Who had the greatest season as a Blue Jacket ?
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I went with Bob. Partially to avoid picking between Nash and Panarin. (And because it’s possible Nash actually had better seasons overall?)
And partially because I think that probably is the best single season in CBJ history.
And partially because I think that probably is the best single season in CBJ history.
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Tough call and a good question
My rankings would probably be different than a lot of peoples
1. Bob
2. Nash
3. Mason
4. Panarin
5. Atkinson
You can make an argument that Bob (and Mason) seasons were due to An amazing defense and a friendly coaching staff to goalies. I won’t fight that. And you can make a case that panarin and Nash carried the franchise offensively with decent at best linemates (especially Nash). But I don’t know, when I think of CBJ dominance I think of bobrovsky or Nash.
No offense to cam but he rode on the coattails of panarin. An impressive season still though and needs to be respected
My rankings would probably be different than a lot of peoples
1. Bob
2. Nash
3. Mason
4. Panarin
5. Atkinson
You can make an argument that Bob (and Mason) seasons were due to An amazing defense and a friendly coaching staff to goalies. I won’t fight that. And you can make a case that panarin and Nash carried the franchise offensively with decent at best linemates (especially Nash). But I don’t know, when I think of CBJ dominance I think of bobrovsky or Nash.
No offense to cam but he rode on the coattails of panarin. An impressive season still though and needs to be respected
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I’m actually probably close to CBJW overall. I think the important point is I’m just using the five seasons presented by the OP and not going and seeing if there might be other options.
seth jones in 2017-18 (top five in norris voting, 16-41–57) and zach werenski in 2019-20 (20 goals in 63 gp as a defenseman) deserve mentions here as well. seth jones carried that team in 17-18.
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I guess Nash 08/09 could also be considered, 40 goals and over PPG, but still no longer franchise record numbers
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You can make that argument but at least for Bob it's not a good argument. That was safe is death season with odd-man rushes going back and forth. Bob was just insane.
revised my list after some cursory research found that only one blue jacket has finished in the top 10 in scoring: nick foligno.
1. foligno 14-15
2. bob 16-17
3. seth jones 17-18
4. panarin 18-19
5. nash 08-09 (40-39–79 in 78gp)
that foligno season was crazy. he put up 31-42–73 in 79 games. only five guys topped 80 points that year; his 73 points were tied for the 10th most in the league that year. he was also +16 on a bad team and established himself as their leader (named captain the following offseason).
guys like panarin and nash are better players than foligno, but relative to the rest of the league, they haven't had a season in columbus as good as that one. their highest scoring finishes are 17th and 18th, respectively.
1. foligno 14-15
2. bob 16-17
3. seth jones 17-18
4. panarin 18-19
5. nash 08-09 (40-39–79 in 78gp)
that foligno season was crazy. he put up 31-42–73 in 79 games. only five guys topped 80 points that year; his 73 points were tied for the 10th most in the league that year. he was also +16 on a bad team and established himself as their leader (named captain the following offseason).
guys like panarin and nash are better players than foligno, but relative to the rest of the league, they haven't had a season in columbus as good as that one. their highest scoring finishes are 17th and 18th, respectively.
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I go a bit differently, I guess.
1) Panarin '18-'19 -> franchise record for points and really was the driver of that offense for much of the season, and could have had even more points if the power play wasn't horrendous
2) Bobrovsky '12-'13 -> yes, it was fewer games, but he put that team on his back. He started the final 13 games (going 10-3) and 23 of the final 24 (going 18-5-3). I picked it over '16-'17 because it was carrying a worse team and also it was his first season here, so you'd figure there would be have been a "newness" factor that might have slowed him down.
3) Nash '08-'09 -> to me, it was a more complete season from him than his Rocket Richard season and he helped carry a mediocre team to the playoffs as a two-way captain.
4) Whitney '02-'03 -> nearly a point per game wizard on a horrendous team (24-52-76 in 81 games).
5) Bobrovsky '16-'17 -> a .931 save % while starting more than 3/4 of the team's games is absurd; it's also the single-season franchise record for goalie point share, with an absurd 33.5 GSAA.
Honorable mentions (no particular order):
-Bobrovsky '18-'19 -> a season remembered more for the breakup (and tantrum), Bob pitched 9 shutouts and also exorcised some playoff demons.
