GDT: Game 47: Columbus vs. Washington | 1/19 7PM EST

[NotWendell]

Why is Forsberg wearing Bob's jersey tonight?

Forsberg played a lot better against the Capitals.

 

[Robert]

The Jackets need to try their whites at home next time.... Never know...

 

[Johansen2Foligno]

So, I understand we will lose a lot of games still. Have we made any improvement over the year?

 

[EspenK]

Other than the dynamic duo I don't see the D being bad tonight. To listen to some of you guys the Jackets should win 82 games without giving up a goal. The other team makes plays, they score.

 

[DJA]

Other than the dynamic duo I don't see the D being bad tonight. To listen to some of you guys the Jackets should win 82 games without giving up a goal. The other team makes plays, they score.

Five goals against is horrifically bad.

 

[Robert]

Not piling on just sayin for the stat folks, Bob is .737 at this minute tonight...

 

[eljefe72]

Forsberg played a lot better against the Capitals.

Where's Dan LaCosta when you need him?

 

[NotWendell]

We look like the worst team in the league tonight! ... Oh yeah....

 

[Johansen2Foligno]

Not piling on just sayin for the stat folks, Bob is .722 at this minute tonight...

Geez...I've had a BAC higher than that

 

[S1N4TR4]

95 percent chance Korpi is in net to start the 3rd yay.

 

[KlichkoBro*]

Bob again misplayed a shot from 10 miles away that hit the post.

 

[CarolinaBlueJacket]

So, I understand we will lose a lot of games still. Have we made any improvement over the year?

Exactly.
They now have a hothead of a coach that nobody wants to play for.
They traded their best player.
Just scratched their leading point getter. I bet Hartnell gets traded and becomes a playoffs hero.

 

[CarolinaBlueJacket]

95 percent chance Korpi is in net to start the 3rd yay.

Does it matter?

 

[Robert]

95 percent chance Korpi is in net to start the 3rd yay.

I'd like to see that.... 3 goals down is not like being down 10... The odds of winning now vs the best team in league is slight but sometimes teams flip with a new goalie in net.

 

[NotWendell]

I'd like to see that.... 3 goals down is not like being down 10... The odds of winning now vs the best team in league is slight but sometimes teams flip with a new goalie in net.

Yep. I'm not leaving yet.

 

[EspenK]

Again with all the *****ing. As most of you know I'm not the most positive guy around here but JF Hartnell if you can't see improvement and the future in the young guys then I don't know. Are we a better team than we were? I think so. Are we going to win every game? No.

Its amazing to me that during the day no one wants to trade anyone except the 2 bozo d-men and the two guys who aren't playing tonight yet during the game everybody sucks.

 

[NotWendell]

We're basically a .500 hockey team under Torts. Compared to October, that's an improvement.

 

[cbjfaninmo]

95 percent chance Korpi is in net to start the 3rd yay.

Hope so. Bob has had enough.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

Watch the game. Defense and goaltending are atrocious. You think Hartnell is gonna fix this?

I think Torts has a history of trying to make losing someone's fault (certainly never his though) and not about figuring out how to motivate the team. Benching your best scorer for the sake of "sending a message" only works if that person is truly the reason the team is losing and needs a wakeup call.

He scratched him (again) on the heels of Hartnell openly apologizing for his gaff and owning it. I don't see how that is going to help anything since Hartnell already spelled it out himself. Scoring wins games. Maybe this game was lost thanks to other mistakes but it puts the team down a bullet in the gun from the start and that gets in the team's head too.

I guess you like Torts and his crazy dramatic style. I don't.

 

[CarolinaBlueJacket]

Again with all the *****ing. As most of you know I'm not the most positive guy around here but JF Hartnell if you can't see improvement and the future in the young guys then I don't know. Are we a better team than we were? I think so. Are we going to win every game? No.

Its amazing to me that during the day no one wants to trade anyone except the 2 bozo d-men and the two guys who aren't playing tonight yet during the game everybody sucks.

I think a lot of people, myself included are venting. It's been a long 15 years. It's not just about tonight, this set of players or this coach. It's about the past 15 years plus tonight, these players and this coach.

 

[major major]

I guess you like Torts and his crazy dramatic style. I don't.

Sounds like you're reacting more to Torts' rep than anything else. He hasn't been that dramatic here. He's been straightforward with the guys.

Benching Hartnell for putting himself above the team is just basic accountability. It's what any organization needs.

 

[EspenK]

I think a lot of people, myself included are venting. It's been a long 15 years. It's not just about tonight, this set of players or this coach. It's about the past 15 years plus tonight, these players and this coach.

I get that.

 

[major major]

We look like the worst team in the league tonight! ... Oh yeah....

The Jackets are outchancing the best team in the league through two periods. I'm not sure if that stat is really representative of the balance of the game, but either way we don't look that bad. It's just Bob and Dumb & Dumber tonight.

 

[DJA]

I think Torts has a history of trying to make losing someone's fault (certainly never his though) and not about figuring out how to motivate the team. Benching your best scorer for the sake of "sending a message" only works if that person is truly the reason the team is losing and needs a wakeup call.

He scratched him (again) on the heels of Hartnell openly apologizing for his gaff and owning it. I don't see how that is going to help anything since Hartnell already spelled it out himself. Scoring wins games. Maybe this game was lost thanks to other mistakes but it puts the team down a bullet in the gun from the start and that gets in the team's head too.

I guess you like Torts and his crazy dramatic style. I don't.

Torts has taken the blame many times after games for his mistakes. Again, this is a case of an outsider using the past to try to explain the present, without watching the games or understanding the state of the team.

There is nothing "crazy" or "dramatic" about his time in Columbus so far.

 

[NotWendell]

Whoa! Bob is back in the cage.