Interesting Info: Part XXII (Jackets-related "tidbits" here)

[CBJx614]

https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/s/AgqQZBV5Yn

Old post but still holds true...total definition of Jackets luck

Only Calder winner since Ovi who isn't still actively playing

 

[thebus88]

https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/s/AgqQZBV5Yn

Old post but still holds true...total definition of Jackets luck

Only Calder winner since Ovi who isn't still actively playing

View attachment 874595

Look at it a different way.

Other than Panarin, where were all those other guys drafted, in relation to Mason?

 

[koteka]

Two general observations from a CBJ fan who lives in Columbus:

1) I spent a few hours at a Chiller today and spent an hour or so at another Chiller earlier in the week. I saw a few people I know. They are mostly big hockey fans. The amount of time we spent talking about the front office situation or the upcoming draft? Neither topic ever came up.


2) The Crew have become incredibly popular in Columbus. Everywhere I go I see people in Crew shirts or Crew hats. People talk about the Crew.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

2) The Crew have become incredibly popular in Columbus. Everywhere I go I see people in Crew shirts or Crew hats. People talk about the Crew.

Columbus is a bandwagon town who loves winners. I'm sure that's true to an extent i every city but I feel like Columbus is especially bad because of Buckeye Football Syndrome and the expectation of being great all the time that anything less is unacceptable.

The Crew was insignificant for a really long time but being a winner and combining what soccer ultimately becoming the ultimate hipster sport made it what it is.

That being said, I follow a couple of crew facebook groups. I enjoy the sport and used to be a STM until the new stadium priced me out after 1 year. Some of their super die hard fans are insufferable with their sense of self importance.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

 

[MissADD]

Columbus is a bandwagon town who loves winners. I'm sure that's true to an extent i every city but I feel like Columbus is especially bad because of Buckeye Football Syndrome and the expectation of being great all the time that anything less is unacceptable.

The Crew was insignificant for a really long time but being a winner and combining what soccer ultimately becoming the ultimate hipster sport made it what it is.

That being said, I follow a couple of crew facebook groups. I enjoy the sport and used to be a STM until the new stadium priced me out after 1 year. Some of their super die hard fans are insufferable with their sense of self importance.

As a season ticket holder and a die soccer fan, (I played since the fall of 96) this statement is accurate. I don't associate with the nordecke groups for this reason

 

[tunnelvision]

A lengthy Marchenko interview, some bits I found interesting (I believe "Raven" means Voronkov in the translation):

Русская тройка «Коламбуса», номер и совет Кучерова, ужин с Овечкиным. Большое интервью Кирилла Марченко

Яркий российский форвард «Блю Джэкетс» в обоих своих сезонах в НХЛ преодолел планку в 20 шайб.

www.sport-express.ru

— What is it like to play in the NHL in the only Russian offensive line in the league today?

- Yes, great! This fact is very pleasant, it inspires and motivates. We also sometimes encounter problems and understand that tomorrow we can play in different combinations. And in general, it’s not like we play all matches as a threesome - we are sometimes united, sometimes separated. We played no more than half of the matches together, even less. With Raven - 90-95% of games. And Chinakh was often put on the first line with Johnny Gaudreau and Boone Jenner, this was the most common option.

Of course, we would like to play together as much as possible, but this depends on the benefit we bring to the team at a particular moment. If we stop, we are being scammed. The main thing is to win, and not what combinations you play. But there are more advantages than disadvantages to the fact that we, as a group of three, give each other advice in Russian. And we understand hockey in approximately the same way, the way we were taught.

—Which of you is the most emotional and calm? How often do the three of you analyze your games and who is the initiator in these analyses?

— All game situations during the match are on me, I, roughly speaking, try to suggest what we are doing. More tactics, introduce some kind of combination. Raven simply knows what he has to do and does it. In general, I’m probably the main initiator of the discussions. We very rarely fought as a group of three, which is surprising - when you play together, you always fight. The calmest of us is Raven; he is generally always on the same wavelength.

