Well we lost. But hereโs a vid of Elvis pre-game playing rock paper scissors with a young fan and then giving him his stick. Donโt know thatโs gonna make you feel better, itโs fun.
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I think itโs time for an apology. From me to Brad Larsen. Heโs got the
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playing a fun-to-watch brand of hockey and the players obviously like playing for him. The PP looks great and they score goals in 5v5, too. I didnโt think this was gonna work, but it does. Kudos, Lars.
He was only here for 2 seasons. Yet, two Gaudreau children were born in that timespan. His brother was to be a parent, also.
Time doesnโt matter, except for the fact that Matthew and Johnny had entirely too little.
Life isnโt fair. Tell that to Matthewโs and Johnnyโs families.
Elaine had in no way, shape or form any idea what was said and the clip of it shows that. I just want to make sure people understand that I know Elaine well enough to guarantee you she would have spoken up if it had registered with her. I am 100% convinced of that.
Its a tough pill to swallow knowing that after spending decades of my life trying to lead with kindness of love that I will forever be linked with such a gross and ugly moment.
Got a bunch of player pics after their morning skate (thanks boys!). My favorite?
@9Artemi
Why? He walked out on his phone, saw me, slowed down, hung up just to take a pic with me. Great guy with great English! ;) I wish him the best wherever he goes (still hope he stays!)
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Here are today's beautiful eulogies from Meredith and Madeline Gaudreau. Meredith announced that she is pregnant with her and John's third child.
Meredith:
Madeline:
Mark June 28th, 2024 as the day the
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center issues were on the way to be solved. This is likely going to be a very historic day in club history. Going forward, these are your centermen:
Adam Fantilli
Cayden Lindstrom
Cole Sillinger
Dimitri Voronkov
Yeah. I LOVE that. ๐
Re: Alex Texier via
@Aportzline
in TA. To everyone who said โhe doesnโt wanna be in Columbus or away from homeโโฆ yeah, no. Let the kid grief, ffs. Itโs a good sign he wants to play in the worlds, Jarmo is happy about it and will have coffee with him in my home town Zurich.
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The saddest news is that Jakub Voracek seems done playing hockey, or this trade would not have happened. I feel very sorry for Jake. Love that guy, ultimate team mate and great player. Not the end he deserved, for sure. Fuck man, this one hurts, too. But itโs a smart move.
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Tell me when you've last felt a euphoria like this in relation to sports... My last time was game 4 vs Tampa to complete the sweep. Nothing even close since then - until today.
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#JohnnyJacket
@UKBlueJackets
from Wales in the Arena with his wife tonight. First EVER NHL game and they got to meet
@JacketsInsider
and
@jrimercbj
! At the glass for warm-ups and they love it. Welcome to the fam!
Not happy about the return for Oliver. It feels like a rushed deal. We had all off-season to solve the ~$3-3.5m overage. But we ship out Oliver for a 3rd & a 4th. I know it's supposed to be a good day, but this stings. Oliver, you'll always have a special place in my heart!
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Gudbranson talks to Dorset about Johnny โdying to come to Columbusโ. Dorset calls Nash about itโฆ and Nash is kind enough to tell the room with the big guns, where there are cameras to catch everything on tape. Canโt script this stuff any better.
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Stop dogging a young player. It's not like we wanted Domi to be a borderline bust. But he was. Getting a young d-man for him instead of Max walking in the summer, is better than nothing. And I trust the scouts that this guy might just be better than, say, Scott Harrington.
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Just found out my gf is coming back home from deployment this Wednesday after almost 10 months. That, plus all the food, drink and football waiting for me during the day, makes this guy super fucking grateful!
Holy shit Cousins just turtled up totally. Had that coming and for good reason. Now that Guddyโs gone he barks again. What a fucking loser Cousins is. You put someone in the boards like that, you take the beating and shut up. Fucking asshole. Glad Guddy beat the shit out of him.
I always say i donโt wanna get too attached to players bc they can be gone in a second. I really try to stick with that mantra. However, Korpi gone gets to me. With all the shit we put him through/ he went through, all he ever did was be an absolute warrior. I will miss him.
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The first Michigan ever for KJ and CBJ! And what is it followed by? The FUCKING CHILI CHANT! Unbelievable roller coaster of feelings thereโฆ congrats, KJ!
