BigFatCat999
First Fubu and now Pred303. !@#$! you cancer
Anisimov was pissing me off all game. (As in I HATE THAT THIS GUY IS THIS ANNOYING AND ON THE JACKETS!!!)
We still lack a bona fide scoring threat and it's driving me mad.
Anisimov was pissing me off all game. (As in I HATE THAT THIS GUY IS THIS ANNOYING AND ON THE JACKETS!!!)
And everyone said how badly the Jackets did in that trade. I think they brought in some really good players and improved the TEAM as a whole. Sucks that I used to like Anisimov too, I can tell already that i'll hate him in a hurry.
Atkinson and Foligno will be good, and Bobrovsky is the best goalie they've ever had (once they learn to anticipate and clear his rebounds).
It obviously wasn't working with Nash. You guys will be pleased to know the current rebuild is being referred to as building "a Nashville type team". Imitation is the greatest form of flattery. Look we didn't even include a proven goal scorer on the roster.
It obviously wasn't working with Nash. You guys will be pleased to know the current rebuild is being referred to as building "a Nashville type team". Imitation is the greatest form of flattery. Look we didn't even include a proven goal scorer on the roster.
Okay, I guess it was the heat of seeing the shootout and all but my wife asked me a question last night and I could not answer it.
During a shootout is it just fine and dandy for the skater to barrel right into the goalie after his shot? Seemed like at least twice the shooter would shoot and then then just crash on into Pekka...WTF?
I was very pleased to see both Hannan and Weber sticking up for teammates. The hit on Klein was borderline, but I think Klein slightly turning his body changed it from a shoulder-to-shoulder hit into something that looked more dangerous.
Boll's hit on Smith was also borderline with the way they are wanting to call interference now, but no big deal. I was actually complaining in the first period about how many damn penalties were being called. I was OK with settling for Weber stepping in.
Of course, we were having a viewing party of sorts, so I'll have to go back and re-watch the game to see all of the things I missed.
There's a large difference between Columbus improving and it being acceptable to lose to them at home. They couldn't get much worse, so obviously they have to improve at some point. Yeah they are in better shape now than they were but we're still light years ahead of them. That's great that they may not suck every season anymore but there was nothing to be worried about going into last night outside of our own sloppiness and Bobrovsky playing well. I'm not worried about them because if we're truly still a good team, we should have better and stronger teams to be worried about. One of the Jackets fans above said they're trying to "build a Nashville-type team". Well I don't feel we should be losing to teams that are in the beginning-to-middle stage of trying to be like us. I'm also trying to not judge too quickly since we haven't even played preseason games, but neither has anyone else. Hopefully we're able to get our act together before tomorrow.That's what I was warning people about. People easily fall into the trap of just assuming history always repeats, but I think Columbus did well for themselves over the off season. Not only did they fill some holes and strengthen their team, but they brought in JD as Pres. of Hockey Ops. I still think CBJ misses the playoffs this season (or does poorly if they make it), but in another season or two, once they have enough time to truly put it all together, this team should be able to turn it around. All of the teams in the Central as scary as **** going forward.
Well, except maybe Detroit, but they'll figure it out, too.
Also the player we missed most last night was Tootoo, not Suter.
And did SK play?
I thought the problems from last season are still big problems this season. No true offensive threat, can't keep the puck in the offensive zone for more than 3 passes and can only generate pressure off the rush, no cycle whatsoever.
Also the player we missed most last night was Tootoo, not Suter.
2 players I thought were awful was Halishuk and Hannan.
And did SK play?
i thought hannan was quite good... no offense to his game but was pretty sound defensively.
Hannan was decent, but maybe only because I had prepared myself for him to be a trainwreck. If he plays like this all season then it will be a nice addition. Though I wish Weber and Hannan would leave the fighting to McGrattan, Yip and Clune.
My shootout order:
Erat
Kostitsyn
Legwand
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Wilson
Ellis
Fisher
Smith
Klein
Spaling
Weber
Josi
Hornqvist
Halischuk
Gaustad
Hannan
Gill
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Rinne
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Yip