That's what's really depressing. We have an awful lot of money tied up over the next 4 or 5 years for players who have been at best mediocre so far this year. It's going to be hard to trade these contracts to upgrade or get draft picks.
GDT: Game 7: Columbus vs. New York Islanders | 10/20 7PM EDT
- Thread starter Samkow
- Start date
That's what's really depressing. We have an awful lot of money tied up over the next 4 or 5 years for players who have been at best mediocre so far this year. It's going to be hard to trade these contracts to upgrade or get draft picks.
or, we can just come to terms with what management will likely do....stick with the status quo.
Jorge
Actor,Comedian,Drunk
It does sound familiar, but wouldn't it be continuing an endless loop? At some point our young guys have to become the skilled vets that lead and finish. I hate to say it, but I think the best thing to do is to bring in torts. Trades and a new GM are not happening, so why not shake it up? Everyone can part ways when his Vancouver contract is up; in the meantime we are a mickey mouse organ-i-station. Torts is closest we've had to a Hitch and I'm still not sure why we let him go.
Jackets Fan
Registered User
Anyone know the record for most regulation losses to start a season? The Jackets have a good chance at making some history, how close are they?
11 - one of the Rangers squads during WWII that was missing players due to the war.
Which, if we keep pace, would make the losses for our club that much more terrible.
The Jones Zone
Registered User
Mayor Bee
Registered User
- Dec 29, 2008
- 18,085
- 531
1943-44 New York Rangers lost 11 straight to start the season, then tied one, then lost three more. Their record after 15 games was 0-14-1, en route to a 6-39-5 season.
The league was so depleted that out of the Rangers' top 11 scorers, only 4 were actual NHL players; the rest were wartime guys who got a shot. And the caliber of play was so bad that 42-year-old coach Frank Boucher came out of a six-year retirement and scored 14 points in 15 games.
id keep joey because i can't bear to see what he'll become on another team, like sequin!
He really is something special and i wouldn't even think about it unless a guaranteed #1 D guy on a playoff team is coming back, and those just aren't for sale.
I would keep:
saad - johan - jenner
foligno - dubinsky - rychel
hartnell - wennberg - atkinson
calvert - campbell - clarkson
(i like those lines, but some combo of them)
and:
murray
tyutin
savard
I like johnson but after a while the stats are probably telling us something about how bad he is.
some combo of bourque karlsson and johnson should return a top 4 d man? I guess its no good when your center piece is another d-man, but I would still offer atkinson and calvert and maybe wennberg before the other ppl listed above. I think they need better coaching they looks borderline special ed out there half the time.
He really is something special and i wouldn't even think about it unless a guaranteed #1 D guy on a playoff team is coming back, and those just aren't for sale.
I would keep:
saad - johan - jenner
foligno - dubinsky - rychel
hartnell - wennberg - atkinson
calvert - campbell - clarkson
(i like those lines, but some combo of them)
and:
murray
tyutin
savard
I like johnson but after a while the stats are probably telling us something about how bad he is.
some combo of bourque karlsson and johnson should return a top 4 d man? I guess its no good when your center piece is another d-man, but I would still offer atkinson and calvert and maybe wennberg before the other ppl listed above. I think they need better coaching they looks borderline special ed out there half the time.
niflheim
Hockey is cheating
- Nov 22, 2014
- 1,140
- 37
I like to read Your energizing comments before long working day
I can't be depressed after it! 
( Thanks) United we standI'm wondering how long it will be before people call for the Jackets to end the Monsters affiliation to avoid the curse.
Robert
Foligno family
Last post on Torts in this thread.... We all know Torts is a hot head, actually, a person not suited for the Mid Western easy going way of life in Columbus... If Torts is hired buckle up, we won't make the SC finals but we will make the playoffs and win.... No prisoners under Torts, it will be fun for Columbus.. The players will play or be benched..
The Jones Zone
Registered User
I'd like to see Jenner play center, Cam back in and Campbell in the press box
Letestu to Campbell for a 4th line center has been like going from a hero to a 0
Wennberg can center the 4th line and this would give us our best chance at having 4 legit lines
Campbell sucks!
Saad---RJ----Folingo
Rychel---Dubi--Cam
Hartnell--Jenner--Clarkson
Bourque----Wennberg--Calvert
Last edited:
Johansen2Foligno
CBJ Realest
- Jan 2, 2015
- 9,253
- 4,174
Meh. Seguin couldn't grow I Boston. Johansen can't here either probably. Trade him for an elite dman. And goalie
hockey17jp
Lets Go Jackets!
At this rate we'll have a shiny new 1st line Center at the beginning of next year in Auston Matthews, so Johansen better pick it up.
Nearly all the games this year have gone this way.
Again, this is a game in and game out problem.
Makes no sense to scratch 1 of your best goal scorers. There's at least a couple guys who should sit before him because of pure talent level/impact and a couple more who should have sat before him because of how they are playing.
Haha I wanted to quote a BUNCH of you. Can count on 1 hand the amount of people who have criticized Golobeuf for that pass, while MANY still continue to blast Prout. That pass was as bad or worse than anything Prout has done all year. Not to mention the timing of it.
Glad that people are starting to look at this as an actual option. You have to give to get.
I'm of the mind that fans have been begging for a coach who holds his players accountable for a very long time. If he ends up walking the walk, and the wins follow, Torts will be a very popular coach in the beginning.
Johansen2Foligno
CBJ Realest
- Jan 2, 2015
- 9,253
- 4,174
Interesting that Johnson and Dubinsky are the players quoted defending Richards by Portzline on his twitter feed. Where's Captain Foligno?
yeah letestu is missed
he was the bossest of all fourth liners. seriously though, he was...i dunno about campbell I think he's gonna warm up and play like he did in boston. He's also a fighter in case boll is sitting (I guess there's clarkson and bourque are too, sorta) - but he is also a PK guy and the PK sucked last year.
cam has won me over with his relentlessness. he'd be good with a less bozo system. Didn't realize he was benched ... he's getting singled out because richards is a clown as far as I can tell ... no worse than anyone else so far this yr.
Robert
Foligno family
Check the history.... players always support their coach... It's a fake world in the public press, the players probably think TR is a dolt but will never say it.
This is why we have General Managers..... people who should know the sport and make moves outside of the press..
Timeless Winter
SaveD the Crew
Timeless Winter
SaveD the Crew
The only reason the players are sticking up for HCTR is because they don't want a new coach that will make them work.
