Seriously what happened to us these last few weeks? I thought we could put aside our struggles from late in the regular season in the playoffs. Clearly we couldn't. When we had 7 games left on our regular season schedule, we still had a decent shot at the President's Trophy. There is a reason Ohio teams haven't beaten Pittsburgh teams in the postseason in 27 years. Ohio teams don't have the talent to do so. We need to acquire better players in the offseason.
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This one stings sure....Bob played as bad as we've seen him. But we've got ourselves a young talented team and we will be back. We got ourselves a little taste of playoffs can be like. Now we have to knock the door down next year! Go Jackets!
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I was not visiting the board then but I would have agreed and supported your assessment. Not that it matters now...
Some real questions about whether Bob is the guy to win big with in the playoffs - I don't think you jettison him just yet, but the Jackets can't afford to keep an $8 million goalie that chokes.
I'm one of his biggest critics and can say this is very disrespectful to the man as well as the player. I'd be careful because some might think that first part of you.
Bob has been nothing but a first class person and he deserves our respect. He's done nothing put represent this franchise as a professional and a good person. He's works his rear off.
Yes, when things go bad he has a hard time getting out his funk. Yes this a concern moving forward, but there no excuse for posting this at someone, who by all accounts, is a good man.
Thanks
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Losing is never fun. That said...there's one really big bright spot imho from this series and that is the realization that Gabriel Carlsson is NHL ready. That's not something I would have thought the case a few weeks ago. It makes this offseason look much differently.
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Disappointing last few weeks. Great season overall. At least we won a game and didn't get swept. We need elite talent up front fast and Bob needs to see a shrink.
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I have a feeling that's going to fall on a lot of deaf ears here. But look where we are. It's a fan message board. You may as well ask the sun to rise in the west.
A fun season that guarantees nothing in the future. Hate to see everything just fall apart in the end
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I picked this team to finish 6th in the Metro this year, so big picture this year was wildly successful.
How it ended is like eating a great meal, then finding a band aid in your last bite. It sours the whole experience.
They could have, and I am not saying this as a homer, but they really could have made this a series with even marginal goaltending.
So on Torts. He's a very smart man and he's really tried to change the type of coach that he is. A couple of notes.
1. He has selective loyalty. What he did to Nutivaara, as an example, is just odd. He punishes Saad, but let's other players off the hood. He basically allowed the team to go down with Bob.
2. He kind of beat himself with sitting out Quincy because of his speed. When it was still a series in games one and two Carlsson and Harrington made rookie mistakes. That might have contributed to Bob losing his confidence.
3. As far as the Pens fan thinking that playing a physical game was some kind of game plan from Torts. Are you kidding me? Being a physical team has been the core of this teams identity for long before Torts came along. That's what happens when you aren't as skilled as a team like the Pens. How did he think we were going to beat them? Out chance them? Out skate them? They have two of the best forwards in the game. We are far more skilled than we have ever been but we have to play as a hard working, hard forechecking team with a physical edge that attempts to wear teams down. So enough with that nonsense.
Thanks for the year of many firsts Blue Jackets.
1. He has selective loyalty. What he did to Nutivaara, as an example, is just odd. He punishes Saad, but let's other players off the hood. He basically allowed the team to go down with Bob.
2. He kind of beat himself with sitting out Quincy because of his speed. When it was still a series in games one and two Carlsson and Harrington made rookie mistakes. That might have contributed to Bob losing his confidence.
3. As far as the Pens fan thinking that playing a physical game was some kind of game plan from Torts. Are you kidding me? Being a physical team has been the core of this teams identity for long before Torts came along. That's what happens when you aren't as skilled as a team like the Pens. How did he think we were going to beat them? Out chance them? Out skate them? They have two of the best forwards in the game. We are far more skilled than we have ever been but we have to play as a hard working, hard forechecking team with a physical edge that attempts to wear teams down. So enough with that nonsense.
Thanks for the year of many firsts Blue Jackets.
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He was fine in the Olympics and in the World Cup. He just got toasted in the shootout. But neither of these matter as they are not NHL games.
He has been awful in the playoffs. That doesn't mean you go with Korpisalo, who was equally awful for Cleveland last year. You roll with the horses that got you there.
Bobrovsky deserved to be in the net. He is going to be either the Vezina winner or the runner up, and nobody pulls their goalie after a season like that. He was horse **** in the playoffs, obviously, but you roll with the horses that brought you to success, and that's Bobrovsky. I understand the frustration, and maybe Bobrovsky needs to be replaced this summer, but he deserved the net this game and every game this series. Anything otherwise is absolutely foolish.
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What's abundantly clear is that they had Bob's number. They were making him move all around that crease and shooting from so many different angles. He never looked comfortable
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Bob had a .868 in the PO. You're not advancing with that. The team hung him out a time or two, but Bob owns this.
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Those four words sum things up.
Agreed Moe, Fun season disappointing ending
Bob's my goalie, I will lose with him this year, but I will win with him in the future. He didn't play well this series and we are one & done but quite honestly as a team we need to be better, significantly better.
Kessel had a good series, but we got beat by Gentzal and by Rust - those two guys had 9 goals out of 21.
wait for it..
The frustration well understood. The blame game not at all. C'mon. Really? CJB won the most points in their history. Sergi had an unreal year-don't start with what have you done for me lately. Yes, he was well below his average this series. You want Mason back? Pitt is by far a superior team up front. To expect him to have a GGA of 1.75 is a pipe dream with this team against Pitt in the playoffs. Give the 19-23 year olds on this team a little time. And for the coach? Really? How would one like to be Chicago or Minnesota right now??
The frustration well understood. The blame game not at all. C'mon. Really? CJB won the most points in their history. Sergi had an unreal year-don't start with what have you done for me lately. Yes, he was well below his average this series. You want Mason back? Pitt is by far a superior team up front. To expect him to have a GGA of 1.75 is a pipe dream with this team against Pitt in the playoffs. Give the 19-23 year olds on this team a little time. And for the coach? Really? How would one like to be Chicago or Minnesota right now??
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I honestly got more interested in the Cavs and am just back. From what I saw the Jackets gave it what they had. 50 shots and 2 goals? It's pretty obvious what the needs are with seeking a more skilled forward or two, and the youngsters like Bjork and Wennberg need to get stronger and hopefully take the next step.
Wow, though, Bob absolutely sucked and I for one wasn't expecting that. When the Jackets fell apart after the streak, Bob was very good. When they started struggling offensively late in the year, Bob was very good and carried the team for weeks. He was really good to outstanding 98% of the year, then he gets the playoffs and... just wow. 5 straight garbage games. Really does make you wonder if he can be the guy. You have to go into next year with 1a backup now. Can't waste a season because he gets the yips in the playoffs.
Wow, though, Bob absolutely sucked and I for one wasn't expecting that. When the Jackets fell apart after the streak, Bob was very good. When they started struggling offensively late in the year, Bob was very good and carried the team for weeks. He was really good to outstanding 98% of the year, then he gets the playoffs and... just wow. 5 straight garbage games. Really does make you wonder if he can be the guy. You have to go into next year with 1a backup now. Can't waste a season because he gets the yips in the playoffs.
