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so i thought once i again... i would get this started. nobody else gives a shit (just kidding, i know there's a few of you). anyways... i'll contribute more as far as the other teams go, but for now here's a copy and paste of something i wrote about the blue jackets (obviously my favorite team).
blue jackets 08-09 season... playoff bound!!!
today is september (sometime) and i'm gettin a little antsy. the blue jackets are going to be much better this year than they have any other year. i know this because a.) marty mcfly hooked me up phatty with a copy of the almanac he brought home with him.
the jackets made the necessary improvements to accommodate this season despite the fucking assy ottawa sun times saying they'd be 30th in the NHL with a side note stating "no necessary improvements made." what the fuck have they been doing during the off season cause they weren't watching what i was. the truth is... we wanted a number one center... and yeah umberger's a few cents short of a dollar, but i think he'll do much better than people think. word is, he's a natural center. throw him in the mix with nash and huselius and i think we've got a pretty top notch line right there. huselius will be a great replacement for zherdev (who i'll miss) for many reasons... one being, he's got all the moves that zherdev has, but he's a little more tried and true, been there done that. he may only be a secondary scorer, but he's proven he can play that role. zherdev, as much as i love him, has proven that he COULD be a good scorer, but never seemed to put the finishing touches on. dazzling moves only get you so far when you put the puck right on the keeper.
anyways... that's just our top line. we've still got returning vets like modin and peca who both did well for us (while healthy) last year. provided they can stay relatively healthy this year... i expect both of them to provide us with some more secondary scoring (which seems to be a common theme, but guess what... we got none of it last year, so if we get it this year which i suspect we will... i'll be a happy man). adding torres to our line up was a good move in my opinion also, we've got some toughness throughout our ranks that we haven't had in the past. chimera's been a workhorse since day one and his improvements last year were monumental. on paper he looks like another plug, but when you watch him play, he's winning battles to loose pucks, putting the bodies on the boards, and he's fast as FUCK! chimmer always gives 100% (none of that 110 bullshit that's impossible). we'll get to see brassard more this year and he's even been said to have a shot at moving up through the ranks... as it is right now, he's more than likely gonna be centering the third line with chimera and voracek. i expect voracek to likely crack the top six though and MORE than likely have an extended stay if he plays even half as well as he's expected. filatov is even a potential to play up this year, but he missed camp due to an injury (that will by all accounts be 100% before the regular season starts). filatov is said to potentially be nhl ready as it is??? i could have heard that wrong, but that's the word that i got. regardless... that's our offense in a nutshell and i'm pretty confident that we'll get our secondary scoring this year... which means... less pressure on our keepers because they'll get the goal support they didn't get last year.
our defense is completely revamped having acquired fedor tyutin and christian backman from the rangers in the trade with zherdev. i'm absolutely stoked for tyutin. as has been said, he's one of the most underrated defensemen (i don't remember who told me that though). i can't really speak for him as i never watch the rangers play, but i've heard nothing but good things. backman is someone that i think tends to fly under the radar a bit. i remember him being pretty solid last year so i'm interested in seeing what he does along side more than likely tollefsen (who's a fucking absolute BEAST and one of my favorite players all around). klesla's coming off a great year last year. he picked it up in the second half of last season and looked REALLY good defensively all year. he's definitely improved on his power play and over all just moving the puck. i don't think we'll have as many problems from the back end this year by ANY means. a lot of people think it was a stupid move to pick up mike commodore... i actually think it was a pretty good move, myself. he's big, tough, and a seasoned veteran. ottawa fans are just naysayers because they're sick of being disappointed (haha... sorry keiths). i really think commodore will be a great fit with our defensive system, which might i add has more depth than it's ever had. we have guys like methot barely even registering on the depth chart... and methot is a solid defenseman for anyone who hasn't gotten the chance to watch him play.
naturally leclaire is coming off a career year which i only expect him to get better now having a full on arsenal of weapons in front of him and a defensive corps that will crush most opponents and shut them down (yeah i said it!). norrena... despite what anyone says... is in my opinion a terrific back up. he's more aware of what's going on than practically anyone i've watched in the net. his eyes are always locked on the puck, his body is always square to the shooter, he can read angles like the best of them... the only thing i can really see wrong with him is that he's not as acrobatic as some of the younger guys, but where he lacks in flashiness he makes up for in technicality. i'm not at all worried about soft goals when either of them are in net (though they're bound to happen sometimes).
and overall... just the fact that we have a team "identity" as they've been craving for so long will finally put to rest the fact that we don't know who we are. we're a tough, competitive, defensive oriented team with some highly skilled forwards who are about to break lose on y0 ass!
