GDT: Game 49: Columbus vs. Arizona | 2/3 7PM EST

thebus2288*

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Then flip Johansen to Nashville for Craig Smith and Colin Wilson or to San Jose with Wisniewski to the Sharks for Joe Thornton like you suggested in the summer.

You sure you aren't missing a couple names? Like the most important players that would be coming back to Columbus in such trades...

As late as mid September during the "saga" I through out Johansen and a 2nd for Wilson, Smith and Forsberg. It was and still is a trade that I think would help both teams. It is not lopsided in any way, and with the breakout of Forsberg you can easily make the case that Nashville/neither team WOULD do it. THAT is the only type of trade that IS realistic. This was during a time that I still thought Wennberg was a better prospect than Rychel/Dano, you guys wanted to dump Foligno over anything over 4.5 mil and Kevin Cannauton was literally not brought up (and possibly not thought of) a single time. There was also Wiz+Johansen for Weber and Forsberg. Would Poille have done that 4 months ago? How about now? Would you? You bring up me wanting to "dump" Wisniewski and Johansen to Nashville without mentioning it would involve us bringing back a top defenseman in the league in Weber and a prospect that's 10 times the player pretty boy Wennberg is. And the SJ 1 was Johansen and Wisniewski for Thornton AND Pavelski.

Now look up the numbers/stats (real numbers) for these 6 guys, look at where their teams are at in the standings, and compare that to Wisniewski and Johansen's numbers and tell me how these would be or would've been bad trades for the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Get your calculators and advanced corsi's out
 

Iron Balls McGinty

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If the CBJ somehow win the draft lottery, I'll look back on tonight as the turning point that made it all possible.
 

Jackets Woodchuck

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I just tread Arace's column. Could someone tell him that the Jackets' AHL affiliate is no longer in Syracuse?
 

Robert

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Was it really a few weeks ago we were thinking playoffs?

December yes.... I was even on board for the post season then but they did not do well in January.... that was the killer..

The team, regardless of injury, is not a playoff team... even if full strength imo.

JD needs to get a bit more aggressive than what he's been... I'm ok with build in a patient fashion but damn, JD has not been here for 15 years as we have!!!
 

thebus2288*

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Come on he was blocking a shot.

Didn't see it but it should have been Wennberg out there. With his "on-ice awareness" he would've known it was going to do damage and got out of the way with his Derick Mackenzie-like quickness. It might've went in but we're looking to develop these guys for the future. You cant have your future #2 center out there getting hurt blocking shots. That's for the tweeners.
 

EspenK

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Didn't see it but it should have been Wennberg out there. With his "on-ice awareness" he would've known it was going to do damage and got out of the way with his Derick Mackenzie-like quickness. It might've went in but we're looking to develop these guys for the future. You cant have your future #2 center out there getting hurt blocking shots. That's for the tweeners.

Give it a rest. Read a book. Broaden your horizons.
 

thebus2288*

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December yes.... I was even on board for the post season then but they did not do well in January.... that was the killer..

The team, regardless of injury, is not a playoff team... even if full strength imo.

JD needs to get a bit more aggressive than what he's been... I'm ok with build in a patient fashion but damn, JD has not been here for 15 years as we have!!!

Idk what you want him to do. We've got prospects that are gonna be needing extensions in 6 years...

If you were to clone Wiz, it's OEK

Wisniewski is an OEL clone that was dropped on his legs when he was a baby. He was then dropped on his head.
 

Robert

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The best of this All-Star season..... Jeff Rimer and Jody Shelley... those guys deserve a medal of honor for being the best CBJ fans on Earth.... :)
 

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