Morning Skate: Blow Jackets

by JeffHancock41 on Jan 21, 2012 6:00 AM CST in Game Preview

Sure they might have seven good fans and the players might be nice guys and people in the organization too. But, come on, this team is awful. It's kind of...no...it's completely sad that the Red Wings lost to this team earlier in the season. It was so long ago in the season that my memory must be cloudy, but for the Wings to lose to the BJs, well, I'm just going to assume that Jonathan Ericsson, Brett Lebda, two blind midgets, and Graham were the five players on the ice the enitre game and Steven Mason switched teams and played for Detroit.

I'm not even worried about karma biting the Wings in the ass because of this post either. That's how bad the Jackets are. The Wings are the better team (by miles and miles and miles and some kilometers for our Canadian friends). Add into the fact that the Wings are at home, at the Joe, where they beat other teams worse than Edzo beats off to Jimmy Hayes videos on YouTube. Yeah...I went there.

It's going to be a bloody massacre. Get your popcorn ready and prepare to enjoy the biggest ass-kicking of 2012.

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The Expected Lineup

Johan Franzen -- Pavel Datsyuk -- Todd Bertuzzi

Valtteri Filppula -- Henrik Zetterberg -- Jiri Hudler

Danny Cleary -- Darren Helm -- Drew Miller

Jan Mursak -- Justin Abdelkader -- Tomas Holmstrom

Nicklas Lidstrom -- Ian White

Niklas Kronwall -- Brad Stuart

Mike Commodore -- Jonathan Ericsson

Jimmy Howard (starting)

Ty Conklin

Scratches: Cory Emmerton and Jakub Kindl

Injuries: Patrick Eaves

BLUE JACKETS	HOW THEY MATCH UP	RED WINGS
13-28-5 (31 pts; LAST IN NHL)	Record	31-15-1 (63 pts; 4th in West)
2.33 (28th)	Goals Per Game	3.15 (5th)
3.22 (29th)	Goals Against Per Game	2.28 (5th)
14.6% (23rd)	Power Play %	18.1% (14th)
76.8% (29th)	Penalty Kill %	81.6% (22nd)
Rick Nash (16 goals)	Goal Leader	Johan Franzen (18 goals)
Rick Nash (32 points)	Points Leader	Pavel Datsyuk (51 points)

The Red Wings are 46-12-1-6 (W-L-T-OTL) all-time against the Blue Jackets. That's a .762 winning percentage, folks. That's the second best winning percentage in franchise history. Once again, just reaffirms how bad the BJs and how much the Wings own them (to be far...the rest of the league probably owns them too).
Pavel Datsyuk has 58 career points in 48 career games against Columbus. He has more points against the Jackets than any other team except the Blues. HA.
James Tiberius Howard III: 8-1-1 career record against CBJ with a 1.67 GAA and a .941 SV%.
Columbus has 31 points this season. Detroit had 31 points on November 30th.

Prediction: Red Wings win 7-0. Pavel Datsyuk is your player of the game with 5 points.

Let's Go Red Wings.

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Hahaha the Jackets are already thinking about trading Jeff Carter hahaha

Imagine if they traded him and kept Nash so that he was once again stuck being the only good player on their stupid shitty team. (Maybe we could convince their moron GM that Shitbox is a hueg prospect and try and acquire Nash or Carter) That would be hilarious.

Prediction: The Lions will win a Super Bowl(s?) before the Blue Jackets return to the postseason.
Prediction: Humanity will develop hovercars before the Blue Jackets return to the postseason.
Prediction: Humanity will wipe itself out with nukes in WWIII before the Jackets return to the postseason.

There’s 3 of mine. Feel free to chip in

You sound like a manure salesman with a mouthful of samples.

by greg5897 on Jan 21, 2012 7:24 AM CST reply actions

Parity will truly reign in the NHL as the Sedin Cloning Project replaces every single player in the NHL with a Sedin. Every team makes the playoffs in this new system.

Columbus still exits the first round.

by J.J. from Kansas on Jan 21, 2012 7:38 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

ROTFLMAO!

S W E E T!!!!

"If we knew what the outcome would be it wouldn't be called hindsight."

by wjr on Jan 21, 2012 5:44 PM CST up reply actions

The Avs will win a Stanley Cup bef... wait, no.

Got too far ahead of myself there. Carry on.

Detroit4Lyfe

by Rob Rogacki on Jan 21, 2012 8:56 AM CST up reply actions

I live in CBus

and it’s hard to not feel sorry for this organization. they have a shitty lease agreement on Nationwide Arena and their front office is terrible, but I want them to do well because I like the idea of living in a city that cares about hockey—and we did, briefly, when the Jackets managed to have a respectable season and made the playoffs.

I felt bad when Arniel got canned because the front office pretty much set him up to fail. Hitch was a decent coach, but for some reason he was on a short leash the season after he got them to the playoffs for the first time. They don’t have a good farm system, and neither the owner nor GM seems to have the foggiest idea what they’re doing. They’re like the Browns of the NHL.

No Limits.

by arkanfel on Jan 21, 2012 7:45 AM CST reply actions 4 recs

It's on you.

Too much hubris. If the Wings lose tonight, it’ll be your fault for taunting the hockey gods, Jeff. Those bastards love twists like a 15-game home winning streak being broken by the worst team in the league.

by voline on Jan 21, 2012 7:59 AM CST reply actions

If the Red Wings show up and goofy shit happens, then maybe

But I don’t think Detroit’s level of focus is tied to what bloggers write and I think that’s going to make all the difference tonight.

by J.J. from Kansas on Jan 21, 2012 8:07 AM CST up reply actions

You're wrong, J.J.

