GDT: [#18] Columbus Blue Jackets @ Dallas Stars, 8:30 PM EST (FS-SW+)

[LT]

Hopefully Shore's okay, but that looked like it might be a season-ending injury.

 

[Satan]

The classic Val Nichushkin ankle-level shot

 

[LT]

Nichushkin

 

[LT]

Why isn't Fedun playing?

 

[Kcb12345]

Please don't tell me Nichushkin got demoted to the 4th line so Comeau can jump up into our top 6...may just be because of Shore's injured though

 

[Kcb12345]

Why isn't Fedun playing?

He's in the AHL. I suppose he was acquired just for AHL depth

 

[serp]

Please don't tell me Nichushkin got demoted to the 4th line so Comeau can jump up into our top 6...may just be because of Shore's injured though

I don't know if you noticed but the lines constantly change especially since some of our big guns are double shifted regularly.

 

[M88K]

3 PP in one period and we still get outplayed....
Goddamn this team is hard to watch this year

 

[LT]

He's in the AHL. I suppose he was acquired just for AHL depth

I would definitely think he's better than Hanley at worst...

Maybe it's due to waivers. Who knows.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

I don't know if you noticed but the lines constantly change especially since some of our big guns are double shifted regularly.

Yea this staff shifts lines all the time, like the start of the game was Ritchie - Faksa - Comeau.. when line rushes from pregame and practice are Pitlick - Faksa- Comeau

Now with the injury stuff is going to be shifted even more.

 

[MBTendy]

Val doing plenty of good, just cannot finish.

Also, welcome back Gury

 

[Troy McClure]

Please don't tell me Nichushkin got demoted to the 4th line so Comeau can jump up into our top 6...may just be because of Shore's injured though

With Shores’s injury and Benn’s fight and some special teams, the lines were a mess to finish the period.

 

[Smelling Salt]

Hopefully Shore's okay, but that looked like it might be a season-ending injury.

Since he skated off on his own I'm hoping it's just a little tweak/precautionary.

 

[Kcb12345]

I don't know if you noticed but the lines constantly change especially since some of our big guns are double shifted regularly.

It's frustrating just because there's a shockingly big difference between 3rd/4th line Nichushkin and top 6 Nichushkin haha

 

[Troy McClure]

The classic Val Nichushkin ankle-level shot

And he followed that weak shot by losing two puck battles near the blue line. Ugh. I still don’t get the praise he generates.

It's frustrating just because there's a shockingly big difference between 3rd/4th line Nichushkin and top 6 Nichushkin haha

Not in the goal column.

 

[Kcb12345]

Since he skated off on his own I'm hoping it's just a little tweak/precautionary.

The fact that they can immediately tell he is out for the game though is what I don't like the sound of. He could skate off with a serious injury. Jack Campbell suffered a torn meniscus in LA's game today and still kept playing

 

[Troy McClure]

Since he skated off on his own I'm hoping it's just a little tweak/precautionary.

Im guessing groin pull. Maybe knee injury. Some of those don’t stop you from skating off.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

It could be serious, stuff with the knee can go bad quick even if you go off on your own weight.

 

[Kcb12345]

Definitely looks like a knee injury which sucks. Especially if he is ruled out so early like that it makes me feel it's potentially a long term thing.

Not the way I wanted Gurianov to get called up again lol. Hard to be mad at this team for losing when they just get slammed with injury after injury. It'll be a long season at this rate (or short if you consider the fact these early injuries may throw our season away right from the start)

 

[M88K]

We have to be the absolute worst possession team in the NHL, the only team we outplayed from start to finish was Anaheim.

 

[Kcb12345]

We have to be the absolute worst possession team in the NHL, the only team we outplayed from start to finish was Anaheim.

And they're probably the only team that is worse than us when it comes to a possession game lol

 

[M88K]

And they're probably the only team that is worse than us when it comes to a possession game lol

But i don't think they actually are, statistically

 

[M88K]

Oh so that is how a PP is supposed to work

 

[Kcb12345]

Nichushkin is just never gonna score if he doesn't start getting the puck lifted

 

[Troy McClure]

Nichushkin is just never gonna score if he doesn't start getting the puck lifted

“He rarely goes high with his shot.” Cute, Razor.

Next he’ll tell us Julius Honka rarely dunks a basketball.