-Mason '08-'09 -> for me, just too inconsistent to make it into the top 5 (10 shutouts, yes, but also wasn't even in the top 5 in the league in save %)
-Sanderson '02-'03 (and also first 30 goalie season in '00-'01) -> a 30+ goal scorer on a really bad team, he was one of the few entertaining offensive players in the early days of the franchise
-Atkinson '18-'19 -> for me, carried a bit by Panarin that season, but 40 goals is no fluke (well, for Cam it maybe was as he only has one other 30 goal season in his career)
-Tugnutt '00-'01 -> a near-.500 record with a .917 save % in a pretty terrible inaugural season
-Denis '02-'04 combo -> 77 games played in '02'-03 (a record that will never be broken, imo) followed up with a .918 save % season in '03-'04
-Werenski '19-'20 -> was leading the league in goals by a defenseman when the season shut down, he's still never topped 20 goals in any other season and finished 8th in Norris voting
-Jones '17-'18 -> his best and most complete season here, finished 5th in the Norris
-Panarin '17-'18 -> just a dynamo in his 1st year, came in 14th in Hart voting
-Nash '03-'04 -> the Rocket Richard season
-Nash '05-'06 & '07-'08 -> Nash finished with 54 points in 54 games played in '05-'06 and put up 38-31-69 in '07-'08, probably his 3rd & 4th best seasons here on some floundering teams
-Foligno '14-'15 -> a career year that he's never come close to replicating, he and Johansen were about the only thing working offensively for most of that season
1) Panarin '18-'19 -> franchise record for points and really was the driver of that offense for much of the season, and could have had even more points if the power play wasn't horrendous
2) Bobrovsky '12-'13 -> yes, it was fewer games, but he put that team on his back. He started the final 13 games (going 10-3) and 23 of the final 24 (going 18-5-3). I picked it over '16-'17 because it was carrying a worse team and also it was his first season here, so you'd figure there would be have been a "newness" factor that might have slowed him down.
3) Nash '08-'09 -> to me, it was a more complete season from him than his Rocket Richard season and he helped carry a mediocre team to the playoffs as a two-way captain.
4) Whitney '02-'03 -> nearly a point per game wizard on a horrendous team (24-52-76 in 81 games).
5) Bobrovsky '16-'17 -> a .931 save % while starting more than 3/4 of the team's games is absurd; it's also the single-season franchise record for goalie point share, with an absurd 33.5 GSAA.
Honorable mentions (no particular order):
-Bobrovsky '18-'19 -> a season remembered more for the breakup (and tantrum), Bob pitched 9 shutouts and also exorcised some playoff demons.
-Mason '08-'09 -> for me, just too inconsistent to make it into the top 5 (10 shutouts, yes, but also wasn't even in the top 5 in the league in save %)
-Sanderson '02-'03 (and also first 30 goalie season in '00-'01) -> a 30+ goal scorer on a really bad team, he was one of the few entertaining offensive players in the early days of the franchise
-Atkinson '18-'19 -> for me, carried a bit by Panarin that season, but 40 goals is no fluke (well, for Cam it maybe was as he only has one other 30 goal season in his career)
-Tugnutt '00-'01 -> a near-.500 record with a .917 save % in a pretty terrible inaugural season
-Denis '02-'04 combo -> 77 games played in '02'-03 (a record that will never be broken, imo) followed up with a .918 save % season in '03-'04
-Werenski '19-'20 -> was leading the league in goals by a defenseman when the season shut down, he's still never topped 20 goals in any other season and finished 8th in Norris voting
-Jones '17-'18 -> his best and most complete season here, finished 5th in the Norris
-Panarin '17-'18 -> just a dynamo in his 1st year, came in 14th in Hart voting
-Nash '03-'04 -> the Rocket Richard season
-Nash '05-'06 & '07-'08 -> Nash finished with 54 points in 54 games played in '05-'06 and put up 38-31-69 in '07-'08, probably his 3rd & 4th best seasons here on some floundering teams
-Foligno '14-'15 -> a career year that he's never come close to replicating, he and Johansen were about the only thing working offensively for most of that season
I go with Bob without a moments hesitation.
Nash winning the Rocket with 1 other play eclipsing 40 points was pretty special.
Panarin's season was pretty spectacular if you include the playoffs aswell
Nash winning the Rocket with 1 other play eclipsing 40 points was pretty special.
Panarin's season was pretty spectacular if you include the playoffs aswell
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If this was a choice I would have picked it. Bob went .932/2.00 in front of a pretty crappy defense which to me is way more impressive than his 16-17 Vezina.
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Edmonton in 26-27? Won’t they be at stage 1 of their next tank that season?
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