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So the
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promised Jiricek a role in the NHL this year, according to Friedman on 32 Thoughts. That is so reckless and stupid of the GMโฆ you donโt promise things like that without tying it to performance. That and sending Jiri back and forthโฆ the kid has every right to be
CBJ fans: JARMO DO SOMETHING
Jarmo does something.
CBJ fans: OMG THAT'S TERRIBLE
Calm down. It's a bit of an overpay, but it's not the end of the world. We get the D man we needed and that counts for something.
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So with the confirmation of black pants and helmets, this is probably very close to what itโs gonna look. And I FUCKING LOVE THAT. Glad they went all black!
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Hey, I fixed my license plates.
Normally here in CA, you have to go into the DMV to bring in your old ones and pick up the new ones. Thanks to the โrona, they sent them to me and I was spared the hassle of that โfunโ department. Not mad about it.
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This is my issue with PVโฆ you give a kid a chance and then you donโt let him play through mistakes and you punish him by taking away ice time. What message does this send? Kids have to be able to learn from their mistakes and not feel that they canโt make any.
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Fair to say
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Pascal Vincent not pleased with Kent Johnson tonight. He's played only 4:55, including his shift early in the third. Now he's lost his spot on the power-play. Jack Roslovic in his place.
I feel for the journalists who have to chase such an awful rumor, and I am sending them all the strength in the universe. I am also wishing and hoping those rumors are not true, and trust our journalists to find the truth. And I sincerely hope the Gaudreau family is OK.
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Pretty disappointed in
@domluszczyszyn
โs reaction about Columbus on the
@PDOcast
. Thereโs really no need to shit over an entire city like you did, no matter what your model says. Not a good look because Iโm sure you donโt know enough about the city of Columbus to be so rattled.
Itโs only been 4 months since I moved and maybe itโs because Iโm obsessed with
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... but I believe that Iโve never seen as many people walking around in some sort of Blue Jackets merch. I love the love the city is showing for our boys!
I canโt believe Iโm taking a red-eye flight to Columbus to make the home openerโฆ but Iโm in my seat and just barely missed a first class upgrade, so I believe itโฆ see you all tomorrow, ya degens. Iโll be on hardly any sleep but it will be SO. MUCH. FUN.
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Jiricek has now been flown to West Canada and Colorado for *checks notes* exactly fucking nothing. Either leave the kid in the AHL, or bring him up to play. But for fuckโs sake, let the kid play. Especially because the interim GM said months ago that he has to play!
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We have added forward James Malatesta to the roster on emergency recall from
@monstershockey
and assigned defenseman David Jiricek to the AHL.
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I really wish I could be there for Tortsโ Welcome Back video tomorrow. I am sure it will be emotional & I would definitely shed a tear. He was a heck of a coach and although his exit was after the shelf life expired, it does not take away from what heโs done for
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.
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I hated the OH-IO chant at the game yesterday. I loved Werenskiโs Go Blue at the end.
Iโm a Buckeye fan.
If you have an issue with that, fuck your stuffed turkey today.
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I said 5 years for $8.75m perโฆ itโs 4 years at $8.7m. So we get
#5thLaine
and
#JohnnyJacket
for 4 years together, without breaking the bank. Nice! Another good day in
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land! ๐
I hope there will be a tribute video for Torts when the Flyers come to town for the first time next season. And honestly, I would love it and probably shed a tear or two of joy.
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Tarasov gets his first win where Kivi got his. Great performance tonight, well deserved win and heโs gonna get the Kepi. It shows how important a good performance in goal is to calm the team down. Impressive for his age. Let him play heavy minutes - either up or down.
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Goodbye Florida. You underachieved massively. Swept by the Bolts. Thatโs quite somethingโฆ and the last team that beat the Lightning is still the
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. What a waste of talent, Panthers.
It will be really interesting in a few years to see who the best pick actually was... Bedard, Carlsson, Fantilli, Smith, Michkov or somebody else. I sure hope it's Fantilli.
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Just wanna say thank to all of you amazing
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peeps out there for following me. Huge uptick in the last few weeks and days and Iโm truly thankful you tolerate my sorry-ass! ๐
Good man, wrong coach.
