Around Hockey XIII (All Non-Jackets Hockey talk in here)

[blahblah]

Holy freaking crap. Yeah, hope he recovers fully. That's scary.

Yeah, I was just coming to comment when I saw the headline on TSN. Hopefully he can fully recover.

 

[major major]

Yeah, I was just coming to comment when I saw the headline on TSN. Hopefully he can fully recover.

I do not like that TSN headline "Serious Condition", it really scared me for him. When someone is in serious condition after a stroke you should fear for their life, or fear for brain damage, there are a lot of things that can go wrong. But Letang just had a mild stroke, which is not that uncommon, and he's not in serious condition. He should be okay with treatment.

 

[Kev22]

Certainly puts things in perspective.

 

[Robert]

Philly won again today... we are now 9th in the conference, in other words out of the playoffs if they were held today...

The Jackets better be ready to win after the Olympics... no NHL team is going to feel sorry for us when play resumes..

 

[CharlotteJacket]

Seattle expansion team imminent?

Looks like Seattle is in line for a team. Talks between the NHL and a group representing the city have progressed far enough that an announcement may soon happen.

http://seattletimes.com/html/hockey/2022947708_nhlseattle20xml.html

 

[FANonymous]

Not too surprised, the real question is, where will the other expansion team end up? To even up the conferences, the West will need 1 more, but if they put another franchise in the Eastern area, would they force the Jackets or the Red Wings back West? If that were to be the solution, I don't like our odds of staying in the East, which would really piss me off.

 

[Jackets16]

I would think it would be more likely that a team would relocate to the West before they would move Columbus or Detroit back to the West. You think that would make you mad. Imagine how mad it would make those teams' owners. I can't see them doing that.

 

[Sore Loser]

Good, good...

Can't wait to see the Seattle BlueGreens!

 

[anteater90]

Congratulations to the Columbus AAA '01 Blue Jackets. They travelled North to Quebec to compete at TOURNOI INTERNATIONAL PEE-WEE QUÉBEC. This is the best Peewee teams in the world. They beat a team from Switzerland 4-2 in the final and won the whole thing. Way to go Boys!!!!

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Martin St.Louis requested a trade from Tampa after he was left off Canada's roster initially.

 

[Jackets16]

Congratulations to the Columbus AAA '01 Blue Jackets. They travelled North to Quebec to compete at TOURNOI INTERNATIONAL PEE-WEE QUÉBEC. This is the best Peewee teams in the world. They beat a team from Switzerland 4-2 in the final and won the whole thing. Way to go Boys!!!!

Yeah, I saw that on twitter earlier today. Congratulations to the team.

 

[jackets4life]

Buffalo helps us out tonight with a last minute GWG 3-2 over Carolina. This keeps the Canes at 61 pts and now with an even number of GP as the Jackets.

 

[DJA]

NHL Network just did a segment on Eastern Conference playoff contenders and their strength of schedule and road/home games the rest of the season - they did Detroit, Toronto, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Washington. Guess who was left out completely?

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

NHL Network just did a segment on Eastern Conference playoff contenders and their strength of schedule and road/home games the rest of the season - they did Detroit, Toronto, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Washington. Guess who was left out completely?

I just watched that? Seriously? How can they forget? The CBJ was even in a playoff sport 3 days before the Olympic break.

 

[Nanabijou]

I just watched that? Seriously? How can they forget? The CBJ was even in a playoff sport 3 days before the Olympic break.

They must have already conceded a spot to the Jackets.

 

[bizzz*]

NHL Network just did a segment on Eastern Conference playoff contenders and their strength of schedule and road/home games the rest of the season - they did Detroit, Toronto, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Washington. Guess who was left out completely?

NYR, Montreal, Carolina, Tampa, Ottawa?

 

[Crede777]

New Jersey must have been included by accident.

 

[FANonymous]

Can anyone photoshop a CBJ sweater on Rodney Dangerfield so we can just have a stock image to post whenever we get no respect?

 

[SuperGenius]

Can anyone photoshop a CBJ sweater on Rodney Dangerfield so we can just have a stock image to post whenever we get no respect?

Yeah, that'll show em.

I could care less. They'll be talking about the CBJ soon enough if the team can get back to the level they were before the break. You don't earn respect by being in playoff position in January.

 

[Samkow]

Yeah, that'll show em.

I could care less. They'll be talking about the CBJ soon enough if the team can get back to the level they were before the break. You don't earn respect by being in playoff position in January.

I personally love flying under the radar.

A nice change of pace from watching OSU get hyped by the media and then completely fall flat when it counts.

 

[blahblah]

I just watched that? Seriously? How can they forget? The CBJ was even in a playoff sport 3 days before the Olympic break.

Well if that list is accurate, they missed a few other teams as well

There are 3 teams out of it and two teams that are in. The rest is pretty much wide open. That leaves another 11 teams.

Realistically it's about 5 teams competing for two spots. The East is a mess right now. Almost everyone is in it and, outside of the top two, no one is really pulling away. The Rangers and Toronto are trying to. There are three teams with 7 or 8 points in the last 10 games, all out of it, but everyone else has 10 or more points. Most are around that 10-12 point range. No separation at all.

Not sure I have a point outside of we weren't the only ones.

 

[blahblah]

I personally love flying under the radar.

Are we? Most outlets have us in their top 12 in the power rankings. I've heard a few media talking about us over the last few weeks and all of it good. I haven't seen "Lowly Jackets" in a long time. There might be a person or two that hasn't paid attention, but I don't think we're under the radar.

I'll watch this when I get a chance.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

Well if that list is accurate, they missed a few other teams as well

There are 3 teams out of it and two teams that are in. The rest is pretty much wide open. That leaves another 11 teams.

Realistically it's about 5 teams competing for two spots. The East is a mess right now. Almost everyone is in it and, outside of the top two, no one is really pulling away. The Rangers and Toronto are trying to. There are three teams with 7 or 8 points in the last 10 games, all out of it, but everyone else has 10 or more points. Most are around that 10-12 point range. No separation at all.

Not sure I have a point outside of we weren't the only ones.

I sort of alluded to that in my post in the CBJ topic on the same discussion. They did leave out about 1/2 of the teams in the true playoff chase.

Since it got missed, here is the CBJ preview for the playoff chase since this is just about all they did on the show.

The CBJ have 24 games remaining. 12 at home and 12 on the road. Out of those games, 11 of the games are against teams with a winning record. I'm not sure how they interpreted that but I interpret that to be teams with more wins than combined regulation and overtime losses. I assume they did the same thing on NHL Tonight.

That's really all they did. Oddly enough, Detroit is higher than the CBJ in the standings but technically have a losing record because of the amount of OT loser points they have picked up.

 

[blahblah]

11 of the games are against teams with a winning record. I'm not sure how they interpreted that but I interpret that to be teams with more wins than combined regulation and overtime losses. I assume they did the same thing on NHL Tonight.

Winning record is simply more points than games played.

That's really all they did. Oddly enough, Detroit is higher than the CBJ in the standings but technically have a losing record because of the amount of OT loser points they have picked up.

It's part of the reason the Jackets have a 60% chance to make the playoffs and Detroit has a 40%. We have one less point, but 3 more ROW's. However, Detroit doesn't have a losing record.

 

[FANonymous]

Yeah, that'll show em.

I meant more for just us. I don't really give a crap what other teams think about us. It's funny watching them pull their hair out in their GDT's when they lose to the "lowly jackets."