NEW: The Blue Jackets are the only team in the NHL looking for a head coach. Preferred candidate Todd McLellan has almost 600 career wins. How in the heck did they botch this one?
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@CurtisDeem
As
@FriedgeHNIC
has been saying for weeks: make the refs available after the games.
Obvious interference on this goal. In a game with HUGE playoff implications, several teams should have grievances with this play.
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I think I speak for all of us when I say: kiss my ass, Chris Chelios. "I don't care about the Blue Jackets"
What a thing to say on national TV. Tell him for us PLEASE
@Buccigross
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Plane tickets from NY to Columbus: $200
Hotel: $150
Tickets: $100
Seeing your Rangers have their 10-game winning streak ended by the worst team in the conference?
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Today we hugged Chris for the last time and said goodbye as he went to give four people the gift of life by donating his kidneys, liver and lungs. We are deeply broken and deeply proud. In life and in death, Chris never stopped giving. We walk forward with his light guiding us.
I have seen a lot of people question why Mathieu Olivier was acquired and retained as a Blue Jacket.
This is why. Rempe has already built a reputation for being a physical beast. You need guys like Mathieu for this reason.
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What just happened in Florida should make every NHL fan furious. Even Florida fans. There is no reason to take that goal off the board and it could happen to your team at anytime.
J.F Berube getting interviewed by ESPN after a nationally televised
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win over the Panthers.
Exactly what we were all predicting this past offseason.
A lot of the comments this morning are wild!
The Jackets have 6 of a possible 8 points in their last 4 games. They're at a 94 point (!) pace right now.
Why the negativity? They're playing good hockey.
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7th outdoor game for the Blackhawks.
Meanwhile, the Blue Jackets have never been invited to one - even on the road. Honestly, it just doesn't make sense.
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Jarmo: "we're going to use the
#3
pick to land a
#1
center."
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Fans of other teams: "our -mid 1st pick- and 3rd pairing defenseman for third overall"
Us:
This. This is why they held onto the pick.
Fantilli-Lindstrom-Sillinger-Voronkov
I would NOT want to face that group of centers in a 7-game playoff series.
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Cayden Lindstrom was among my favorite players in the draft and he goes to Columbus to form a one-two puck with Adam Fantilli.
Teams around the league are going to hate playing that center duo.
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There's nothing on Wilson for this? Clear haymaker at the 6 second mark.
I get that Elvis earned a rough, but how in the hell does Wilson come out of this with nothing? Bullshit.
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Full recap of Jacket picks in this draft:
1. (
#3
) - C Adam Fantilli
2. (
#34
) - C Gavin Brindley
3. (
#66
) - F William Whitelaw
4. (
#98
) - D Andrew Strathmann
4. (
#114
) - F Luca Pinelli
5. (
#198
) - G Melvin Strahl
7. (
#194
) - F Oiva Keskinen
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Alright y'all, Adam Fantilli and Kent Johnson are at the very top of this chart.
I'll give you all one guess as to which two players had the lowest ice time tonight.
Pascal Vincent, we're starting to wonder what the heck your plan is here.
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Well, we all asked for a better team. Many asked for a new GM to kick start it. With a new GM, changes are often quick to come.
How's everyone feeling about the moves today? Good? Bad? Meh?
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Never touched the puck, which is 15ft past him before he initiates contact. Hathaway leads with the knee for good measure. Dirty. Choke on your apology, Garnet.
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The last time we traded with the Kings, the won the Cup. The time before that too.
I'm pulling for them to do it again, for Vlad and Korpi
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This will be a Kings stan account for the playoffs.
On this day in 2013: The New York Rangers traded Marion Gaborik, Blake Parlett and Steven Delisle to Columbus for Derick Brassard, Derek Dorsett, John Moore and a 2014 6th round pick.
#NYR
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What can the Calgary Flames do, now that they've lost their best player? Well, instead of lashing out at us
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fans, do what our GM did. Make your team better and try to attract another one.
It's not our fault. Please quit dumping on us and our city
#Flames
#Gaudreau
As we said earlier ... you never know who will be watching.
I'm embarrassed on behalf of this (seemingly defunct) podcast's remark, and the entire 5th Line. Unreal.
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The Blue Jackets have now blown leads in 19 of 31 games this season. There's something wrong with the way this team is being coached, no matter how you look at it:
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Jacket fans, it's entirely possible that our team looks like this down the middle in 2 years or so:
Fantilli
Sillinger
del bel Belluz
Voronkov
How are we feeling about that?
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Not much to argue about here, the Jackets are going to be much better up front next season. Assuming
#29
is dealt away:
Gaudreau-Monahan-Marchenko
Johnson(?)-Fantilli-Chinakhov
Voronkov-Sillinger-Jenner
Danforth-Kuraly-Olivier
1/2
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@scottcwheeler
Beer league opponent: why don't you take off that cage like a man?
Me, an intellectual: dude I'm in my 30s and have to work at 7am tomorrow.
A lot of people upset about this, but I have no issue with it.
Pascal's job here is to coach this team to win, no matter what the standings are. Elvis taking a penalty did cost this team a win.
Am I upset about it? No. Is Pascal wrong? Also no.
