Around the League '23-24

[MrHeiskanen]

I feel like management f***ed up more than Babcock, that was the worst hire of all time.

 

[Zapp]

I feel like management f***ed up more than Babcock, that was the worst hire of all time.

Jarmo is getting canned next

 

[serp]

That Babcock hire never made sense . I didn't think it would blow up in their face that quickly and spectecularly but that was just not going to work. From the sounds of it now there's a split roster because there is a the vocal part that supported Babs and obviously there was a part that wanted him gone and that got its wish.

 

[serp]

At least people are talking about the Columbus Blue Jackets i guess . Normally that franchise just gets ignored because it hasn't done anything in their 25 years of existence.

 

[Satan]

At least people are talking about the Columbus Blue Jackets i guess . Normally that franchise just gets ignored because it hasn't done anything in their 25 years of existence.

u chose violence this morning

 

[Satan]

I agree though 100% - CBJ is a loser franchise, dating back to not being able to build anything around Rick Nash. Gilbert Brule over Anze Kopitar. Filly don't do rebounds. The Jeff Carter incident. Now they trade for perennial losers like Patrik Laine and Johnny Gaudreau that can't play in real hockey markets.

The only non-loser in the franchise was Dan LaCosta (2 start, 2 wins). A true hero.

 

[LT]

I agree though 100% - CBJ is a loser franchise, dating back to not being able to build anything around Rick Nash. Gilbert Brule over Anze Kopitar. Filly don't do rebounds. The Jeff Carter incident. Now they trade for perennial losers like Patrik Laine and Johnny Gaudreau that can't play in real hockey markets.

The only non-loser in the franchise was Dan LaCosta (2 start, 2 wins). A true hero.

You must be playing a lot of Puckdoku

 

[Satan]

You must be playing a lot of Puckdoku

u out of everyone here should know my affection for all NL born players

 

[Zapp]

I agree though 100% - CBJ is a loser franchise, dating back to not being able to build anything around Rick Nash. Gilbert Brule over Anze Kopitar. Filly don't do rebounds. The Jeff Carter incident. Now they trade for perennial losers like Patrik Laine and Johnny Gaudreau that can't play in real hockey markets.

The only non-loser in the franchise was Dan LaCosta (2 start, 2 wins). A true hero.

Woahh take it easy there bud. I don’t want to have to come up to your shithole country and make you eat those words. And don’t ever call Calgary and Winnipeg real hockey markets again

 

[Kcb12345]

Lmfao. This is just so weird lol. Also bit of a difference between a 57 year Olds phone and guys in their early 20s.

 

[Satan]

Woahh take it easy there bud. I don’t want to have to come up to your shithole country and make you eat those words. And don’t ever call Calgary and Winnipeg real hockey markets again

lmao - honestly Calgary is a strong hockey market. Watch a game on TV - like 95% of people in attendance are wearing jerseys. Hockey is alive and well across this beautiful country.

Unfortunately the Gathering of the Loseros is happening again in Columbus. Tiny Johnny Hockej wasn't cut out for the canadian media landscape and got bullied out of town by Public Broadcasters to make 10 sheets in Ohio. They're on their like 3rd cycle of having a Top Prospect Pool in the NHL and in 5 years they'll restart the process again.

 

[Zapp]

lmao - honestly Calgary is a strong hockey market. Watch a game on TV - like 95% of people in attendance are wearing jerseys. Hockey is alive and well across this beautiful country.

Unfortunately the Gathering of the Loseros is happening again in Columbus. Tiny Johnny Hockej wasn't cut out for the canadian media landscape and got bullied out of town by Public Broadcasters to make 10 sheets in Ohio. They're on their like 3rd cycle of having a Top Prospect Pool in the NHL and in 5 years they'll restart the process again.

Calgary hasn’t won shit since 89 or done anything noteworthy during the entire existence of the blue jackets. Winnipeg even more so. Truth is players who make big boy money have no desire to live in those shitty ass cities. Even Toronto took how long to get out of the 1st round? I know you’re a proud Canadian boy but it’s pretty astounding how long all the Canadian teams have been utter dog-shit with the disproportionate amount of support they have.

 

[Satan]

Calgary hasn’t won shit since 89 or done anything noteworthy during the entire existence of the blue jackets. Winnipeg even more so. Truth is players who make big boy money have no desire to live in those shitty ass cities. Even Toronto took how long to get out of the 1st round? I know you’re a proud Canadian boy but it’s pretty astounding how long all the Canadian teams have been utter dog-shit with the disproportionate amount of support they have.

