Game 45 Preview: Keep Rolling
by Matt Wagner on Jan 15, 2011 9:13 AM EST
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After a tense, emotionally charged win last night against the Detroit Red Wings, the Blue Jackets packed their gear, put on their traveling clothes, and took the short flight to Detroit. (Do you suppose they had to go through TSA / Security at the various airports at the same time as the Wings? If so, boy, how awkward...)
Tonight is, in its' own way, a bigger challenge than last night - while there is still some #MoneyOnTheBoard motivation for the players, you're being asked to carry over after a huge evening to face a team that wants a fair bit of payback - especially since you'll have to go into their house to play, this time.
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We'll keep this simple - after all, we just saw these guys last night.
Keys To The Game:
- Aggression - It's not a mistake that some of the best plays for the Jackets last night came out of aggressive, simple moves. Under Arniel, this team plays some of its' best hockey when they get nasty and go after the puck without being afraid of consquences - I'd argue that part of the reason Detroit was able to get back into the game yesterday was players slowing themselves down and over-correcting in the hopes of not making a mistake after the Drew Miller SHG. This team cannot win while second-guessing themselves. They have to stay on top of it. Keep skating, keep hustling, and go get the puck. Don't wait for the game to come to you.
- Absences - As mentioned last night, the Wings lost Tomas Holmstrom to a broken hand. (I think I may have even seen the hit where it happened - he took a pretty big body check from Tyutin late in the third period and fell a little awkwardly onto the ice.) The Wings have called up rookie Tomas Tatar to take his place. Tatar was a very good player in last year's World Juniors, and has been settling into the pros in Grand Rapids, but he's no Holmstrom or Datsyuk. We cannot let him have an impact.
- Attack The Net - Joey MacDonald was lights out last night, but how much of that was adrenaline after coming in off the bench? Tonight, he's likely to get the start again. Getting after him, crashing the net, and getting the puck past him early would go a long way to shaking a bit of that confidence and setting the team up for a win.
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Tidbit: So you want a goalie with a giant dragon on his mask? OK, then.
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Rick Nash
Derick Brassard
Jakub Voracek
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Antoine Vermette
Kristian Huselius
Derek Dorsett
Samuel Pahlsson
Chris Clark
Matt Calvert
Kyle Wilson
Jared Boll
Jan Hejda
Fedor Tyutin
Rostislav Klesla
Marc Methot
Grant Clitsome
Kris Russell
Steve Mason
Mathieu Garon
Johan Franzen
Henrik Zetterberg
Tomas Tatar
Jiri Hudler
Valtteri Filppula
Todd Bertuzzi
Kris Draper
Darren Helm
Patrick Eaves
Drew Miller
Justin Abdelkader
Nicklas Lidstrom
Niklas Kronwall
Brian Rafalski
Jakub Kindl
Ruslan Salei
Joey MacDonald
Jimmy Howard
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Go Jackets! Always a confidence booster when we beat Detroit. Now we’re on their turf…
Keep rollin’ rollin’ rollin’…. I miss Limp Bizkit.
Adam Foote still blows!
I miss Limp Bizkit.
You are the only one haha.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 6:49 PM EST up reply actions
Wings 5-2
Jackets go up one zero, then 2 one and then they take off. Last one empty netter.
Please o please be wrong.
damn you internet stream!
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 7:14 PM EST up reply actions
it will be up eventually, this is pretty common.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 7:14 PM EST up reply actions
Clitsome should never be sent down or scratched.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 7:18 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe we should’ve brought him up before this, eh?
