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Fungo Squiggly
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Stole a point on the road from one of the best teams in the league. We'll call that a fucking win today.
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ScriptOhio
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Why the Columbus Blue Jackets are not going away
At the start of the 2016-17 season expectations for the Columbus Blue Jackets were, to say the least, low.
They were coming off of a disastrous season the year before, had a roster that was full of what looked to be questionable to perhaps even bad contracts and a coach that nobody really believed in (or wanted to believe in). After losing four of their first six games it seemed as if they were on a path to fulfilling the only expectation anyone had for them — to be a very bad hockey team.
Then a funny thing started to happen. They started to win. A lot. After that initial six-game stretch to start the year they went on an 8-2-2 run over the following 12 games, then ripped off an 18-game point streak that included a 16-game winning streak. They ran into a terrible goal-scoring slump at the end of the regular season, and were then shut down by Marc-Andre Fleury in a first-round playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins that was much closer than the five-game result would seem to indicate.
Usually when a team like Columbus comes flying out of nowhere and is driven by some of the same high shooting percentage and save percentage numbers that the Blue Jackets were there is an expectation that they might come back down to earth. So far this season that has not quite happened, even if you include their recent three-game skid.
As of Wednesday the Blue Jackets are still right in the thick of a heated and incredibly tight Metropolitan Division race, and they have probably played even better than their 9-6-1 record would indicate.
Entire article: https://sports.yahoo.com/why-columbus-blue-jackets-not-211359028.html
At the start of the 2016-17 season expectations for the Columbus Blue Jackets were, to say the least, low.
They were coming off of a disastrous season the year before, had a roster that was full of what looked to be questionable to perhaps even bad contracts and a coach that nobody really believed in (or wanted to believe in). After losing four of their first six games it seemed as if they were on a path to fulfilling the only expectation anyone had for them — to be a very bad hockey team.
Then a funny thing started to happen. They started to win. A lot. After that initial six-game stretch to start the year they went on an 8-2-2 run over the following 12 games, then ripped off an 18-game point streak that included a 16-game winning streak. They ran into a terrible goal-scoring slump at the end of the regular season, and were then shut down by Marc-Andre Fleury in a first-round playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins that was much closer than the five-game result would seem to indicate.
Usually when a team like Columbus comes flying out of nowhere and is driven by some of the same high shooting percentage and save percentage numbers that the Blue Jackets were there is an expectation that they might come back down to earth. So far this season that has not quite happened, even if you include their recent three-game skid.
As of Wednesday the Blue Jackets are still right in the thick of a heated and incredibly tight Metropolitan Division race, and they have probably played even better than their 9-6-1 record would indicate.
Entire article: https://sports.yahoo.com/why-columbus-blue-jackets-not-211359028.html
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Captain Obvious: Jackets absolutely need a win tonight against Detroit.
Artemi looks to be heating up, finally.
And it looks like an official is out cold. Not good.
Artemi looks to be heating up, finally.
And it looks like an official is out cold. Not good.
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Fungo Squiggly
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Unreal performance from Bob and Howard down the stretch. Detroit had two 2-on-0's in OT and Bob shut them both down.
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The 2 man break where Detroit made two cross-crease passes, and Bob somehow made the kick save was amazing.
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This team needs to quit coasting and putting all the pressure on Bob after scoring the first goal. I don’t think there’s any doubt Columbus is one of the Top 5-8 teams in the NHL, but they need to keep the scoring opportunities coming after an early score.
Hope they can hold on in Montreal tonight, tied 1-1 with 4 minutes left.
Hope they can hold on in Montreal tonight, tied 1-1 with 4 minutes left.
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Or they could just continue to absolutely dominate OT. Jackets win 2-1!
Fungo Squiggly
Mortal enemy of all things Bucky
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Former Game Champion
'18 BPCFFB II Champ
'18 Keeper League Champ
More OT magic!
That being said....man is this team tough to watch. Just all sorts of disjointed with the puck right now.
That being said....man is this team tough to watch. Just all sorts of disjointed with the puck right now.
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Cam has looked really rusty shooting the puck, but that was a nice assist by him.
Really need Nick Foligno to get going.
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Theyre off to a nice start considering that neither Cam or Foligno have got it going totally
Guys like Anderson and Bjorkstrand have done a good job picking it up in the early going on the goal scoting side.
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Really impressed with Anderson so far this season. He keeps this pace up, Columbus may need to pony up a little more money for him.
Also hoping to see Milano get more settled in with the Jackets, really like the energy he brings.
Panarin hasn’t exactly gotten off to a great start, but he will be a great scoring asset as the season wears on. This might be the best, most balanced roster the Jackets have ever had.
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ScriptOhio
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He just signed a 3 year contract.
After Missing Camp, Josh Anderson Signs With Blue Jackets
The Columbus Blue Jackets re-signed Josh Anderson to a $5.55 million, three-year deal after the forward missed training camp and the preseason because he didn't have a contract.
https://www.si.com/nhl/2017/10/03/josh-anderson-blue-jackets-contract
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