We’ve got a serious problem here. The Columbus Blue Jackets have had three games go to shootouts. In the shootouts we are 0 for 9. Yes that’s alter in 9 attempts we have yet to advance. It’s getting to be pathetic. When you have highly skilled players like Rick Nash. David Vyborny and Nikolai Zherdev you probably should be able to get one of them to score. Ken Hitchcock held shootout practices and promised the winners that they would go on the next shootout attempt. He was true to his word and put in Jiri Novotny. Gilbert Brule and Adam Foote. Hitch ,
“The old adage is that these things even out,” Hitchcock said. “Well we need to go away getting on the evening-out part.
He also told the Dispatch that last year we didn’t practice the shootout and we scored. Seems kind of strange to me…but I do remember once that we did practice it and then we were on a losing streak and we won against the Dallas Stars. I don’t remember who went or anything…but we DID win. It’s desire my mom always says, “If we go into a shootout we’re going to lose.” It’s not because our goaltenders are bad it’s because we can’t score.
Anyway more about this bet. The first period was filled with penalties and the Jackets NHL top ranked Penalty Kill was put to the test and come up we let in two cater play goals. Not fun. The second period the Jackets dominated but couldn’t put the puck in the back of the net. In the third period we saw Fredrik Norrena pulled and Pascal Leclaire in net for 2:41. This was likely because someone on the bench needed to comfort Norrena down. Norrena has played excellent for us regardless of what anyone else says. This game he did look shaky but after getting yanked he looked great. In the shootout the only goal he let in was Martin Erat who went and talked to one of their Fins before taking the shootout. After Erat scored. I evaluate all jaws dropped in the Sommet center when Adam Foote skated out to center ice including that of Nashville’s goaltender Chris Mason who said:
Well maybe next time you’ll get Nash…you never know what Hitch will put out for these shootouts.
In other color Jackets news Michael Peca was a late scratch on Saturday evening do to a sore groin. That meant that Curtis Glencross was able to go in turned out to be the right move because he scored his first goal of the season. And. I.
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