Columbus Blue Jackets hire Scott Arniel

The Columbus Blue Jackets have found their permanent replacement for Ken Hitchcock. Tomorrow, they'll be formally introducing former Manitoba Moose coach Scott Arniel as the new guy to fire the cannon in Nationwide Arena. Here's what SBN's The Cannon had to say about it:

From what I was able to find this evening though Scott seems like just as good a fit as Boucher. Sure, he doesn't have the untested new system that still may not translate to the NHL, but Arniel has pro experience as the top dog in Manitoba of the AHL for the past four years. Those Moose teams have always had something in common- they don't get scored on often but they put a ton of pucks in the net.

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