— At the beginning of the season, there were rumors that Chinakhov and especially Voronkov missed Russia a lot and wanted to go home. How was it really, did you have to somehow support and reassure them?

- I wouldn’t say. This was blown out of proportion in the press, it seems to me. Of course, I can’t get into their heads and know for sure - maybe some moments slipped through. I don’t remember this at all about Chinakh, to be honest. There was some small talk about Raven, but only against the backdrop of the fact that it is simply difficult to readjust and get used to another country. But at some point he pulled himself together and said that everything was fine, let's move on. And everything was immediately forgotten. This was definitely not a big problem. At least within the team.

— Do they feel comfortable now?

- Certainly. We play in the first two lines, we are developing, we played together for some time.

— This season you have scored a lot of beautiful goals. Where did such looseness come from?

— In Russia, I probably didn’t have it throughout my entire career. Even last season I felt more relaxed and confident - one hundred percent! That's why moments like this happen.

But I am gaining experience, including visually - watching goals, changes of other players, and hockey in general. And I try to transfer this visual experience to the ice. If we talk about the Rangers goal with which we started the conversation, then last year Tage Thompson from Buffalo scored two or three of these at least when he drove around the goal. And he did it so well, he could withstand such pauses! So I decided to try it depending on the situation. Although this is difficult to work out, it is purely situational. I also analyzed the goal from under Buffalo’s feet and thought that it could probably work, I just need to practice it and try it.

- Where does emancipation come from? From the attitude of the coaches?

— Trust also plays a role. I also probably feel like I’m twenty, and I’ll be turning 24 this summer. I played in the league for two seasons, the faces are the same, the goalkeepers are the same, I understand what to expect from whom. I understand that in such and such a team there are players who can do this and that. In general, I gain some confidence that I can try something.

— Dan Milstein told me that the famous former striker Sergei Samsonov, who is now responsible for player development at his Gold Star agency, helped you a lot. What did this help consist of?

— I am very grateful to Sergei for the work he is doing with me. We have a great relationship, he is a wonderful person, and I thank him very much for being there and always providing support. And he is a very high-level specialist. We can call at any time to discuss some details of my game. He sends videos with certain nuances that I watch, and we discuss them. And sometimes we just call each other and talk about how things are going. I really appreciate his attitude.

— Can you give an example of his help?

“It was Samsonov who conveyed this idea to me: if you want to play more relaxed, allow yourself some feints, then you must bring additional benefits to the team in defense - take pucks, go into battle and win it. This will give you more right to take risks in the eyes of the coach.

- Some kind of compensation for beauty?

- Exactly. And I see that this advice works. You do things that are invisible to the average viewer, but are very useful for the team. The coaches appreciate this and you earn extra trust with them, which you can use to create better moments.

— How do coaches react to such aesthetic goals that you scored this season?

- Come on, aesthetic ones. In fact, I treat them calmly: I scored and scored. This is not discussed in any way in the team - they say “well done” and that’s it. Sergei and I don’t focus on them either. We look more at individual moments, where I could have played better, where I underperformed.

— And in what situations did Milstein himself help?

— He is always in touch and helps. 24 to 7! You can always turn to him for any little things, including household issues, not to mention hockey. There he always protects and helps me. At the beginning of the season, I was on the reserve side, Dan called the management and talked. After which they explained to me what direction to move in, what needs to be done better. Overall, his constant presence gives me and my wife great confidence.

— How did you react to the resignation of Columbus general manager Finn Jarmo Kekäläinen during this season? What kind of relationship did you have?

- Purely workers. We never had long conversations. This resignation did not affect me in any way. I just heard the news and moved on. This is a business where this happens.

— Your friend Vladislav Gavrikov did not treat him very well, he said that it was because of Kekäläinen that his ready-made trade to Boston fell through before last year’s deadline.

— Vlad signed a contract with him, worked for four years, during which time they formed some kind of relationship. I didn’t sign any contracts with him and didn’t have time to form an opinion about him.

