Just when things couldn't get worse for the Isles...

[interminded 1]

What is what they say about assumptions ??

[egroen 384]

Bring back Millbury!!!

[MacK_Attack 108]

Bring back Millbury!!!

Milbury would've already sent Josh Bailey to Columbus to get Dubie back.

[Saran 1]

What is what they say about assumptions ??

When you ASSUME you make an ASS out of U and ME

[BuckeyeWingsfan80 209]

Columbus is a damn good team, but they need scoring. They got 3 quality goaltenders in Mason, Norrina, and LeClaire. I don't understand why they don't try and trade one of them to a team like Ottawa for a top 6 forward. Ottawa needs to shed salary and needs a goalie, Blue Jackets need a quality forward. It'll happen, or both teams will probably miss the playoffs. Mason alone can't get this team winning on a consistent basis.

Norrena hasn't been with Columbus since Thanksgiving. LeClaire is hurt (again) and is probably going to have season-ending ankle surgery sooner rather than later and he isn't worth Spezza or any other LEGIT top 6 forward anyway.

If Columbus gets healthy and stays that way, they are better than Colorado, Dallas, Minnesota and Edmonton and at that point it's just a matter of playing like it. But they haven't been healthy all year long and they are still right in the thick of things.

[MacK_Attack 108]

Norrena hasn't been with Columbus since Thanksgiving. LeClaire is hurt (again) and is probably going to have season-ending ankle surgery sooner rather than later and he isn't worth Spezza or any other LEGIT top 6 forward anyway.

If Columbus gets healthy and stays that way, they are better than Colorado, Dallas, Minnesota and Edmonton and at that point it's just a matter of playing like it. But they haven't been healthy all year long and they are still right in the thick of things.

Don't think that C-bus won't make a few more rental additions before the deadline. I think the Jackets and the Coyotes are going to load up in an attempt to get some playoff gates.

Edited January 18, 2009 by MacK_Attack

[BuckeyeWingsfan80 209]

Don't think that C-bus won't make a few more rental additions before the deadline. I think the Jackets and the Coyotes are going to load up in an attempt to get some playoff gates.

Phoenix is more likely to load up than Columbus I think. The Columbus GM is making noises about doing stuff that is only in the best interest of Columbus as a franchise and that includes not trading for this year.

Take the Williams trade for example - they traded a 6th rounder that they received for Jody Shelley from the Sharks and a player that was never going to amount to much with the franchise itself. They only have to pay like 1.1 million of Williams' salary too.

Essentially they are looking at next year as their make or break year because that's when their minor system will be pushing all of their good draft picks up to the big club AND there should be a couple first rate players out there to pair with Nash. They've found their franchise goalie, making LeClaire expendable too.

[Echolalia 2,961]

I wonder if the Islanders would want to take Osgood of our hands