As a public service to my loyal readership (both of you) , I offer the following NHL Viewing and Rooting Guide for tonight, since your CBJ are not in action. Please utilize all means necessary (beads, voodoo dolls, simple prayer, etc.) to root tonight for the following results: Phoenix over Dallas Calgary over Anaheim Colorado [...]
February 11th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 5 comments | ContinuedUncategorized
Avalanche Fall Hard!
Look carefully at the picture at the left — almost 1 year ago, LaCosta leads Syracuse over the Avs affiliate, Lake Erie, with the help of Mark Methot. Fast forward 1 year, and LaCosta cashes his 1st NHL shutout against the Avalanche, completing a season sweep of an opponent that has historically bedeviled the franchise. [...]
February 11th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 2 comments | Continued
Previewing the Avs
Colorado comes to town tonight for the final meeting of the season between the two squads, looking to avoid an uncharacteristic season sweep at the hands of the CBJ. Columbus prevailed 4 – 2 and 6 – 1 in Denver, and squeaked out a 4 – 3 win at home in the most recent contest [...]
February 10th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 2 comments | Continued
Statistical Insanity
I have been pretty good lately, giving Messrs. Arace, Portzline and Reed some credit for being generally more positive and informative in their coverage of the CBJ, appreciating the nuances of a professional team and a team that has turned over half its roster. But today, I’m sorry, I have to call Arace on the [...]
February 9th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 3 comments | Continued
A Stunner!!!
I knew I should have gone to Vegas and bet a whole bunch on the Jackets winning this game. . . well, maybe I kinda thought they could sneak out a point if they got all the bounces. Nahh, I mentally had this one in the L column, though in the remotest corners of my [...]
February 8th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 3 comments | Continued
Attitude Adjustment Time
In an effort to stem mass panic and people flinging themselves into the Scioto River over the recent turn of events on the ice, I am going to eschew my normal game review/game preview approach for today, and focus on some observations and some facts (the two are not necessarily synonymous, though I like to [...]
February 7th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 2 comments | Continued
No Pittsburgh Celebration Tonight!
I hope that the Pittsburgh fans got plenty of celebrating done last week after the Steelers’ Super Bowl victory, as the Jackets will be out to be ensure no celebrations take place at their expense tonight. When you mention the Pens, the first thoughts always go to Crosby and Malkin, and with good reason. Malkin [...]
February 6th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 2 comments | Continued
The Flu Bug and Other Ramblings
Lots of random stuff today, so here goes:Glad you’re well, now go away — after recovering from his recent injury, star prospect Nikita Filatov was victimized by the flu. His present for recovering? A trip to Syracuse . . . Ahh, it’s a brutal business. Seriously, this has long been expected, and hopefully Nik will [...]
February 6th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 4 comments | Continued
Unfinished Business
Despite dominating large swaths of the game, the CBJ dropped another one to their new nemesis — the St. Louis Blues. Don’t know what it is about this team, but we have a lot of trouble with these guys, and objectively there is no reason for it. Tonight’s loss was all about not finishing, both [...]
February 4th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 2 comments | Continued
St. Louis Preview
The St. Louis Blues come to town tonight, fresh on the heels of a SO loss against Detroit, 4 – 3. Get used to the Blues, as this is the first of 5 meetings between now and the end of the season, with 3 of them being at home.The Blues have been bitten hard by [...]
February 3rd, 2009 | Jeff Little | 1 comment | Continued
Tuesday Tidbits
Mono Watch — The hockey media are having equal measures of fun and concern with the disclosure that Steve Mason is suffering from mono. The following from Charlie Teljeur at THN:Although he’s been cleared by doctors (obviously Columbus season ticket holders) to keep playing, Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Steve Mason is battling mononucleosis. I’d actually [...]
February 3rd, 2009 | Jeff Little | 3 comments | Continued
Sometimes Stuff Just Happens . . .
Mama always said there would be days like this . . . The CBJ had just about everything go wrong tonight that could go wrong, and dropped a 7 – 3 decision to the Dallas Stars, further tightening the Western Conference playoff race. The tone was set early when Dallas gets three goals on 8 [...]
February 1st, 2009 | Jeff Little | 5 comments | Continued
Stars On Our Turf
C After two scrappy, contentious, controversial games in Dallas, this battle comes to the Jackets home turf for the next edition. The teams have split the season series thus far, with both games requiring extra time to be decided. The Jackets won on opening day with a Rick Nash overtime goal, and later Dallas prevailed [...]
January 31st, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
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