GDT: Game 26: Columbus at Tampa Bay | 12/6 7PM EST

[CBJSlash]

Ya'll need to relax on Joey. He's taken a couple maintenance day that was on record. He's probably dealing with something nagging. I suspect back. He knows he CAN'T come out of the lineup. Anyone care to see what we look like with Foligno-Jenner-Chaput-Cracknell as our top four centers?

 

[We Want Ten]

I'm the guy who has been complaining the most about the Mackenzie debacle since before it happened, and complaining about Jarmo dismantling the character of the squad, but even I think that our personnel changes have at most moved us halfway back to average when it comes to heart, character, grit, etc... The injuries have been a bigger factor but even with all that I don't think we are below average when it comes to the character elements.

Those previous teams seemed to have a "why not us?" attitude where this team seems to have a "why us?" approach. Which given how this year has gone, who could blame them?

I just don't see the same fight in this team, maybe its lack of leadership (injuries & moves), but this team just feels very different from previous years to me.

I would love to be wrong and if this team goes and gets points in 24 of the next 29 games, i'll be the first one to say I was wrong.

 

[Zarathustra]

In fact, 8 points.
The CBJ need 72 points in their last 56
games to have any chance of making the
playoffs. That's like 33-17-6. Anyone who
thinks this team has a realistic chance of
making the playoffs at this point is living in
fantasy world.

Think about this in another way. That's only a 2-1 ratio in wins/loses. If you look at it another way, that's just barely over a 1:1 ratio, as long as 33% of those loses are in OT.

The past two seasons, we had one of the best records in the NHL, I don't think it's so out of the question. I haven't written the season off, nor am I really expecting the playoffs just yet. I'm just happy to see the players I was excited to see, play. RE: Rychel, but to say it's a fantasy world is somewhat hyperbolic.

 

[SuperGenius]

In fact, 8 points.
The CBJ need 72 points in their last 56
games to have any chance of making the
playoffs. That's like 33-17-6. Anyone who
thinks this team has a realistic chance of
making the playoffs at this point is living in
fantasy world.

Maybe, but considering they have to play the games anyway, why not see what happens?