Game Day - Columbus @ Ottawa, 7:00PM, Saturday, October 22, 2011

I have Ottawa in my suicide pool tonight. No other games other than the Philly one I would touch and that's my other pick for the two entries.

Hopefully they pull this one out.

Columbus has to view this as their absolute best shot at ending the losing streak....sens are gonna be in for a tough game IMO.

rooneypoo wrote:

wprager wrote:Apparently Cowen was told today to go find a permanent place of residence.

This was a fait accompli before the puck even dropped on training camp. The big gap on the left side of our D guaranteed it.

Not to take away from Cowen, tho' -- he's earned it. He's looking a little less confident now than in pre-season, but I'm guessing he'll look like a vet of 5 years before the season is done.

Agreed.

rooneypoo wrote:

wprager wrote:Apparently Cowen was told today to go find a permanent place of residence.

This was a fait accompli before the puck even dropped on training camp. The big gap on the left side of our D guaranteed it.

Not to take away from Cowen, tho' -- he's earned it. He's looking a little less confident now than in pre-season, but I'm guessing he'll look like a vet of 5 years before the season is done.

Impossible. Two words: "Battle for jobs."

Kuba has tied his goal total from last year with his second tonight

greg millen sucks. Going on about Spezza line missing a rotation yet they were literally just on the ice before he said it

Big Ev wrote:greg millen sucks. Going on about Spezza line missing a rotation yet they were literally just on the ice before he said it

You would think CBC would hire better quality announcers/colour guys/etc. Millen and that garbage that is Glenn Healey are down right awful.

Big Ev wrote:greg millen sucks. Going on about Spezza line missing a rotation yet they were literally just on the ice before he said it

I noticed the same thing. Had me scratching my head.

Spezza's line is -2.

That's a little better.

Game on the line, Spezza scores to tied it up. Does that count?

Wrong thread?

OMG!

Explanation: I can't watch; I'm sitting here refreshing the game summary.

The Spezza line get back to -1, just like that, then win it on a PP marker.

Gotta feel for the Blue Jackets.

What an ending!!! ! ! !

Columbus only has themselves to blame. They packed it in and started playing the trap. Playing prevent defense only prevents you from WINNING

and please send Zibanejad back to Sweden. Please. I have no idea why Wilson, Brown, and Garrioch all think he's gonna stay here.

Gonchar and Kuba both had great games, damn...so nice to see that. The entire D looked a lot better, are we seeing the results of MacLean's hard practices.

Quick thoughts:

Karlsson is a beast. Obviously Michalek, Spezza and Greening have some nice chemistry. Z-Bad looks okay, he's still tentative handling the puck, and to me doesn't look quite there. We'll see what MacLean thinks. Da Costa keeps getting beaten in the defensive zone, needs an AHL stint. Z.Smith looked damn good for parts of that game. Anderson could - and will have to be a little sharper.

Fun comeback...unexpected.

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The dump and chase, chip part of Columbus' gameplan is weak, weak, weak. Totally blew that game with a passive 3rd period.

Big Ev wrote:Columbus only has themselves to blame. They packed it in and started playing the trap. Playing prevent defense only prevents you from WINNING

Big Ev wrote:and please send Zibanejad back to Sweden. Please. I have no idea why Wilson, Brown, and Garrioch all think he's gonna stay here.

Agreed on both.