GDT: Game 7: Columbus at Anaheim | 10/24 10PM EDT

[eljefe72]

That Judi French commercial is a real momentum killer.

You're obviously pro-crime.

 

[Robert]

@Aportzline · 2m 2 minutes ago

#CBJ goal-scoring change. Hartnell gets his first with Columbus, from Johansen and Johnson. Foligno was credited originally.

Might not be NHL-Assist Leader after tonight.

Wow.... I'm going to wait a period before deciding who scores in these games...

 

[Wendy Clear]

I'd go with:
Anisimov-Letestu-Skille
Tropp-Chaput-Boll

You're missing someone who would take Testy or Skille's place on the 3rd line: Harts, RJ, Atkinson, Foligno, Dubi, Jenner, Calvert.

I really feel better about RJ-Dubi-AA-Testy down the middle. Teams win Cups with strength down the middle. Your 4th line would be destroyed in the playoffs in the few mins of ice time they'd get (stretching the top 3 lines a bit more than ideal, and we know the Jackets like to roll 4 lines).

 

[DJA]

whoa, weird skate issues this period

 

[Robert]

You're missing someone who would take Testy or Skille's place on the 3rd line: Harts, RJ, Atkinson, Foligno, Dubi, Jenner, Calvert.

I really feel better about RJ-Dubi-AA-Testy down the middle. Teams win Cups with strength down the middle. Your 4th line would be destroyed in the playoffs in the few mins of ice time they'd get (stretching the top 3 lines a bit more than ideal, and we know the Jackets like to roll 4 lines).

Using RJ to describe Joey is killing me..... I can't do it.

 

[WannabeFinn]

You're missing someone who would take Testy or Skille's place on the 3rd line: Harts, RJ, Atkinson, Foligno, Dubi, Jenner, Calvert.

I really feel better about RJ-Dubi-AA-Testy down the middle. Teams win Cups with strength down the middle. Your 4th line would be destroyed in the playoffs in the few mins of ice time they'd get (stretching the top 3 lines a bit more than ideal, and we know the Jackets like to roll 4 lines).

Yup, Calvert should be playing wing there for Arty, Arty should move to 3C and bump Testy to 4th line

 

[Wendy Clear]

Using RJ to describe Joey is killing me..... I can't do it.

Doesn't make sense in my mind, either, but I'm too lazy. Even Joey seems too much, heh.

 

[Robert]

They are messing with Bob....

 

[The Jones Zone]

how was that not closing your hand with the puck in it

 

[Robert]

Doesn't make sense in my mind, either, but I'm too lazy. Even Joey seems too much, heh.

Thumb up...

 

[Robert]

It's looking like a playoff game right now..... The Ducks are good folks...

 

[DJA]

guys, i hate to keep saying it, but Wennberg is useless right now

 

[Lightningbolt]

seriously at the moment having wennberg on the ice is like having 4 guys on the ice.

 

[aRussian]

guys, i hate to keep saying it, but Wennberg is useless right now

Agreed. A sole playmaker not making plays or controlling play isn't much good. His zone dumps even get intercepted and kill the play. Needs seasoning

 

[Fred Glover]

Ain't gonna win many games with only five shots through half the game

 

[Wendy Clear]

There's really no question. Just a huge, huge mismatch. I get him being given a shot, but I don't know why they're going with 2C. Does Richards really think he stands a chance against the likes of Couture and Kesler? Jeff Carter Sunday? Come on. He needs to be on the 3rd line wing until going down.

 

[NotWendell]

Help me with the stats from last night but if I recall he was pretty good... Rimer and Jody even talked about his work on face offs...

Last night: 4 wins, 8 losses - 33%
Tonight (so far): 1 win, 3 losses - 25%

 

[Robert]

guys, i hate to keep saying it, but Wennberg is useless right now

You have been hard on him.... but it's only 7 games..... we will need some guys with practice has the season winds down.. Wennberg may not be NHL ready yet but we need to give him some experience... That's why he's playing early in the season.

 

[JacketFanInFL]

5 shots on goal. Not good.

 

[WannabeFinn]

guys, i hate to keep saying it, but Wennberg is useless right now

not generating anything offensively and somewhat of a defensive liability

the only good thing we can say about him playing games is that he's getting his NHL cup of coffee.. aside from that he's contributing jack

 

[Fred Glover]

guys, i hate to keep saying it, but Wennberg is useless right now

But he has always played against older competition

 

[Robert]

4 wins, 8 losses - 33%

Thanks Lee..... not so good eh...

 

[Jackets Fan]

The Jackets' puck possession has been pretty mediocre. They can't make a pass to save their life, and can't keep the puck on their stick for more than 2 seconds.

 

[JacketFanInFL]

This feels like a game of cat and mouse where the cat is just toying with the mouse before it kills it.

 

[EDM]

I have said it from the beginning of the season --- Wennberg belongs in the AHL. Yes, he has a lot of talent. But he simply is not ready for the toughness of the NHL. He is hurting the team right now. Let him toughen up in the AHL. That is what the AHL is for. With him on the ice, it is like the Jackets are playing with 11 forwards. Not a good idea agianst the Ducks.