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The Dispatch Does It Again!

Our local scribes are at it again. Today’s CBJ coverage proclaims in the subhead that “Bluejackets tie it three times . . .” Very nice, except it’s WRONG! Voracek scored first, Detroit then tied it, went ahead on their second PP goal, we tied it with Tyutin’s first, they went back ahead with the awful [...]

November 29th, 2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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A Win That Slipped Through The Pads

This was a win, or at least an OTL, that slipped squarely through the pads of Pascal Leclaire. While he made a good save now and again, he was often a half step slow, looking behind him, and gave up two awful goals. No excuse for the game winner for an NHL starting goalie. Overall, [...]

November 29th, 2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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TSN Has A Sense Of Humor

Seeing that Scott Cullen at TSN had downgraded the CBJ from 16 to 22 in the latest power rankings, I took the opportunity to email my disagreement, noting that the CBJ had dismantled Buffalo (#17) on the road, and had the same record, had beaten every Candadian team they had played ( with the exception [...]

November 27th, 2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Another Fighting Casualty

Per Arace in Puck-Rakers — Dorsett broke his finger in the fight with Carcillo in Period 1 and was placed on IR immediately after the game. Kris Russell has been recalled from ‘Cuse — maybe some help on the point in the PP. We need to stay out of fights — Boll, Torres and now [...]

November 27th, 2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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The Great Missing Car Caper — Part I

As if the 3 – 2 loss to Phoenix wasn’t enough, we (wife, son & I) strolled to the Chestnut Street garage to retrieve our car, and arrived at our 3rd level location to find — missing car!!!! Needless to say, we scurry down to the office, meeting some fellow season ticket holders, who, like [...]

November 27th, 2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Missed Opportunity — 3-2 Loss To Phoenix

Heartbreaking game tonight — another great effort goes for naught. The ice was definitely tilted in the CBJ’s favor all night long, time of possession, faceoffs, hits, shots on goal, you name it. Penalty kill was tremendous. Though Phoenix technically got a PP goal, it was a weak lobber that looked like it caromed off [...]

November 27th, 2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Monday Miscellany

Dispatch Q1 Results Are In!This morning’s ‘Patch has an unusually fair and upbeat assessment of the first quarter of the season. The local scribes seem to be getting good with the concept that you can’t turn over 50% of your roster and expect them to be playing as a seamless unit from Day 1. Kudos [...]

November 24th, 2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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A Well Crafted Victory

If there was ever a Hitchcockian win to be witnessed, tonight’s 2 -0 victory over Atlanta was it. Solid goaltending, stifling defense, a timely goal, no panic, effective penalty kill. Sure we whiffed on some opportunities in the offensive end, but so did Atlanta. This is a game the CBJ of old loses more often [...]

November 23rd, 2008 | | 0 comments | Continued