EspenK
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Oh no! Let me be the first (no hindsight here) to say we'll just screw up the trade!
Just Not Excited About 2016 / 2017
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Oh no! Let me be the first (no hindsight here) to say we'll just screw up the trade!
Oh no! Let me be the first (no hindsight here) to say we'll just screw up the trade!
You really know how to use hindsight correctly. It's refreshing.
This team fell on its face because of defense and goaltending, plain and simple. It wasn't our offense that was the problem (although they did leave room for improvement) it was the spongy porous defense that couldn't do a damn thing or goaltending that couldn't stop a beach ball. We had a few glimpses of quality D and goaltending but nothing sustainable.
We solve those problems without creating new ones and I think we are a playoff team once again.
We solve those problems without creating new ones and I think we are a playoff team once again.
Double-Shift Lasse
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LetsGOJackets!!
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I sum up the entire 15/16 season with the play where Suban scores from outside the Habs blueline. He tosses the puck up in the air so that it carries two lines bounces between the dots and goes over Bob's shoulder into the net. The air went out of Bob. When he is on he can be world class. Be Broduer like Bob and take us deep into the playoffs baby!! my prediction / hindsight ha ha ha
Timeless Winter
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I couldn't be less excited. I don't watch games anymore. CBJ is a guaranteed bottom 5 team in the NHL this year.
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It started game 1... when we were up against NYR and lost in the last few minutes. Bob lost all confidence and the whole team knew it.
I'm excited to see where the young guys fit into the lineup, and if they can play productive roles (i.e. Werenski, Bjorkstrand, Anderson). Other than that, I'm hoping that the vets can re-establish themselves and can compete for a wild card spot.
hockey17jp
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Hey if any of you "I'm not excited" people want to slide me some cheap/free tickets I'll happily oblige. 
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Hey if any of you "I'm not excited" people want to slide me some cheap/free tickets I'll happily oblige.
Check back through the thread. Offers are in there.
Old Guy
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Yep. Saad scored to break a 1-1 tie late in the third, I want to say with less than 3 minutes to go. Then the rags tied it up and then went ahead on a terrible, hard-angle goal... and before we knew it, Torts was behind the bench
LetsGOJackets!!
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I encourage people to give it a try, for you I would say stay away it seems harmful to your psyche.
CBJWerenski8
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I remember you used to be the pickle guy. Posted dancing pickles after goals. It was awesome. Now you post stuff like this. Sad stuff.
After Saad scored I thought we not only had the game, but I thought to myself "Man, this team could be special. Toe to toe with one of the best teams in the East, playing well, they're playing well, no excuses for either side. We could be special."
Before I could finish that thought however, you all know what happened...Man, I still wonder what could have been if they close that game.
I doubt our spot in the standings would have changed drastically. Johansen was clearly out of shape and the defense was horrendous....not to mention the injuries to Bob.
And without bothering to look it up, didn't the Rangers score again to go ahead by 2? If the go-ahead goal didn't crater Bob's psyche, the insurance one did (unless I'm imagining it)
Is it a movie reference? I'm having trouble with the shifting temporality of the post...
I agree, maybe Bob would have been a lot better, but the D + Joey meant we were going to be towards the bottom either way.
That was my first game back in Columbus, I was so excited. Saad becomes an impact player in his first game in union blue, Bob was playing fairly well until that point and then....it was a **** show.
Weren't the Rags in the finals the season before? Bob even admitted he had no confidence after that game. We win that game 2-1 and he has an entirely different mindset for those first few games.
Not trying to say we still wouldnt have **** the bed on the season, but it would have been different..
Old Guy
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You dont watch the games but you come here? There's got to be some medical name for that.
Bob DID say he had no confidence. I remember thinking "if he has no confidence, surely Richie has to start CMac in NY!" He didn't, but he should have.
5StringBuzz
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The idea that Bob lost his confidence to such a crippling extent in the very first game of the season, and that the whole team was unable to recover suggests nothing positive for the team as long as their star is hitched to Bob. It just seems that he starts very poorly every season. Was he on the tipping point of preparedness at the start? Too often, he appears unprepared when he gets here, plays poorly for several weeks, then gets hurt and disappears. A #1 goalie just has to be much tougher than that, both physically and mentally.
SuperGenius
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