Game 48 Game Thread: Columbus Blue Jackets at Nashville Predators
by Dan P. on Jan 23, 2012 6:00 PM EST
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Steve Mason. Brett Lebda. Playing against a team that just shut us out last week and is hot as all get-out right now.
My advice to you... is to start drinking heavily.
In all seriousness, the All Star Break canNOT come soon enough for this Blue Jackets team. Give them credit; they played the Wings tough and gave them all they could handle en route to their 16th straight home win. Todd Richards is perhaps still enjoying the "new voice bump" in the room right now.
But, sooner or later, you gots to score goals... something this club couldn't do on Thursday against these same Predators. The Preds get Ryan Suter back tonight. The Jackets are without Nikita Nikitin, but do have R.J. Umberger off the IR list. Maybe I'm cynical, but in a season where every guy who can get injured in spectacular fashion seems to, why rush a guy back from a concussion--a guy who admittedly played a game "in a fog" right after getting the injury--when you're two games away from basically a week off? Am I the only one who thinks that's just asking for trouble?
At any rate, strap yourselves in. It should be a bumpy ride tonight.
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The FSOhio guys just described Lebda as a “puck moving defenseman.” That’s accurate in that he moves the puck toward the opposing forwards and his own net.
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L-3BDA
“Puck-moving Defenseman”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI23sYP08zw
Yeah…puck-moving. Stickhandling and passing are the strong points of his game, clearly.
“Brett Lebda is a good defenseman” and “Brett Lebda didn’t get to play because the Preds bought out his contract” are mildly incompatible phrases. But Rimer isn’t aware of that.
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…he’s thinking that Lebda played for the Wings, and the Wings won the Cup, so therefor, Lebda is a good hockey player.
Good teams still have bad players, welcome to the realities of the salary cap, and hanging your hat on a “career year,” when you were the 6th and 7th D-man (he was either scratched or on the 3rd pairing, with limited ice time) on the Cup winning team doesn’t mean you’re a “good defenseman” several years later.
To be fair to rimmer
How long do you think he would have a job If he said anything bad about any jackets player?
by FFmorgan89 on Jan 23, 2012 8:13 PM EST via mobile reply actions
He was at least a minus 1 in warmpus so it may be possible.
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Truthfully, this game is pretty boring as of yet. Which is good for the Jackets, but not so good television.
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Oh bother. Tyutin is playing like Lebda. What a miserable turnover into goal.
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And by Tyutin I mean Vermette from Tyutin.
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I didn’t like the pass from Tyutin, it was kind of in a tough spot for Vermy. It looked like he had to slow down to a standstill to corral it, then was a sitting duck bewteen two Preds forwards. He tried to protect it with his skate, get it out on his tape to get rid of it, and they picked his pocket.
UGLY
It’s nice to have a scapegoat now that Arniel is gone?
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i was probably going to settle for methot, but then howson went out and made it way too easy.
by burrows! on Jan 23, 2012 8:25 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
oof.
i was just writing about one turnover when that much, much worse one happened.
richards looks like somebody kicked his puppy.
Wow Mason flopped and went way out of position for that series of shots. Quite nearly a 2nd goal there.
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I have counted three turnovers so far. Two in the defensive zone. One by Umby, one by Vermy. One in the offensive zone by Kubalik.
Not gonna win many games with a start like that.
New-but-not-newest-guy Gillies went right to the locker room after his shot block. He looked like he was in some serious pain out there.
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That was such a nice pass right to the Preds player. Sheesh.
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Johan...
…I heard he was scratched tonight. I haven’t seen him on the ice, anybody know what’s going on?
He’s a healthy scratch and he’s a rookie. It’s not entirely shocking, even if I’m not happy to see him sit out.
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I’m surprised. Why start Kubalik over Johanson? D Mac was listed as probable due to illness…let Johan play pivot on the 4th line and get more seasoning at center, and play less minutes.
Just seems like there are better options than sending him to the press box….
Yes
Sounds like its part of the plan Howson put together with Arniel at the beginning of the season to healthy scratch him every once in a while for whatever reason.Looks like its continued down to Richards now. Probably looking for consistency and it might help him watch the game from a different view
I have no problem with it if its going to help his development and its at the right time, but i would have liked to see him in there today considering he scored 2 goals against them last game.
NASHER
Finally got the preds to turn one over. It’s not much…but I’ll take solace in small vicotries tonight.
Booom! Good one by Nasher!
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Yes, I think Legwand planting his knees into Mason’s chest is goaltender interference…
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Y’know, frustrating as it is that we didn’t score, that power play didn’t look half bad.
