SuperGenius
For Duty & Humanity!
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I have no idea what this means, but by all means, what a perfect time to bring it up (whatever it is).
GDT: Game 28: Columbus at Washington | 12/11 7PM EST
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I have no idea what this means, but by all means, what a perfect time to bring it up (whatever it is).
Matthew
OK Boomer
Who stands in Nationwide in the goal crease?
SergBob GoaliePants!!!
Blue-clad, Russian, non-porous is he.
SergBob GoaliePants!!!
If the red lamp you wish to light up,
Wait until Todd starts McBackup.
SergBob GoaliePants.
SergBob GoaliePants,
Serg Bob GooooaliePaaaaaants!!!
SergBob GoaliePants!!!
Blue-clad, Russian, non-porous is he.
SergBob GoaliePants!!!
If the red lamp you wish to light up,
Wait until Todd starts McBackup.
SergBob GoaliePants.
SergBob GoaliePants,
Serg Bob GooooaliePaaaaaants!!!
CBJWerenski8
Rest in Peace Johnny
- Jun 13, 2009
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Double-Shift Lasse
Just post better
News to me. I don't ever remember him having a "really good season" or for that matter EVER being called "the heart and soul of Columbus"
Double-Shift Lasse
Just post better
CBJWerenski8
Rest in Peace Johnny
- Jun 13, 2009
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I remember it. It was mostly the seasons he was first here, as in the playoff year and the year after. Then he got the contract extension. He was regarded as the captain around here for a while.
Matthew
OK Boomer
punk_o_holic
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He was good in his first couple of years. At one point, some fans were willing to name him Captain. Think he started to show signs of slowing down right before he signed a new contract and went completely down hill when his contract kicked in.
This. He was almost a hero to some folks around the time of the soccer game incident. I won't say I considered him a hero but I was really high on him as a player back then. Hell I still like him but it's beyond obvious he's faded dramatically.
Matthew
OK Boomer
This is how I remember it as well. RJ was a big fan favorite before he started to show signs he was done. One of the gritty heart and soul types that was seen as part of the solution rather than the problem.
Cowumbus
Registered User
Wish Johansen line had more time in the ozone, never felt like they had continuous pressure down there but we can't keep winning games like Toronto did last year. With that being said go jackets
so we're cool with comparing Foligno to Umberger then?
I don't think that's what we're doing. Nicky is heads and tails above RJ. And I say that as a confirmed RJ liker.
We Want Ten
Johnny Gaudreau
I feel like Rockhound from the movie "Armageddon".
" We're staying, we're going, we're staying, we're going, make up your mind!"
" We're staying, we're going, we're staying, we're going, make up your mind!"
so we're cool with comparing Foligno to Umberger then?
Not for me as they are different styles of play and have different emotional motivators. That said, The RJ of the first few years here would fit well on this team. His game really fell off the past couple of years as some players do, not something you can really predict.
I think we challenge for the cup over the next few years in front of Bob with
Talent: Johansen
Intensity: Dubinski
Work Ethic: Jenner
Joy: Foligno
Nanabijou
Booooooooooone
I don't want to wade into the argument, but Umby was repeatedly referred to as the 'conscience' of the Jackets by Porty during the first playoff season. I believe that is what Vinny is referring to.
Viqsi
"that chick from Ohio"
He had three really good seasons, actually, and then started subsequent declining years of "bare minimum", "still on the bare minimum pace if it had been a full season", and "okay, yeah, he's not that guy anymore".
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How soon we forget.
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Wow.
Wow.
Just... wow.
Seriously ****ing wow.
THREE YEARS this was going on and people have completely forgotten. I joked about it but never seriously believed it.
Wow.
Wow.Unbelievable. Just unbelievable.
THREE YEARS.
To me one of the most notable things about Foligno was always that he wasn't a big scorer, despite doing just about everything right. He did everything great, but didn't have the shot. As we all saw tonight, he has the shot. I don't know if its the new sticks or what but he's got it. He isn't going to keep a 20+ shooting %, and he probably isn't going to stay around the top 10 goal scorers, but its not hard to imagine him regularly getting ~30 goals, given the amount of chances he generates.
This. We really need to stop falling ass backwards into wins. If this team actually starts playing to it's potential and carrying the play instead of letting the opposition do so then we might have a legitimate threat on our hands.
Mayor Bee
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- Dec 29, 2008
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Well .. I did call it. (3-2)
But we also did have way too many damn penalties. Oh well, I'll take an ugly W any day of the week.