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L take.
Johnny Hockey has 130 points in 155 games since signing with Columbus. They have not had a 30-goal scorer in his time here. His primary linemate has been Boone Jenner and he's rotated through wingers like Danforth, Nylander, and others. His contract is fine.
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That's exactly why you call the damn rulebook. Gudbranson told the refs he would deal with it, and now you get what you just saw.
Be better
@NHL
@NHLPlayerSafety
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Leo Carlsson's play for Sweden at the World Championships might be pushing him closer to Adam Fantilli in regards to the draft.
I don't see how either one is a fail for the Jackets. Thank goodness we stayed at
#3
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@NHL_Watcher
"They'll need to pay to get rid of it"
Why would they want to?
Through 19 games he had 6 points to start the year. Since then he had 45 points in 51 games.
Johnny is fine. The Jackets stink in spite of him, not because of him.
That was fun. This team has been (slowly) starting to defend better. The goaltending has followed. Now there's some offense coming together.
I won't say they've turned a corner yet. But, they are starting to look like they can. The chemistry is there.
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In a lost season, the Blue Jacket demotion of David Jiricek to the Cleveland Monsters sends a clear message to their young players: poor performance can be excused by tenure.
He deserves to be in the NHL.
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Question: why do the Russian athletes continue to take a beating over the war in the Ukraine? It's an honest question - I'm clearly and decidedly against the invasion of their country, but I cannot figure out what a 20-something year old NHL player is supposed to do...
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1/2
So, among the sickening lovefest for Russians in Columbus, OH last night, how many questions were asked by the media about Mariupol, Bucha and the previous night's attacks on Kyiv?
Paging the only Columbus person I know:
@Aportzline
.
This may be the worst/least informed TDL article I've ever seen.
"The team's most likely trade chip this spring is Elvis Merzlikins, but they may have to throw in David Jiricek or Kent Johnson as a sweetener" ... is certainly a take.
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Scrolling through comments on Carolina feeds is quite humorous.
"Finally, a right handed center! He can replace Necas"
"Necas doesn't play center"
Me (whispering) neither does Jack...
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starters in Ottawa:
Gaudreau-Jenner-Roslovic
Provorov-Severson
Tarasov
Scratches: F Chinakhov (injury), F Fantilli (injury), D Peeke
Anton Forsberg in the
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net. Joonas Korpisalo backing up. Sens are dressing only 17 bc of injuries to D Sanderson, Zub
Think about the logjam we started the season with. Gone in the last few months:
Liam Foudy
Emil Bemstrom
Andrew Peeke
Eric Robinson
Much needed breathing room at the NHL level now.
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What changed in the third period?
Why did the team go from playing with confidence, buzzing in the offensive zone...to making long passes and flipping pucks to nobody?
Coaching? Youth? Unacceptable.
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Based off Pascal Vincent's media avail today,
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likely w/out 10 players tomorrow.
Vincent: "Adversity and challenges will define who you are as a person. Yeah, we're getting hit in the gut right now. How we approach that, how we fight through that, these are great lessons."
If you think the
@spittinchiclets
podcast rolls out that story without confirming it with a member of the team you need a brain transplant. Bizarre behaviour from a guy that’s done it before and gotten canned for stuff exactly like this. This was the text I got to start it all
Jackets win. Zach Werenski gets 4 points to tie the team record for a defenseman. Jeff Rimer hears his name chanted throughout Nationwide.
Let's all put the ugly season behind us and enjoy this finale for what it was. To a brighter future,
#5thLine
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Lots of speculation about the next GM. I have one immediate thought:
If this team hires a retread like Chuck Fletcher or Peter Chiarelli, I'll probably be moving on from this account. I want to see something fresh and exciting. This team has to get this one right.
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The Jackets have lost five games in a row. The column on the left: starts by Daniil Tarasov. The column on the right: starts by Elvis Merzlikins.
I'm not saying the scores are all reflective of goaltending, but clearly, the team is playing better in front of
#40
.
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@NHL_Watcher
He scored 74 in 80 last year, led the team by 21, and aside from a slow start this year he's at basically the same pace. Leads the next closest forward by 18 points.
He has no help. That isn't his fault.
They may have lost again tonight, but if you've watched this team since game 1 this season, this group has come a long way. They resemble a hockey team at this point, not just a collection of players.
Even in a loss, we can now appreciate their effort. Good game
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Yes, growing the game by having Connor Bedard in Montreal ... you know, the most successful team in the NHL, historically.
No chance we would want him in Columbus, a team that sells out its building with the 32nd place team in the league.
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On this day in 2021: Winnipeg traded Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic to Columbus for Pierre-Luc Dubois and a 2022 3rd round pick.
#GoJetsGo
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We deleted our prior comments about Johnny Gaudreau out of respect for the Devils and their fans. It's unfair to lump them into one class or group, and they do have some great fans. That said, we're calling on the
#5thLine
to get loud for
#13
tomorrow night as we host the Devils.
Look y'all, I love Justin Danforth. He's one of my favorites for sure. But, him on the ice instead of Fantilli or Sillinger, down 2 goals and with the extra attacker?
I dunno, man.
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