Shrapnel - 11/18/11

by Matt Wagner on Nov 18, 2011 9:00 AM EST in Shrapnel

The science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon once said "90% of everything is crap."

Sturgeon was talking about writing, but it wouldn't be that hard to point him to the current season and get the same assessment, either.

We've got the recaps of last night's shootout loss from our own Dan P., DBJ, Bluejackets.com and Puck Rakers / The Dispatch.

Meanwhile, Filly don't do rebounds. Or forecheck. Or backcheck. Or play in the NHL.

At Full Mental Jackets, Greg is Mad As Hell, and that's probably not helped by rumors that Jeff Carter wants out of town. At this point, they seem to be rumors and nothing more, but it's a nasty return to the uncertainty of the offseason when Carter went silent following his trade. I don't blame him for being upset. I don't blame him for being frustrated with the current state of the team. But I do blame him if he's dogging it and demanding a trade out of town without bothering to compete.

Good news for Dallas: It looks like their ownership struggles may finally be over. Bad news for Jaromir Jagr, who left last night's game with a groin injury.

Over at Heart of a Jacket, Alison is concerned the team may be breaking things down too far, while Jeff goes on some Game Day Ramblings at TMM.

Over at Puck Daddy, yesterday included spectacular EN failure, tales of Matt Cooke from none other than Brad May, a chat with Jason Garrison about being a late bloomer, why OSU's student section is awesome, an old-school style wanted poster for Vancouver Rioters, and predicting Paul Maurice is done in Carolina.

In an interesting interview, Sabres owner Terry Pegula talked to Bob McKenzie of TSN about his commitment to Penn State.

At Backhand Shelf, Zdeno Chara ain't going to prison, they get one on one with Mr. Biznasty, a look at the five players with the most shots and 0 goals, and some early Calder candidates.

For prospect fans, Blueshirt Banter had a great interview with Rangers assistant GM Jim Schoenfeld to talk about running their AHL franchise.

A group is attempting to buy Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment, the parent company of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Marlie, Toronto FC, and Raptors. What makes this really interesting is that it appears Wayne Gretzky is getting involved.

Finally, DBJ offers a look at the buzz around RIck Nash and how he needs to handle the adversity of this season.

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Per Porty and Puck-rakers, both Howson and Carter’s agent have denied that any trade request was made.

by VoteTugnutt on Nov 18, 2011 9:54 AM EST reply actions

“I have heresay and conjecture, those are types of evidence…”

So, a recently passed coworker of mine was a great uncle to an NHL player. This player made a few stops around the league, including the Jackets. As a new hockey fan, I asked my coworker what his great nephew thought about his time in Columbus. He replied that his great nephew considered it one of the most poorly run orginizations he had ever been a part of. There was a “country club atmosphere” and all that general stuff, but it struck me when he said “nobody knew their role on that team.” At the time (last year), I reassured myself that it had been a few years since that player had been a Blue Jacket and the management was much different now. Now, though, I don’t know how much that’s true.

As far as the Carter trade rumors go, I hope they aren’t true, obviously. I do think it’d be punk move to request a trade in your first year with a new team when you haven’t even played half the season so far because of injuries.

I also think the article at LTL goes a little overboard saying “you can see he doesn’t want to be here in his play.” I think parts of the CBJ fanbase got very paranoid right away when Carter didn’t talk to the media after the trade and they might be reading something more into Carter’s performance. That paranoia was understandable, but it didn’t help matters.

by painaxl on Nov 18, 2011 10:13 AM EST reply actions

To your point, I disagreed with some other bloggers in that I thought Carter played decently last night. Maybe it’s the power of suggestion (i.e., I so badly WANT him to play well) that I’m tinting things in my own favor, but I thought he and Nash finally showed some flashes last night of some chemistry. The second PP, Carter was a beast.

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by Dan P. on Nov 18, 2011 10:17 AM EST up reply actions

We have to remember with Carter though, hes not a guy that plays like Ovechkin. Hes a guy that makes the most of his opportunitites with his great shot and positioning. He not one to go out there and fly around all game.

by cbjfan14 on Nov 18, 2011 3:04 PM EST up reply actions

To be fair, there was nothing to the rumors that Philly wanted to trade him to Columbus...

…and that was from Philly’s GM…about a week before he was traded…to Columbus.

(sorry for my use of the periods there)

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by PomeroyCBJFan on Nov 18, 2011 10:53 AM EST reply actions

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