Toggle sidebar

let’s talk about the Blue Jackets… it’s bad.. real bad.

I3LI3

I3LI3

Registered User
Jan 9, 2021
2,158
2,584
Columbus, OH
Antiillafire said:
Headed towards another top 5 pick or can they turn it around?

Sillinger = major disappointment
Click to expand...

turn it around? lol. did you not see how we played tonight? this team is beyond hopeless this year.

speaking of sillinger, he has one less point in 13 MORE games played than Marcus Bjork who was an AHL call up 2 weeks ago.

so yeah.

we suck. embarassing but used to this as a lifelong jackets fan.

(bumping my own thread)
 
Killing Joke

Killing Joke

Registered User
Dec 2, 2017
2,867
2,856
Last years metrics did suggest the jackets would be bad. They never addressed their defense. And their goaltending is even worse.

injuries to key players makes it even worse.

They should clean house with the gm and the coaching staff.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Cyclones Rock
Crede777

Crede777

Deputized
Dec 16, 2009
14,875
4,613
People are talking about defense and goaltending. The Jackets centers are Jenner, Roslovic, and Kuraly. They need to add a legit top line center that play can flow through and they'll look 100 times better.
 
  • Like
Reactions: thebus88 and heksagon
Craft Beer Lover

Craft Beer Lover

Registered User
Nov 14, 2022
453
488
Mt Laurel, NJ
Killing Joke said:
Last years metrics did suggest the jackets would be bad. They never addressed their defense. And their goaltending is even worse.

injuries to key players makes it even worse.

They should clean house with the gm and the coaching staff.
Click to expand...
To claim that they did nothing to address their defense problems is disingenuous. They did draft young stud defenseman David Jiricek for this purpose. That is a huge move.
 
ViD

ViD

#CBJNeedHugs
Sponsor
Apr 21, 2007
31,854
22,564
Blue Jackets Area
Crede777 said:
People are talking about defense and goaltending. The Jackets centers are Jenner, Roslovic, and Kuraly. They need to add a legit top line center that play can flow through and they'll look 100 times better.
Click to expand...
With Voracek likely retiring, we might just have the assets and cap space to do so
 

nbwingsfan

Registered User
Dec 13, 2009
22,314
16,504
Seems every franchise has some success at some point, but CBJ is always just kind of “there” at best. Even Arizona was a top-ish team for a little while.

Should have traded Panarin/Bob and not gone big game hunting in 2019, but I can understand why they didn’t, they needed some semblance of a playoff run.



Really hope they get Bedard is the Wings don’t, they need some hope. Even without him, it’s looking at least a bit better now that big name players are actually staying/signing there
 
  • Like
Reactions: I3LI3

nbwingsfan

Registered User
Dec 13, 2009
22,314
16,504
ViD said:
99.9% of Jackets fans would disagree. That run was worth it. It was nice to have a top level roster even for a few months.
Click to expand...
That’s why I can understand why they did it. But once you go on an actual run instead of just the second round, you’ll know in the grand scheme of things that was pretty meaningless and the like 4 extra 1st round picks/top prospects you’d now have instead would have been much better
 
  • Like
Reactions: Cowumbus
SomeDude

SomeDude

Registered User
Mar 6, 2006
18,308
31,372
Pittsburghish
ViD said:
We will see who is going to have the last laugh when y’all have to face Gaudreau - Bedard - Laine line
Click to expand...
Well, someone would be scoring on 100% of their shifts, but it would be the other team just as often as them. You could call it the Filatov line. “Filly don’t do back check”
 
  • Like
Reactions: Cowumbus

majormajor

Registered User
Jun 23, 2018
26,789
32,978
Craft Beer Maven said:
To claim that they did nothing to address their defense problems is disingenuous. They did draft young stud defenseman David Jiricek for this purpose. That is a huge move.
Click to expand...

They drafted two D in the top 12 picks, which to my understanding hasn't been done since there were 12+ teams in the league 50+ years ago.

The current D core is bad, and when you throw in the injuries they're down to the nubs. So I don't know why folks are acting like they can do much about the current situation. Here are today's players with their career games played:

Gavrikov (228) Bjork (11)
Berni (1) Gudbranson (doesn't matter he's terrible)
Bayreuther (82) Peeke (139)

And the old saying is that a D doesn't mature until he's played 200+ games in the league.

I'd say Gavi and Peeke are second pair caliber and then you have 4 AHLers.

nbwingsfan said:
Seems every franchise has some success at some point, but CBJ is always just kind of “there” at best. Even Arizona was a top-ish team for a little while.
Click to expand...

I think your memory is failing you. The Coyotes made the 3rd round once, and that was the only time they've ever won postseason series. They have the same number of postseason series wins as the Jackets, two. The Jackets were recently in the postseason four years in a row, and the Coyotes have never topped that, and the last time they did it was in the year 2000.

nbwingsfan said:
Should have traded Panarin/Bob and not gone big game hunting in 2019, but I can understand why they didn’t, they needed some semblance of a playoff run.
Click to expand...

A few late 1st rounders does not a franchise make. This is one of the big biases of HFboards, people drool over 1sts even if they're super late. Like the Sens took Lassi Thomson with the 1st the Jackets gave them. Who cares.
 
  • Like
Reactions: BB88, BRobMint and Viqsi
I3LI3

I3LI3

Registered User
Jan 9, 2021
2,158
2,584
Columbus, OH
majormajor said:
They drafted two D in the top 12 picks, which to my understanding hasn't been done since there were 12+ teams in the league 50+ years ago.

The current D core is bad, and when you throw in the injuries they're down to the nubs. So I don't know why folks are acting like they can do much about the current situation. Here are today's players with their career games played:

Gavrikov (228) Bjork (11)
Berni (1) Gudbranson (doesn't matter he's terrible)
Bayreuther (82) Peeke (139)

And the old saying is that a D doesn't mature until he's played 200+ games in the league.

I'd say Gavi and Peeke are second pair caliber and then you have 4 AHLers.



I think your memory is failing you. The Coyotes made the 3rd round once, and that was the only time they've ever won postseason series. They have the same number of postseason series wins as the Jackets, two. The Jackets were recently in the postseason four years in a row, and the Coyotes have never topped that, and the last time they did it was in the year 2000.



A few late 1st rounders does not a franchise make. This is one of the big biases of HFboards, people drool over 1sts even if they're super late. Like the Sens took Lassi Thomson with the 1st the Jackets gave them. Who cares.
Click to expand...

1.) I absolutely cannot believe Peeke has played that many games, let alone over 100. seems like just yesterday he made his debut.

2.) I don’t think you’re giving Bjork enough credit by calling him an AHL’er, yeah.. that’s what he was to start the season but in the 12 games he has played in so far, he has shown that he absolutely has the potential to atleast be a mainstay 3rd pairing defenseman. 6 points through his first 12 games as a defenseman on this team? that’s impressive. (yes, he has to shore up some things on the defensive end but still)

A1LeafNation said:
Isn't he 19 still? Lol.
Click to expand...

yup, last season was the youngest player in the entire league. dude was born nearly a year and a half after 9/11.

(holy shid I’m getting old)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Ad

Latest posts

Ad

Ad

Top Bottom
X