— Who else from NHL are you friends with besides your teammates and Gavrikov?

— With Nikita Zaitsev. But I’m not a particularly sociable person on the phone, I don’t write to many people. But when we meet, it’s a different matter. I’m always glad to see and have a good time with Grisha Denisenko, Yegor Zamula from our youth team. Once we had a great dinner in Carolina with Petya Kochetkov and my fellow Barnaul resident Svecha (Andrei Svechnikov - Note by I.R. ). With Artemy Panarin, as I already said, we communicate well - thank you for answering when I type!..

— How do you like the city of Columbus? Experienced hockey players are trying to leave there. Do you understand why?

— Everyone has their own preferences, why they want or don’t want to stay in a particular city. For me, as, I think, for most hockey players, this is, first of all, organization. How they treat you, do they understand you, do they trust you. As long as everything is in order and you can progress, then, it seems to me, there is no point in paying much attention to the city. Now I'm happy with everything. My wife and I don’t have any big preferences where to live. And, thank God, there is money to fly somewhere if you want and have a pleasant time there.

— What do you dream about in sports and in life? Under what conditions would you say that your career was a success?

“It has just begun - and I hope it will continue for a long time.” I will try to do everything in my power to become one of the best players in the NHL. This is a goal, a task and a dream, I am moving towards it. But not to become the best without the Stanley Cup, no! This is all meant together. For me, the best players, MVPs, and so on, are those people who show the same great hockey both in the regular season and in the playoffs, and carry the team there and there.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

A lengthy Marchenko interview, some bits I found interesting (I believe "Raven" means Voronkov in the translation):

Русская тройка «Коламбуса», номер и совет Кучерова, ужин с Овечкиным. Большое интервью Кирилла Марченко

Яркий российский форвард «Блю Джэкетс» в обоих своих сезонах в НХЛ преодолел планку в 20 шайб.

www.sport-express.ru

Glad to see the Voronkov to Russia stuff was overblown, at least in Marchys eyes. Thanks for posting

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

A lengthy Marchenko interview, some bits I found interesting (I believe "Raven" means Voronkov in the translation):

Русская тройка «Коламбуса», номер и совет Кучерова, ужин с Овечкиным. Большое интервью Кирилла Марченко

Яркий российский форвард «Блю Джэкетс» в обоих своих сезонах в НХЛ преодолел планку в 20 шайб.

www.sport-express.ru

Really thoughtful guy - has always struck me that way and this interview is no different. The kind you'd like to be able to keep around.

 

[CBJx614]

A lengthy Marchenko interview, some bits I found interesting (I believe "Raven" means Voronkov in the translation):

Русская тройка «Коламбуса», номер и совет Кучерова, ужин с Овечкиным. Большое интервью Кирилла Марченко

Яркий российский форвард «Блю Джэкетс» в обоих своих сезонах в НХЛ преодолел планку в 20 шайб.

www.sport-express.ru

What I took from all that is....


Is Voronkovs nickname Raven?! That's dope AF

@VT can you confirm?

 

[majormajor]

Really thoughtful guy - has always struck me that way and this interview is no different. The kind you'd like to be able to keep around.

Marchenko seems to be an important part of our leadership. Put an A on him.

What I took from all that is....


Is Voronkovs nickname Raven?! That's dope AF

@VT can you confirm?

Voron = raven/crow

I wasn't sure if it was a nickname or if it was just google translating his name, but voronk and voronkov don't return raven/crow, only voron.

 

[Viqsi]

Marchenko seems to be an important part of our leadership. Put an A on him.



Voron = raven/crow

I wasn't sure if it was a nickname or if it was just google translating his name, but voronk and voronkov don't return raven/crow, only voron.

Well, I now know that I'll be responding to any folks asking about us trading Voronkov with "Voronkov will be available... nevermore."

