Predatory Visit — Nashville comes to town, which customarily has the local scribes and other pundits wailing and beating their breasts about the imminent loss. Never more so than now, on the heels of a shutout West Coast trip. Sure history supports their angst, but consider that half of the CBJ roster has no [...]
December 11th, 2008 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | ContinuedOther Recent Articles
Effort There, Execution Not So Much
The 5 – 3 loss to Anaheim tonight is a tough one to characterize. Lots of effort, particularly out of the gate when Anaheim had lots of jump after 3 days rest and showed lots of spark. We did a good job of keeping up the frenetic pace and played them to a standoff.Our [...]
December 8th, 2008 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Need To Bag Our Limit Of Ducks Tonight
With the end of the current road trip coming tonight in Anaheim, we need a strong effort to make this only an unsatisfactory trip, as opposed to an awful one. An unrewarded strog effort in San Jose was followed by a realy snoozer in LA. The only solace from that one [...]
December 7th, 2008 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Gobble, Gobble
Well, the CBJ gave us a turkey a week late. I suppose they were due for a bad game, but this one had no redeeming social value. My takeaways from the game:What Jump?? First 10 minutes of the game were played in slow motion. We just came off a big effort against [...]
December 7th, 2008 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
L.A. Preview
Assuming that the Jackets can get to the Arena through L.A. traffic, here are some things to watch for:Attitude — CBJ attitude needs to be the same as in SJ — come out hard, put lots of pucks on net, and don’t give LA a chance to breathe. LaBarbera will likely start, as he came [...]
December 6th, 2008 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Good News, Bad News
Last night’s game vs. the Sharks was a tantalizing event that just fell short. Here are my takeaways from the game;The bad . . .Too many penalties — going in we knew we had to stay out of the box, and giving SJ six stabs at it, including 4.5 of them in the second [...]
December 5th, 2008 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Torres Update
Per our friends at the Dispatch, Raffi Torres will have arthroscopic surgery in Minnesota to clear out what doctors believe is scar tissue in his bum knee. They think this is causing his pain, and inferentially the feeling of instability he has experienced. Down time depends upon what they find, but estimate now [...]
December 4th, 2008 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
San Jose Preview
The Jackets foray into the depths of Silicon Valley to tangle with the Sharks, who have been other-worldly so far this season, particularly at home. 21-3 -1 overall, 13-0-1 at home. The lone blemish being an OTL to Nashville. So, why should we not just abandon all hope and fly directly to [...]
December 4th, 2008 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Midweek Madness
Legein’s Return — Sources appear unanimous that Stefan Legein will return to the CBJ fold, likely reporting to Syracuse in January. TSN.ca reports:Legein has been skating for the last few weeks with the St. Catharines Falcons of the Golden Horseshoe Junior League and on Monday will begin working out with the Brampton Battalion of [...]
December 3rd, 2008 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
CBJ vs. Vancouver Highlights
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December 2nd, 2008 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