What I say and write…what I wear and eat…and where I sit during Red Wings games determines the outcome. I’m the reason they’ve won 4 Cups since 1997. I’m the reason they lost to the Sharks the last two years.

I run this shit.

Brendan Smith fan

by JeffHancock41 on Jan 21, 2012 8:24 AM CST up reply actions

I concur

Every time I watch a game I can’t change the channel or they lose. Once the game is on it stays on. My wife also knows this rule and abides by it

by Splints on Jan 21, 2012 8:37 AM CST up reply actions

Wait!

My DAD is taking credit for how well the Wings and Z are doing because of the Zetterberg doll he gave me for Christmas. Even though the people in the sports store in Novi are probably still laughing about how my mom went in looking for a “ZetterBUG”!

by InMDmissingtheD on Jan 21, 2012 11:24 AM CST up reply actions

Zetterbug

Now I want a stuffed bug with a Red Wings jersey.

Random nonsense at @Baroque97

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by Baroque on Jan 21, 2012 1:25 PM CST up reply actions

agreed

remember NYI a week ago?

by yzguy on Jan 21, 2012 11:59 AM CST up reply actions

5-1 Wings

Fil POTG

by bond021 on Jan 21, 2012 8:09 AM CST reply actions

Wings 10-0

Rick Nash is the POTG after being traded to the Wings in the first intermission.

Brad Stuart should be our backup goalie.
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by AppState on Jan 21, 2012 8:50 AM CST reply actions

LOL... Or Nash doesn't get traded...

He just suits up as a wing after the 1st intermission because he can’t stand being on his sh*tty team one more minute.

by david72 on Jan 21, 2012 9:05 AM CST up reply actions

Ha

Nash just tries to sneak out of the CBus locker room and onto the Wings bench. Hopes no one notices.

Brad Stuart should be our backup goalie.
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by AppState on Jan 21, 2012 1:47 PM CST up reply actions

Everyone notices though...

because rather than putting on a decent sized jersey… he puts on Hudler’s gear.

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by Josh Howard on Jan 21, 2012 2:28 PM CST up reply actions

better still

is Nash, when changing lines, skates up to the wings bench and exits the ice, sitting onto the bench hoping nobody notices. tells equip man he needs a new uniform cuz the one he’s wearing doesn’t seem to fit and it smells really bad.

"If we knew what the outcome would be it wouldn't be called hindsight."

by wjr on Jan 21, 2012 5:48 PM CST up reply actions

Confidence

I like it.

by Boltmister55 on Jan 21, 2012 9:28 AM CST reply actions

I'm hoping to see Zetterberg...

…convert some of those damn goal post shots that he has had in the 3rd.

by G-nizzle on Jan 21, 2012 10:52 AM CST reply actions

5-1 Wings, Filp POTG

I like to Dangle Dangle.

by playboyperry509 on Jan 21, 2012 12:48 PM CST reply actions

5-1 Wings...

wait for it….

Pavs as PotG. Ha! We’re different.

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by Dannik99 on Jan 21, 2012 1:04 PM CST up reply actions

6-1 WIngs, Franzen POTG

Because I sure hope the Wings realize that they HAVE to get 2 points from Columbus. I mean, losing once to them already looks terrible. Losing twice? Would be beyond unacceptable for a team fighting for 1st place in their division, their conference, and the league.

by tehGOALIE on Jan 21, 2012 1:15 PM CST reply actions

6-2 Wings, Pavel Datsyuk

Columbus scores 2 because Rick Nash is Superman against the Wings

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by rock n rye on Jan 21, 2012 1:16 PM CST reply actions

im probably gonna get laughed out of town on this prediction

but I think the Wings put up 10, and win 10-3. Franzen gets a hatty

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by MuleRules on Jan 21, 2012 1:45 PM CST reply actions

The only reason I laugh is because you predicted

the Blue Jackets to get three goals

Brendan Smith fan

by JeffHancock41 on Jan 21, 2012 4:38 PM CST up reply actions

Wings 6-2 POG Filp

It’s the Z-Filp-Huds line’s turn to rock ’n roll…

by wingsluver4ever on Jan 21, 2012 2:19 PM CST reply actions

8-2 Detroit in a Laugher

Zetterberg is the player of the game with 2 goals (and a post!) and and 2 helpers.

BOOM SON.

by Cptnshnr4 on Jan 21, 2012 3:39 PM CST reply actions

12-1 Detroit

Uncle Mike gets bored and becomes your player of the game.

More seriously, 6-1 with Ian White as PotG

by WingnutNorthOfThe49 on Jan 21, 2012 4:52 PM CST reply actions

5-2 wings Zeeee,baby

I remember the Production Line and the Darkness

by beemerron on Jan 21, 2012 5:27 PM CST reply actions

reality sets in then

before the jerkoffs realize it, they’ve lost yet another game and that they’ve been shutout again. wings 3 jerkoffs 0.

"If we knew what the outcome would be it wouldn't be called hindsight."

by wjr on Jan 21, 2012 5:50 PM CST reply actions

speaking of Carter

am truly hoping the wings don’t try to get this oft-injured player. especially with what he makes! actually wouldn’t mind seeing Nash in a wings jersey though. good size, good skills, someone who brings it every game which wouldn’t be a bad influence for the kids in the locker room. just saying….

"If we knew what the outcome would be it wouldn't be called hindsight."

by wjr on Jan 21, 2012 5:55 PM CST reply actions