Idk man. CBJ have 1 playoff round win in over 20 years of being a franchise.

I think it's a mix of both taxes + off-ice distractions caused by the media that cause guys like Gaudreau/Tkachuk to leave.. but in Canada there's nothing to talk about in winter except for hockey. So even if your team is dogshit - and often ignored - like the Senators, there is no escaping fan/media scrutiny.

 

[Zapp]

Idk man. CBJ have 1 playoff round win in over 20 years of being a franchise.

I think it's a mix of both taxes + off-ice distractions caused by the media that cause guys like Gaudreau/Tkachuk to leave.. but in Canada there's nothing to talk about in winter except for hockey. So even if your team is dogshit - and often ignored - like the Senators, there is no escaping fan/media scrutiny.

And I’m fully aware that the cap is the only reason Blue Jackets exist in a league like this. If this were anything like the MLB teams like Dallas and Columbus simply wouldn’t be able to compete. I was definitely f***ing around with you saying Calgary and Winnipeg aren’t real hockey markets, which I assume you already knew because nobody can be that dense, even me lol. They’re obviously top fan markets. But CBJ is still young and they have never had talent in abundance like this. If they f*** this up over the next 5 years then by all means, let ‘em have it. They have a pretty solid foundation of passionate fans though for how bad they have been. They just don’t have the legacy to match or the convenience of being in country where hockey is king.

I’d kill for Dallas and Columbus to have fan bases and media followings like the Canadian clubs.

 

[serp]

Calgary hasn’t won shit since 89 or done anything noteworthy during the entire existence of the blue jackets. Winnipeg even more so. Truth is players who make big boy money have no desire to live in those shitty ass cities. Even Toronto took how long to get out of the 1st round? I know you’re a proud Canadian boy but it’s pretty astounding how long all the Canadian teams have been utter dog-shit with the disproportionate amount of support they have.

Idk the 2004 finals run was something and the pretty much the entire of Iggys career was during the Jackets existence and honestly the Jackets would kill to have an iconic player like Iggy . Who is even the player people most identify with the Blue Jackets ? Has to be Rick Nash right ? During Nashs tenure the Jackets made the playoff once and got swept

 

[starsfan86]

Idk the 2004 finals run was something and the pretty much the entire of Iggys career was during the Jackets existence and honestly the Jackets would kill to have an iconic player like Iggy . Who is even the player people most identify with the Blue Jackets ? Has to be Rick Nash right ? During Nashs tenure the Jackets made the playoff once and got swept

Espen Knutsen. He basically invented the safety netting.

 

[Zapp]

Idk the 2004 finals run was something and the pretty much the entire of Iggys career was during the Jackets existence and honestly the Jackets would kill to have an iconic player like Iggy . Who is even the player people most identify with the Blue Jackets ? Has to be Rick Nash right ? During Nashs tenure the Jackets made the playoff once and got swept

No the Jackets would’ve killed to have Miika Kiprusoff in net and supporting casts like Tanguay, Regher, Phaneuf, Langkow, Bouwmeester, the better version of Huselius lol. Nash was an unreal player but he played on shit teams. Not saying he’s better than Iginla but I don’t see much difference in them. I just see a lot more stability around iginla’s career.

 

[LT]

Nash may not even be a hall of famer. Iginla is multiple tiers ahead of him career wise.

Benn is moreso a good comparison for Nash, actually.

 

[serp]

Benns been longer captain here than Nash played in Columbus . Nash is the alltime leader in games played for the Jackets with 674 but thats not that much.

 

[Elysian]

I can't believe Jarmo has been the CBJ GM for 10 years. What an atrocious tenure.

 

[serp]

I can't believe Jarmo has been the CBJ GM for 10 years. What an atrocious tenure.

The funny thing that he's actually the most successful GM in Jackets history and by alot. Under his 3 ( more like 2 since 1 was just interim for a couple of months ) predecessors Jackets made the playoffs a combined 1 time in 15 years . Since Jarmo took over they did 5 times and actually won a round.

Before the still somewhat recent Torts years the Jackets were Atlanta Thrashers level bad

 

[Henderson33]

I can't believe Jarmo has been the CBJ GM for 10 years. What an atrocious tenure.

Can't believe it's been that long, if you told me he was hired 2 years ago I would have believed you.

 

[Sports2]

Wasnt it the same offseason as nill?

 

[Kcb12345]

My God what a goal

 

[serp]

Unlike the last couple of years those games are just pre-season right ?