This could only happen off the ice, but it’s still a welcome sign from yesterday’s Columbus Dispatch:

The Blue Jackets should be happy that a chief rival will stay put. Now that [the Blue Jackets] are on the way to respectability, there’s no reason they can’t renew a nasty rivalry with the Predators.

Of course, they’ll have to beat them first. The Blue Jackets have lost 10 straight to the Predators.

This rivalry has been nasty, in my opinion, since the beginning when Columbus whipped Nashville 5-1 in their very first matchup. The Blue Jackets do appear to be improved this season, so things should only get more intense. Here’s hoping for many more grudge matches to come.

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