Obviously with the TV ratings, the NHL is not high on folks radar screens.

And that is too bad.

The game is fast, there is hard hitting and it can turn in an instant.

The biggest loss for fans, though, is that these players might be the hardest-working of all the pros and add in that there are few off-the-ice incidents. Anyone hear the name Shannon Brown? Or Leigh Bodden? Or steriods in baseball? Or Travis Henry in the NFL?

The Columbus Blue Jackets are the team that we can see the most in NE Ohio on FSN, but they are probably one of the worse teams in the league. New management seems to have them on a track to better days.

I recommend watching a few games and see the work of Rick Nash and the toughness of Michael Peca.

It seems to be long past due but the Columbus Blue Jackets fired Doug MacLean on Thursday.

MacLean, their team president and general manager, and the franchise have struggled for many years, but it seemed instead of getting fired MacLean kept getting more titles.

There are truly talented players on the Blue Jackets, but much like the Browns, they don't seem to know how to find their way up the standings.