Meh
Edit: After reading Porty's article Jack Happy To Be a Jacket Again I think this was a good add.
Love me some Dell's. It's no Ollie's (for those out in Delaware), which was the best ever but the one guy was the only one who knew the recipe and he died so, no Ollie's.
and if you do not want to see me again...I would understand.... (Jack to CBJ fan base)I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend… you could cut ties with all the lies you that you’ve been living in
If he is cooked and gets a lot of minutes you might just "get ten". The wrong way, but ten nonethelessI thought the dude looked cooked when he left here a million years ago.
I'll be interested to see how this pans out.
Waddell talked about "cleaning up 40 goals against" being fairly easy which I think is accurate.I do think coaching (IE, a defensive system with an experienced hand) will really help our team defense. On paper, I really don't think the personnel is horrible. Werenski is borderline elite, Provorov and Severson are easily top 4 defensemen on most teams, and Jiricek has great potential. Gudbranson is also an NHL capable player, and JJ had a good year with Colorado in a sheltered role.
I don't expect to hear from Waddell until the coach is hired (and I dont expect another signing before then) but I am curious to know if this is how the roster will probably look on opener (aside from the potentially pending Laine deal and whatever that brings).
Yeah I can think of 8-9 points we left on the board and 75-80 was a much more reasonable outcome for this team as they are on paper. What happens to Laine and what coach we bring in are the biggest moves this summer for how...interesting...this team will be in the fallWaddell talked about "cleaning up 40 goals against" being fairly easy which I think is accurate.
Getting rid of some defensively suspect guys and receiving marginally better goaltending has a good chance of already getting this accomplished. It puts the team back into a lot of games that were "Ls" last season if this is the case.
These aren’t mutually-exclusive items of course, but also just not blowing 3rd-period leads.Waddell talked about "cleaning up 40 goals against" being fairly easy which I think is accurate.
Getting rid of some defensively suspect guys and receiving marginally better goaltending has a good chance of already getting this accomplished. It puts the team back into a lot of games that were "Ls" last season if this is the case.
It’s hard to even imagine how a 3rd pairing guy on a Stanley Cup team could possibly make the roster on a top lottery-pick-contending team.
Waddell talked about "cleaning up 40 goals against" being fairly easy which I think is accurate.
Getting rid of some defensively suspect guys and receiving marginally better goaltending has a good chance of already getting this accomplished. It puts the team back into a lot of games that were "Ls" last season if this is the case.
I think the D will take a step forward when they part with McCarthy who has shown zero ability to improve the overall D play or results.Cap strapped cup contenders with only $775k leftover for a 6/7D are the sort of teams that vets like JJ end up on.
This is starting to be the most annoying myth - there are many top clubs that had worse depth than the Jackets.
You think there's a good chance he's already accomplished cleaning up 40 goals against?
He hasn't added a goalie.
He hasn't added a good defensive D-man, or any D-man not named Jack Johnson.
Bean and Boqvist aren't good defensive defenders, I'm thrilled that we moved on from them. But you think Christiansen/JJ/Jiricek are?
Still net zero with Blankenburg moving on.Plus he gives us one more Michigan guy. LOL
Whitelaw transferred to MichiganStill net zero with Blankenburg moving on.
He figured it was sure fire way to get to the big team.Whitelaw transferred to Michigan