With roughly four weeks to go until the start of training camp, the Blue Jackets are laying low until camp begins. That is not to say the team is completely devoid of news, however. Every Tuesday, Dan Parker presents WFNY’s The 5-Hole, bringing you up to date with the goings-on of the CBJ…

The Week That Was
The Dispatch’s Aaron Portzline reports, from a conversation with the agent for #1 draft pick Nikita Filatov, that-

“We’re getting fairly close to getting clearance, in terms of him getting his visa,’ Meehan said. ‘I would think by the end of the next week, he’ll get it. That’s the last conversation I had with a contract (at the U.S. Embassy).” [Read more...]