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Brassard looks very good out there on this powerplay.
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Haha Nashville turned their goal spotlights on for that non-goal. Hilarious. And terrifyingly close to really being in the net.
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And then one goes in for real. Barf.
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Argh.
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Why do we constantly let Weber shoot? I say it every game, we just give Weber too much time and it comes back to bite us every time. DO NOT LET HIM SHOOT. We let Chara do the same thing.
Honestly, it’s not exactly fun to step in front of 100mph bullets…
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Just put someone out there deeper so the pass isnt available. If hes not open, he cant shoot. Maybe putting Nash out there with the big stick out help so he can cover Weber and the middle at the same time. But all their offense comes from their blue line, you have to take that away from them in any way possible.
spread yourself too thin on the PK and you get burned with cross-ice passes…like the one they pulled off Thurs where they fed Fisher on the backdoor for the easy goal.
Your not spreading too thin. You simply throw the one player up on Weber. It doesnt matter if Suter shoots. His shot isnt any better than most defensemen. Your defense obviously has to make the adjustment and throw the far defensemen up just a little to cover the slot, but it can be done. I woudl rather give someone else a little extra space then Weber.
Suter is a better puck mover though. You pay extra attention to Weber, and you will neglect someone else.
1/4 of Mike Fisher’s goals this year have come against Columbus. A QUARTER. Jesus Christ.
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Half of Viktor Stalberg’s goals have been against the Jackets. It’s just obnoxious. From both of them.
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Why is it that the known Jackets killers - Fisher, Weber, Legwand etc etc - never get any extra attention?
They never get doubled up, never get knocked off of the puck…always plenty of time and space to continue to brutalize the CBJ. I don’t get it.
Just once I'd like someone to call me "Sir," without adding, "You're making a scene."
“Paired up with Chris Chelios, that really tells you something.” No not really, especially when it was zombie-era Chelios. Sheesh, just being on the Wings does not make somebody a good player. Particularly Lebda.
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DId MIke Babcock say “(Lebda) was a great Redwing” with a straght face Davidge? He was probably cracking up inside
Mason is playing decent tonight, but for some reason, the team just doesn’t play for him the way they play for Sanford.
It's a head scratcher. Why play differently in front of different goalies?
Goes a long way toward explaining the Jackets sucky record…
Just once I'd like someone to call me "Sir," without adding, "You're making a scene."
Honestly, half of it is a confidence / emotional thing. I think the team’s lack of confidence in Mason after the last few years becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.
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by Matt Wagner on Jan 23, 2012 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
Its a shame its looking like were never going to get to see what Mason looks like with an NHL caliber defensive group in front of him. A goalie having confidence in defense and likewise goes a long way. Have to have a good relationship
Absolutely. It’s a two-way street out there. Mason has show flashes and has loads of physical talent (quickness, size), but he can’t get his head in gear. While he may never be a true top-tier goalie in the NHL, the Jackets sure haven’t given him the support needed to get his brain together. (Which is not to say that Mason is good this season. He most certainly isn’t)
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Agreed
His time in Columbus is over. If the rumors are true, and the Lightning are really interested, then hopefully we get something of value in return and he gets a change of scenery. The team doesn’t have confidence in him anymore, it’s unfortunate.
I’d definitely rather him go to the East, I would hate to wind up playing against the goalie he has the potential to be on a regular basis.
I was a Mason adovacte for the longest time, I’ve met him a handful of times, he’s a really nice guy, its hard for me to not like him…but he’s not the answer here. Trade him, get something in return, and move on.
I wouldnt take that whole Lightning thing too far, that was more of me throwing out an idea of someone who might be interested. They had a scout at the last home game, so that fueled the fire a little bit.
Lebderp
Lebda takes the puck behind the Jackets net, apparently, “makes a good first pass” directly to a guy in yellow.
…we called Dane Byers up. So we’ve got a guy up in the press box saying, “there’s plenty more where that came from”
If Howson resigns Byers I will be furious. I will demand his head on a spit in front of Nationwide arena
Nails in the coffin.
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Nope - that was 3-1. This is just stat-padding by Nashville...
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Nail’s on the Blue Jackets next season
by Josh Owen on Jan 23, 2012 10:26 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
So much for the rejuvenation under a new head coach.
Oh well. Fail for Nail works for me.
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And the dumb penalty results in a powerplay goal against. I would be totally okay with Nashville just moving to the Southeast to fix the alignment for the time being.
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