Interesting Info: Part XIV (All Jackets-related "tidbits" in here)

[Finnpin]

Any updates on Horton's situation?

 

[blahblah]

Any updates on Horton's situation?

Not before Christmas; but getting close. Sounds like its progressing toward right around the New Year.

 

[Fro]

maybe we should just merge all injury threads into one large one for all these posts

Rob Mixer ‏@RobMixer 8m
#CBJ are missing Derek MacKenzie and Dalton Prout at practice this morning. Wisniewski & Gaborik back on the ice.

 

[Fro]

interesting...we could have had Carter AND Richards??? Before this season the idea would have been a no brainer for me...

http://bluejacketsxtra.dispatch.com/content/blogs/puck-rakers/2013/12/you-want-em-both.html

 

[CBJWerenski8]

interesting...we could have had Carter AND Richards??? Before this season the idea would have been a no brainer for me...

http://bluejacketsxtra.dispatch.com/content/blogs/puck-rakers/2013/12/you-want-em-both.html

Interesting, but would Richards really have saved that season? With that defense and goaltending? I don't think so. I like where we are now.

 

[Columbus Jack]

Interesting, but would Richards really have saved that season? With that defense and goaltending? I don't think so. I like where we are now.

I agree we would be putting off the inevitable need to rebuild. That defense was a train wreck.

 

[CAMSANITY]

according to Rimer on twitter

Jeff Rimer‏@jrimercbj9m
#CBJ coach Richards says with Nathan Horton traveling for games with the team he too could return and make his Blue Jackets debut. #soon

 

[Palinka]

interesting...we could have had Carter AND Richards??? Before this season the idea would have been a no brainer for me...

http://bluejacketsxtra.dispatch.com/content/blogs/puck-rakers/2013/12/you-want-em-both.html

I never thought this would hit the mainstream.

From what I'd heard a couple years back, it's that Paul Holmgren was serious about moving both and doing it quickly. From what I've also heard, Scott Howson was interested until the price was revealed. I may be mismatching a piece, but I believe it was the 2011 first (8 - Sean Couturier), 2011 second (38 - Boone Jenner), 2012 first (2 - Ryan Murray), Jakub Voracek, and Ryan Johansen.

Whether that would have been a good deal on paper is irrelevant. The simple fact is that Jeff Carter and Mike Richards were traded for reasons not related to their on-ice play, and they would have been sent to a club captained by Rick Nash while also gutting the immediate and long-term future of the franchise. Needless to say, picking up both for that heavy of a price was never seriously considered.

 

[EspenK]

I never thought this would hit the mainstream.

From what I'd heard a couple years back, it's that Paul Holmgren was serious about moving both and doing it quickly. From what I've also heard, Scott Howson was interested until the price was revealed. I may be mismatching a piece, but I believe it was the 2011 first (8 - Sean Couturier), 2011 second (38 - Boone Jenner), 2012 first (2 - Ryan Murray), Jakub Voracek, and Ryan Johansen.

Whether that would have been a good deal on paper is irrelevant. The simple fact is that Jeff Carter and Mike Richards were traded for reasons not related to their on-ice play, and they would have been sent to a club captained by Rick Nash while also gutting the immediate and long-term future of the franchise. Needless to say, picking up both for that heavy of a price was never seriously considered.

Thank god MacLean wasn't around. Turns out one of XGMSH's best move was a no-move.

 

[pete goegan]

Thank god MacLean wasn't around. Turns out one of XGMSH's best move was a no-move.

Agreed.

 

[CAMSANITY]

Horton is out of the no contact sweater and is now in the union blue and practicing fully with the team.

 

[Speedy Sanderson]

Horton is out of the no contact sweater and is now in the union blue and practicing fully with the team.

Sweet. Maybe he'll be back on the 27th against New Jersey or the 29th against the Pens.

 

[CAMSANITY]

per Shawn Mitchell: Horton cleared for some but NOT full contact. Nobody laid any big hits on him today. Still shooting for post Christmas.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

per Shawn Mitchell: Horton cleared for some but NOT full contact. Nobody laid any big hits on him today. Still shooting for post Christmas.

He'll be the new Huselius.

 

[EspenK]

He'll be the new Huselius.

 

[EspenK]

Interesting tidbit in the Dispatch - Jackets are 12-9-3 against the East. Take away the 6 losses to Pitt & Boston and its a pretty impressive 12-4-2.

 

[EDM]

I guess if you take away most of the losses, the record tends to look better.

 

[EspenK]

I guess if you take away most of the losses, the record tends to look better.

NSS. The point I was trying to make was that the Jackets have done very well against all but the 2 powerhouses in the East.

 

[Fro]

He'll be the new Huselius.

dammit that's brilliant...

 

[CBJx614]

NSS. The point I was trying to make was that the Jackets have done very well against all but the 2 powerhouses in the East.

That's pretty impressive. Although we wont go very far if we can't prove that we can take them on. We did it with Chicago and Detroit in the central. I think we'll eventually get their number.

 

[eljefe72]

I guess if you take away most of the losses, the record tends to look better.

That sounds like something Rimer or Davidge would say.

 

[CBJfan4evr]

That's pretty impressive. Although we wont go very far if we can't prove that we can take them on. We did it with Chicago and Detroit in the central. I think we'll eventually get their number.

Not that far away last game against Pens. We'll see if we can get them Sunday.

 

[Mayor Bee]

I guess if you take away most of the losses, the record tends to look better.

Even in retirement, Tim McCarver seems to still be out there.

 

[EDM]

More Yogi Berra than Tim McCarver.

 

[deetman]

Stinger wins and Boomer comes in 3rd as a write in...

http://hockeyfreeze.com/stinger-voted-nhls-best-mascot-hockey-freeze/