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righted a wrong today. Larsen should have never been hired. Nice guy, but Iโve never been happier about a sacking - and I say this with a lot of empathy, but for the club instead of the manโฆ Iโm a Jackets fan after all.
Thought of the dayโฆ itโs kinda funny to me that
@NickFoligno
has now played with the Senators, Bruins and Maple Leafs. Yet his only playoff series win was with the
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and itโs still the last time that the Lightning lost a series. What a win it was!
Theory time: Jarmo and Patrik are agreed on a long-term contract but theyโll wait to announce it until the 5th of March to make the
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retirement party complete, with signing the future best goal scorer in
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history. Heard it here first.
@BlueJacketsNHL
Everybody shitting on the new coachโฆ time is the only judge that will matter here. And maybe you will be right, and maybe you wonโt be. But saying itโs the wrong hire is just not something you can say right now. Soโฆ welcome, Dean. We are openly welcoming you to
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and are
@craighart4
You shouldnโt have said it bc youโre the only sick fuck who wishes another human to be dead. Goddamn man, seek help. This is truly not healthy. Wow.
Shut the fuck up, man. I donโt wanna hear the โthatโs a real good hockey teamโ bullshit again, ever. I do not care. You showed you can hang with them and then you shat the bed - again. I donโt care about your โbaby stepsโ, dude. Fucking get it together.
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The longer I think about the Monahan signing, the happier I am with it. Money was never an issue. The term irked me slightly, but Iโve come to terms with it and I think the positives outweigh the negatives by a large margin. And instead of low-key manifesting an injury, I take
Now that that is all over... on to the next topic.
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will sign Laine - but probably in the off-season. But he will sign. $9.5m AAV for at least 6 years. I can't wait.
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First offโฆ Bemstrom on waivers is a sound business decision. I hope he plays so well that he forces his way back and makes an impact later. For now, Iโm happy they sent him down.
Sscondly, Nick Foligno has a cap hit of $3.8m. No,
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should NOT pick him up.
Shit keeps on popping in my head... Gus Nyquist,
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's best Free Agent signing until today, might just fall victim to the now best FA signing in
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history.
Disappointed in
@KevinWeekes
that he and the ESPN crew didnโt even mention the two obvious fouls on Laine and Gaudreau just seconds before the Flames score the winner. You guys all suddenly blind?
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This is exactly the TDL I wanted from
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and JD. Get something for your expiring contract in Jack; solve the Peeke contract issue without a buyout in the summer; and re-enforce the Monsters with a G and a D. Smart pieces of business. No moves made that the new GM would hate. I
I am the most sorry for Connor Bedard. Now heโs wasting his first 5-6 years on a brutal team that has no way of becoming anything before that timeframe, even with him. Apart from the obvious FUCK THE BLACKHAWKS, Iโm genuinely sorry for Bedard.
I apologize when Iโm wrong. Always have. Here? Iโm not apologizing for asking for reason and for wanting to see facts first. We still donโt know many details, although
@FriedgeHNIC
said Babcock had a young playerโs phone for 7 mins at an off-site meeting. Thatโs obviously
Why not let Elvis rest and get healthy? If there are enough goalies in the organization and weโre not crippling the Monsters, why risk playing him? Let both Korpi (for his employment benefit next year) and Elvis (for
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benefit next year) get healthy.
The problem is not
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moving the game time to 1pm. The problem is that they, from a sound business perspective, HAVE TO do this to not lose money. Many fans in Cbus will always choose the Buckeyes over the Jackets. And I will never be one of those people. Ever.
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Weโre getting a big, mean, fantastic center! Itโs the only correct pick. Welcome to
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, Cayden Lindstrom! This kid is gonna be something. Really excited! ๐
Next game after today is after the trade deadline. We might have seen the last of Joonas Korpisalo. If he gets dealt, I will miss him a lot and thank him for everything. No matter where he is Friday after 3pm Eastern time, Iโll forever be rooting for him.
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Good day in
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land today. It's reported Babcock will sign for 2 years, which is the perfect term. And then Mister Fantilli falls to 3 and has his wish to play for Columbus come true. Let's celebrate!
This is an instance where I would just like to say that sometimes itโs good to take a couple hours before tweeting anything. Please, we are on
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family. Give it some thought first. This is meant well. ๐