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OSUBasketballJunkie
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Sharks 3, Blue Jackets 2: Penalties undermine effort
Sharks take advantage of opportunities to hold off spirited Jackets
Friday, December 5, 2008 3:10 AM
By Aaron Portzline
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Blue Jackets' Rick Nash (61) and Rob Blake of the Sharks chase down the puck.
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The Blue Jackets weren't outmanned, just short-handed too many times last night.
The result was a 3-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks before a sold-out crowd of 17,496 in HP Pavilion.
Rick Nash and Fredrik Modin scored goals for the Blue Jackets, who haven't won in San Jose since Jan. 8, 2004.
But this wasn't like most of the losses in the Shark Tank.
It could be said that the Blue Jackets outplayed the Sharks for long stretches.
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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
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Blue Jackets' Modin starts to resemble his old self
Winger playing better now after an injury-ravaged year
Saturday, December 6, 2008 6:44 AM
By Aaron Portzline
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
CHRIS RUSSELL | DISPATCH
Fredrik Modin has four goals and seven assists in 19 games this season.
LOS ANGELES -- Fredrik Modin carried the puck off the wall, away from San Jose Sharks forward Jeremy Roenick and toward the slot, where defenseman Rob Blake approached to cut off Modin's path to goaltender Evgeni Nabokov.
After making two or three moves and head fakes with the puck, Modin shot between Blake's legs and past Nabokov's right pad, tucking it inside the far post.
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I think I am starting to get a feel for what is plaguing this power play and it's probably not something that will get fixed.
1. and probably the most damning, the mindset of the power play is almost tentative. They are pretty snake bitten by the shorties they keep giving up, but even when they are controlling the puck it appears they aren't in any type of flow or rhythm. This is the most easily fixed IMO.
2. They very rarely work in the middle of the ice while on the power play. Watch even an average power play and you'll see work in the high slot at the very least. Columbus gets pushed to the boards wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to easily. It happens to Detroit once every 3 years in the playoffs (yes that means they are due this year) and the usually lose that playoff series. This can't be allowed to continue or else that will sink what should be a playoff team otherwise. I don't see this being fixed anytime soon either - this looks and feels more like a scheme thing than a player/personnel thing.
3. The talent level on the line that doesn't have Modin and Nash isn't up to par IMO. While Umberger is on there to even things out a bit, that wouldn't even be a regular line much less a power play for anyone else outside of Atlanta and that isn't a team to copy in the first place. This won't be fixed until the trade deadline maybe.
1. and probably the most damning, the mindset of the power play is almost tentative. They are pretty snake bitten by the shorties they keep giving up, but even when they are controlling the puck it appears they aren't in any type of flow or rhythm. This is the most easily fixed IMO.
2. They very rarely work in the middle of the ice while on the power play. Watch even an average power play and you'll see work in the high slot at the very least. Columbus gets pushed to the boards wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to easily. It happens to Detroit once every 3 years in the playoffs (yes that means they are due this year) and the usually lose that playoff series. This can't be allowed to continue or else that will sink what should be a playoff team otherwise. I don't see this being fixed anytime soon either - this looks and feels more like a scheme thing than a player/personnel thing.
3. The talent level on the line that doesn't have Modin and Nash isn't up to par IMO. While Umberger is on there to even things out a bit, that wouldn't even be a regular line much less a power play for anyone else outside of Atlanta and that isn't a team to copy in the first place. This won't be fixed until the trade deadline maybe.
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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
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Anaheim 5, Columbus 3: Blue Jackets lose third straight on road
Monday, December 8, 2008 3:07 AM
By Aaron Portzline
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Chris Carlson | Associated Press
Anaheim's Ryan Getzlaf celebrates his second goal after beating Columbus goaltender Pascal Leclaire in the second period.
ANAHEIM -- At 2:39 of the third period last night, Blue Jackets defenseman Ole-Kristian Tollefsen emerged from a scrum with a dance partner, Anaheim's Ryan Carter.
The fight started well for Tollefsen, but Carter surged at the end and ended up wrestling Tollefsen off his skates. What followed was scary.
Tollefsen cracked his head on the ice when he landed. He needed a minute or two to get his bearings, and was noticeably wobbly as he left the ice with a teammate holding him up on each side, a towel held to the back of his head because of the bleeding.
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jimotis4heisman
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mase and brass are in everybodys top 5.
big win. the injuries to chimmer (serious) and murray (?) hurt though. stars then yotes. rusty should be back for the game in phx.
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