GDT: Game 3: Columbus at Buffalo | 10/12 3PM EDT

CBJfan4evr

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Team was playing awesome against the Rangers and after Saads goal , we were sitting in great shape , until bob lets one of the softest goals I've seen go in, and it's like the team climbed into a shell . I agree our d pass outs , especially tyutin, have been bad this year . I'm not getting your point on the draft though ? Yes Wennberg is on Ir , most players would be on that hit . Dano brought us , Saad. I'll take
That every day. Rychel is getting developed and not rushed ? As for Milano , Werenski , see the prior point , not being rushed and developer .

Sorry for throwing the draft reference in there. Just tired of being just below the cut to get a star player that can step right in. Still feeling the Jack Eichel sting from today.
 

ScreamingWild

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Sooooo... It's Canadian Thanksgiving and the only effing reason that the Jackets aren't in last place in the entire league is because they have a better goal differential (by 2) than the Bruins. Why wait for US Thanksgiving to be out of the picture when you can avoid the rush and be ahead of the norm.

Hate that I got sucked into the hype yet again. I'm positive that I've never been this disappointed as a fan.
 

Sore Loser

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Didn't catch the game, just the highlights (lowlights) and stretches of the play...

The only thing I can say is that three game losing streaks aren't out of the norm, even for good teams. It just sucks that this one is at the very start of the season.

Hopefully the team will put on their big boy pants and go to work against Ottawa on Wednesday. I watched Ottawa play Montreal yesterday, and they played similarly to how the Blue Jackets played in their first three games. They will be hungry.

The CBJ have to get back to their style -- hard on the fore-check, pucks to the net, and blue collar efforts from all four lines. No "Euro hockey", they simply aren't built for speed and skill. I say, start McElhinney, bench Rene Bourque and put Matt Calvert in his spot, put Kerby Rychel on the fourth line, and sit one of Tyutin or Johnson in lieu of Cody Goloubef.

Light some fires under some *****, and make people earn their jobs back.
 

Zarathustra

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Didn't catch the game, just the highlights (lowlights) and stretches of the play...

The only thing I can say is that three game losing streaks aren't out of the norm, even for good teams. It just sucks that this one is at the very start of the season.

Hopefully the team will put on their big boy pants and go to work against Ottawa on Wednesday. I watched Ottawa play Montreal yesterday, and they played similarly to how the Blue Jackets played in their first three games. They will be hungry.

The CBJ have to get back to their style -- hard on the fore-check, pucks to the net, and blue collar efforts from all four lines. No "Euro hockey", they simply aren't built for speed and skill. I say, start McElhinney, bench Rene Bourque and put Matt Calvert in his spot, put Kerby Rychel on the fourth line, and sit one of Tyutin or Johnson in lieu of Cody Goloubef.

Light some fires under some *****, and make people earn their jobs back.


I'd bench Prout and Boll before Bourque and Johnson. I agree with putting Rychel in though. Boll played what, five minutes tonight?
 

Cyclones Rock

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The Clarkson Factor is a huge missing piece of this equation.

He and BorkQ are gonna click. I can feel it in my bones.
 

We Want Ten

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The Clarkson Factor is a huge missing piece of this equation.

He and BorkQ are gonna click. I can feel it in my bones.

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Double-Shift Lasse

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While I do agree, we're how many years removed from Hitch? and at the time, this club was going sideways then too. Heck, he's on the verge of being out of another job in St Louis if they slump during the season or don't execute in the playoffs.

If we walk it back and don't fire Hitch, he'd get fired for something else a year or two later, wouldn't he?

Yes. It's a silly point to make, except in an instance where we're trying to make sure all the blame bases are covered.
 

The Jones Zone

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Caught the replay after another exciting day in federal prison working with the finest Inmates around

energy level, bad
PK, really bad
outlet passing, joke
Bob, Weak
Karlson, AHL
Campbell, should have gave Letestu the 3 year deal he wanted
Boll, Boll

Richards---deer in headlight

Rimer and Jody---sounded about as excited as a cadaver
 

Iron Balls McGinty

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While I do agree, we're how many years removed from Hitch? and at the time, this club was going sideways then too. Heck, he's on the verge of being out of another job in St Louis if they slump during the season or don't execute in the playoffs.

If we walk it back and don't fire Hitch, he'd get fired for something else a year or two later, wouldn't he?

If we can wait it out long enough, Hitch might be available again. Seemed to be on thin ice last season.
 

Kutter

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I was on a flight so only caught the highlights after. That being said it sure looked like Tyutin was chasing the play. Boone did not look like BOONE - getting victimized on a couple of the goals.

Shifting in a few players makes sense. Goloubef is the obvious D-man to move in and I'd sit Prout. Calling up Rychel might make sense if Clarkson is not going to be ready for Ottawa.

The next two games are huge. If they end up 0-5 with Chicago on deck, I don't see Richards making it to game 7. That would be sad because he deserves a better fate.

And Torts... shivers... that would be a terrible move.
 

ndd17

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Three games losing streak, second time in franchise history. Richards suck again, at four start season in a row.
When i predicted our start 4-9-1 about me think that i'm idiot and i'm wrong. I'm not idiot, but i'm really wrong. We have a good team, but we also have a crap head coach and my new prediction about our start of season, if hctr will not be fired immediately, around 1-12-1, only win friday vs Toronto.
 

SuperGenius

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I feel Foligno's time to earn that C is now. This is mental, not talent.

I think you're right.

One thing that struck me after the game was the way Johansen handled the questions, particularly from Porty about 'panic'. I'm not crazy about a lot of his game right now, but I like that he sounded a little pissed off at the question.

IMO, the last thing they need to do is panic. This is true in sports or anything else that you do that requires execution at a high level. When crap gets away from you and you panic and make adjustments based on mistakes, the problems often get worse, not better. This is the time to take a deep breath, remember what you're capable of and go out and do it.
 

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