: Are Blue Jackets legit Cup contenders?

There are new coach bumps — and there’s what the Blue Jackets got when they hired Rick Bowness. But is Columbus really a legit Cup contender? Michael Amato dives into that and more in his Sunday Overreactions.