So the burnout of another season took it’s toll on the MotSaG…or more particularly YNBA…
Surprised? Not Really. It is tough to come up with brilliant material on a weekly basis when nothing is going on in the college football landscape.
Attention, Mr. Bettman, Mr. Campbell, and Associated NHL Morons:
When a player is flying through the air, moving his skates backward relative to his body in order to not slice the jugular of your flavor-of-the-month goaltender, and the puck bounces off his edges & goes into the net, it is not a “distinct kicking motion.” Mmkay?
…but the Jackets have quietly crawled out of the Western Conference basement.
In fact, they’ve amazingly moved up to 8th place in the West. Collecting nine points in six games will do that.
Mason is performing admirably. The young guns on the team are forming a chemistry – they seem to be playing more as a team and less as individuals.
…and you thought I was negative about the Buckeyes’ underachievements.
Portzline’s piece will make CBJ fans want to listen to Arcade Fire and cut themselves. He talks about his “friend” who has lost his interest in the Blue Jackets (ya sure, he’s your “friend,” Aaron).
In the Jackets’ opener against the Dallas Stars, center Michael Peca was tossed out of the game. The NHL has suspended Peca indefinitely for violation of Rule 41, Physical Abuse of the Officials, category 2.
So what’s Peca’s side of the story?
CBJ 5, Dallas 4
Great way to start the season, folks. The Jackets totally owned the first period; the Stars the second; both teams shared the third. With 20 seconds left in OT, Nash takes a perfect pass from Chimmy and executes a mach 1 snapshot to get the two points.
I avoided posting during the few days of craziness, in the hopes of avoiding over- or under-reacting to anything shocking that might have happened.
The drama started last weekend, when Duvie was put on waivers. I guess we saw this coming.
As expected, 23-year-old Rick Nash has been chosen as team captain for your Columbus Blue Jackets.
Rick is the fifth captain for the franchise, which has never seen a captain last more than three seasons.
It’s another in a string of ‘good long-term decisions that may not pay off right away,’ (something that Jackets fans are quite used to).
Today was the trade deadline, and the Blue Jackets have announced that Adam Foote is moving to Colorado.
Captain Adam Foote.
Foote was traded to the Avs for a 2009 first-round and conditional fourth-round pick.
So, who will be the new team captain in 2008/9?
Time for a new feature on Men of the Scarlet and Gray, where we respond to comments, feedback, questions, and suggestions provided to us via the MotSaG Contact Form and/or individual post comments.
MotSaG reader Rob writes:
“You should change the name of your website.
The most disappointing thing about this team since the All-Star break isn’t the four losses, or the fact that they’re letting teams come from behind to win.
It isn’t that three of those losses were at home.
It’s not even that Pazzy – once again – won’t be able to pull off an injury-free season.
End of an era.
I can’t say it was a surprise, especially with how well some of the new guys (like Jared Boll) have worked out, but it’s still sad to see Shelly go. Old-school, tough-but-fair enforcers are hard to come by in the “new NHL,” and Jody was the classiest.
Rick, you made my six-year-old daughter jump up and run around the room screaming & cheering for five minutes.
Yes, it was your high stick that gave the Coyotes the tying power play goal with a minute left. But it was your octuple-inside-outside-deke faking-two-lighter-guys-out-of-their-skates-and-humiliating-the-goalie awesomeness with 25 seconds left that won it:
(Link to the video if you’re reading via RSS.)
That’s just SICK.
UPDATE: See Below.
It looks like the French Alfalfa is going to start in goal for the Western Conference All-Star team. Way to go, Pazzy.
LeClaire was a “distant second” in voting, but Luongo has a very pregnant wife to take care of.
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