Fun game to watch- Brass and Jake were flying out there, they had a ton of chances too bad they couldn’t bury one. Of course the top line was fantastic, this was a great game for Juice and Nash’s entry-to-triple-sowcow-to-snapshot diversion tactic was brilliant. Garon’s glove save was a thing of beauty.

we won a shootout.!……….

ill post my thoughts tomorrow morning when im no longer “hydrated”

we got better as the game wore on but the first 10 mins were garbage, no intensity at all. I get it if you’re nervous after a brutal loss at home but you need to come out swinging and we didn’t. That’s the only reason we didn’t win this in regulation.

I had never really thought of it before but this week I’ve heard about four different people at different times mention that this may be the beginning of what led Hitch out of Dallas and Philadelphia. The team gets tired of the system and they just don’t respond to the coach and then the team has to move him out to get another coach.

I really, really hope that isn’t the case here. The paranoid doom-sayer part of me can easily see it happening, especially when a team can’t come out against a division rival that embarrassed them in their first playoff appearance. On the other hand, the tiny optimisitc side of me replies that we wouldn’t have as many players extending their stay here if they didn’t intend to play it out the way they are expected to.

Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?

A win is a win is a win. It wasn’t really pretty but by God, I’ll take it.

Nash’s goal was spectacular. I highly doubt he “blew a tire” like Rimer said. He’s one of very very few players who can pull a move like that off. What a special talent. Fantastic.

I agree with Brass being the whipping boy. He NEEDS to step it up and play the way he did in his 30 games last year. Maybe the decrease in ice time will do him some good. Look at Filatov, while he’s not scoring a bajillion points yet, he’s getting more and more chances to play. I believe he was out on one of the last couple PPs we had. We’ll see Brass bounce back soon.

To Cannonfire, you raise a point thats worth discussing. I don’t think the team gets tired of the system they’re playing in. Hitch runs a tight ship and the players respect that. The guys that have been around during previous head coaches know there is a fire and passion that Hitch has that they haven’t seen before. As long as the team continues to progress and get deeper and deeper into the playoffs and win some championships, Hitch will be around.

Fret not, Jackets fans. Every team goes through rough patches. Their confidence is going up again and the division lead is in sight.

March On and Carry The Flag!!!