by PomeroyCBJFan on Jan 15, 2011 7:21 PM EST up reply actions
I would love to bring up some younger guys, but it’s quite a risk. when you bring them up, someone has to pass through waivers, which means you could lose them. If the young guy performs, it’s not a huge issue. If he doesn’t, you’re in trouble.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 7:22 PM EST up reply actions
Nash with an assist on both, Voracek with an assist on the second.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 7:23 PM EST up reply actions
a little less than 12 minutes I think.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 7:24 PM EST up reply actions
you can follow along here if you like:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/boxscore;_ylt=AhrwSbFiaCALCOcNNZCIHcDezYd4?gid=2011011505
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 7:25 PM EST up reply actions
it’s better than nothing.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 7:25 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks
There is also the Ice Tracker, and that will tell you who is on the ice too:
http://www.nhl.com/ice/icetracker.htm?id=2010020666
by PomeroyCBJFan on Jan 15, 2011 7:28 PM EST up reply actions
thanks.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 7:29 PM EST up reply actions
time to go get a burrito and hope the stream is up when I get back.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
no, qdoba. Chipotle is not in walking distance.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 7:49 PM EST up reply actions
atdhe.net is up
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 7:50 PM EST up reply actions
As much as I still like the Wings and highly respect the organization as a whole, I find it baffling that their announcers didn’t see the Lidstrom penalty as legitimate. If that wasn’t hooking, then I don’t know what is.
Adam Foote still blows!
no it was a bad call
he hadn’t touched him with the stick. it happend right infront of me.
sorry to inform you, but we were working with the benefit of slow motion replay. I don’t think you got that at the arena.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 16, 2011 9:57 PM EST up reply actions
As much as I’d like to agree, I haven’t seen it yet. I’ll take your word for it though.
Who’d he hook?
Nash. It was pretty obvious to me. The only deterrant was that nash was turned doing his dumb back in thing and Lidstroms stick didnt really get into the arms of nash. But his stick was level to ice
That goal stung like a scorpion. Hejda could have stopped that. What is wrong with him this year?
Adam Foote still blows!
Since Howard has a minor injury, we need to score like 2 more goals to seal Mac’s fate. Babcock won’t put an injured Howard in net, will he?
Adam Foote still blows!
you guys are way ahead of me.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
no it’s fine, celebrate/yell away
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 8:08 PM EST up reply actions
like a minute.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 8:11 PM EST up reply actions
They only need 4.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 8:14 PM EST up reply actions
shootouts don’t count as goals.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 8:17 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t know how I feel about that nickname.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 8:19 PM EST up reply actions
He’s been one of our best defensemen this year. That doesn’t mean much, obviously, but there are much worse out there tonight.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 8:24 PM EST up reply actions
Open question: Who is your next jersey going to be?
I was thinking Dorsett, but I’ve really liked Clitsome
I wouldn’t buy any jerseys but Nash.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 8:23 PM EST up reply actions
I wouldn’t even feel confident in that.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 8:27 PM EST up reply actions
Thank baby hockey Jeses that Eaves has the accuracy of a cross-eyed marskman. That should have been 5-3
Adam Foote still blows!
Mase hasn’t looked all that sharp tonight. While I understand CBJ sticking with him, he honestly seems off his game. Hopefully he can push through this one, and the team can convert on this powerplay.
In his defense, he has a lot in common with Bill Ranford, and a lot of teams back in the day would’ve taken him on their team any day of the week.
by PomeroyCBJFan on Jan 15, 2011 8:50 PM EST up reply actions
How about getting some all black uniforms straight out of “Strange Brew”? We can wear them any time we play a canadian team.
Time to make like in NHL Hitz and have Mason go towards MacDonald and score.
Adam Foote still blows!
If it’s anything newer than the Atari 2600, I probablt haven’t played it
by PomeroyCBJFan on Jan 15, 2011 9:09 PM EST up reply actions
jeesh, we just need a ‘simple little play’ …. according to davidge … puke
by lanemc on Jan 15, 2011 9:24 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I hope you just ruined something for me.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 9:28 PM EST up reply actions
And you did! hooray!
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
wait, did they score already?
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
well I guess so.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 9:34 PM EST up reply actions
Damn
3 points from this mini series is what we were aiming for at least, though. Great effort by the Blue Jackets in these two games.
Adam Foote still blows!
finding the silver lining.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 15, 2011 9:40 PM EST up reply actions
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