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Well, I now know that I'll be responding to any folks asking about us trading Voronkov with "Voronkov will be available... nevermore."

We love that you wear your telltale heart on your sleeve.

 

[Viqsi]

We love that you wear your telltale heart on your sleeve.

"For the love of the Blue Jackets, Viqsi!"
"Yes, for the love of the Blue Jackets."

 

[EspenK]

Well, I now know that I'll be responding to any folks asking about us trading Voronkov with "Voronkov will be available... nevermore."

That's a terribly po' play on words...

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Marchenko seems to be an important part of our leadership. Put an A on him.



Voron = raven/crow

I wasn't sure if it was a nickname or if it was just google translating his name, but voronk and voronkov don't return raven/crow, only voron.

Raven is a pretty sick nickname so I’m using it

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Raven is a pretty sick nickname so I’m using it

When he stares a guy down or scores an in-tight goal or lays a guy out I'm going to be all "That's so Voronkov!"

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Columbus is a bandwagon town who loves winners. I'm sure that's true to an extent i every city but I feel like Columbus is especially bad because of Buckeye Football Syndrome and the expectation of being great all the time that anything less is unacceptable.

I disagree.

A bandwagon town is last in the NHL in attendance when they suck year after year, selling out when nothing matters.

San Jose is a bandwagon town.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

I disagree.

A bandwagon town is last in the NHL in attendance when they suck year after year, selling out when nothing matters.

San Jose is a bandwagon town.

Partly depends on who is buying those tickets when you hear cheers for the the team.

There are exceptions to the rule. and if Columbus truly becomes a winner and it gets hard to actualy get tickets, that's where you see the bandwagon come out. Yes, Columbus had some sell outs late in the year but for the fall and winter when there is competition with Football and the Crew going for the MLS Cup there were some sparse nights as well as light crowds on weeknights.

OSU goes 3-11 for a few years and you'll still see 70k in that stadium sold at minimal prices. Its 3/4 capacity but still 70K.

 

[VT]

What I took from all that is....


Is Voronkovs nickname Raven?! That's dope AF

@VT can you confirm?

Yes, "ворон" (voron) - raven.

 

[VT]

Marchenko seems to be an important part of our leadership. Put an A on him.

Voron = raven/crow

I wasn't sure if it was a nickname or if it was just google translating his name, but voronk and voronkov don't return raven/crow, only voron.

No.

voron (ворон) - raven
vorona (ворона) - crow

And read - voran/varona

Btw, very clever birds, for example Gosha.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

This was at the end of Portys article this morning:

Personal note​

On April 26, I had a kidney transplant at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center, thanks to the incredible, charitable act of Lindy Noel, a member of the Blue Jackets’ public relations staff. We’re both back to work now, approximately six weeks after surgery.

Between the thrice-weekly dialysis treatments (four hours at a time), the waiting and hoping for a kidney match, and the uncertainty as willing living donors, one by one, were ruled out, this past Blue Jackets season was particularly difficult.

There’s an old adage in this business: Don’t read the comments! But I’ve made a habit of scrolling down to the bottom of the stories I’ve published to see what Blue Jackets fans and hockey fans around the world are thinking, and I’m glad that’s the case.

Your well-wishes — delivered via X, email and the comments section on this site — have been incredibly uplifting and heartwarming, a boost of energy on those days when I didn’t quite have it. So, thank you. It means more than you’ll ever know.

I’m happy to be back on the beat now. Let’s all look out for each other and let’s stay healthy.

 

[KJ Dangler]

Raven is a pretty sick nickname so I’m using it

You don’t remember this video ?

https://x.com/i/web/status/1654447943775141888

 

[Youngguns1380]

You don’t remember this video ?

https://x.com/i/web/status/1654447943775141888

My favorite video clip for any Blue Jacket player

 

[MoeBartoli]

Just needed to mention that since becoming a sponsor this site is much much easier to use. It’s no longer wonky and of course the disappearance of ads and pop ups - likely why it was unstable - making everything so much better.