eat it bitches!
blue jackets 08-09 season... playoff bound!!!
today is september (sometime) and i'm gettin a little antsy. the blue jackets are going to be much better this year than they have any other year. i know this because a.) marty mcfly hooked me up phatty with a copy of the almanac he brought home with him.
the jackets made the necessary improvements to accommodate this season despite the fucking assy ottawa sun times saying they'd be 30th in the NHL with a side note stating "no necessary improvements made." what the fuck have they been doing during the off season cause they weren't watching what i was. the truth is... we wanted a number one center... and yeah umberger's a few cents short of a dollar, but i think he'll do much better than people think. word is, he's a natural center. throw him in the mix with nash and huselius and i think we've got a pretty top notch line right there. huselius will be a great replacement for zherdev (who i'll miss) for many reasons... one being, he's got all the moves that zherdev has, but he's a little more tried and true, been there done that. he may only be a secondary scorer, but he's proven he can play that role. zherdev, as much as i love him, has proven that he COULD be a good scorer, but never seemed to put the finishing touches on. dazzling moves only get you so far when you put the puck right on the keeper.
anyways... that's just our top line. we've still got returning vets like modin and peca who both did well for us (while healthy) last year. provided they can stay relatively healthy this year... i expect both of them to provide us with some more secondary scoring (which seems to be a common theme, but guess what... we got none of it last year, so if we get it this year which i suspect we will... i'll be a happy man). adding torres to our line up was a good move in my opinion also, we've got some toughness throughout our ranks that we haven't had in the past. chimera's been a workhorse since day one and his improvements last year were monumental. on paper he looks like another plug, but when you watch him play, he's winning battles to loose pucks, putting the bodies on the boards, and he's fast as FUCK! chimmer always gives 100% (none of that 110 bullshit that's impossible). we'll get to see brassard more this year and he's even been said to have a shot at moving up through the ranks... as it is right now, he's more than likely gonna be centering the third line with chimera and voracek. i expect voracek to likely crack the top six though and MORE than likely have an extended stay if he plays even half as well as he's expected. filatov is even a potential to play up this year, but he missed camp due to an injury (that will by all accounts be 100% before the regular season starts). filatov is said to potentially be nhl ready as it is??? i could have heard that wrong, but that's the word that i got. regardless... that's our offense in a nutshell and i'm pretty confident that we'll get our secondary scoring this year... which means... less pressure on our keepers because they'll get the goal support they didn't get last year.
our defense is completely revamped having acquired fedor tyutin and christian backman from the rangers in the trade with zherdev. i'm absolutely stoked for tyutin. as has been said, he's one of the most underrated defensemen (i don't remember who told me that though). i can't really speak for him as i never watch the rangers play, but i've heard nothing but good things. backman is someone that i think tends to fly under the radar a bit. i remember him being pretty solid last year so i'm interested in seeing what he does along side more than likely tollefsen (who's a fucking absolute BEAST and one of my favorite players all around). klesla's coming off a great year last year. he picked it up in the second half of last season and looked REALLY good defensively all year. he's definitely improved on his power play and over all just moving the puck. i don't think we'll have as many problems from the back end this year by ANY means. a lot of people think it was a stupid move to pick up mike commodore... i actually think it was a pretty good move, myself. he's big, tough, and a seasoned veteran. ottawa fans are just naysayers because they're sick of being disappointed (haha... sorry keiths). i really think commodore will be a great fit with our defensive system, which might i add has more depth than it's ever had. we have guys like methot barely even registering on the depth chart... and methot is a solid defenseman for anyone who hasn't gotten the chance to watch him play.
naturally leclaire is coming off a career year which i only expect him to get better now having a full on arsenal of weapons in front of him and a defensive corps that will crush most opponents and shut them down (yeah i said it!). norrena... despite what anyone says... is in my opinion a terrific back up. he's more aware of what's going on than practically anyone i've watched in the net. his eyes are always locked on the puck, his body is always square to the shooter, he can read angles like the best of them... the only thing i can really see wrong with him is that he's not as acrobatic as some of the younger guys, but where he lacks in flashiness he makes up for in technicality. i'm not at all worried about soft goals when either of them are in net (though they're bound to happen sometimes).
and overall... just the fact that we have a team "identity" as they've been craving for so long will finally put to rest the fact that we don't know who we are. we're a tough, competitive, defensive oriented team with some highly skilled forwards who are about to break lose on y0 ass!
eat it bitches!
