Post Game Thread: Columbus Blue Jackets at Montreal Canadiens – 26 Oct 2023

29 comments

1. that OT was absolutely nuts

2. I hate losing games we should have won. Lost 2 points the last 2 games 🙁

3. Fucking sigh.

4. Fun and entertaining game but should’ve been won for Elvis, smh

   edit: would like to add a quick thought – everything is there but the penalties absolutely killed us (similar to last game). Get a few more games in for the young guys and I think we will be golden.

   Additionally, 7 games in and while it has been frustrating at times, it is a million times better and more fun than last year

5. I despise the Habs goal horn

6. Ugh!… That is all

7. We’re gonna be that team with like 16 OTLs aren’t we

8. Gotta learn to hold leads. And get some goals from the people who are supposed to be scoring them.

   Also Voronkov is not ready, he has a long way to go in the speed/processing realm before he’s an everyday NHLer

9. Good news: the team is getting leads

   Bad news: they can’t protect a lead to save their lives

10. We need consistency. 2 winnable games due to dominance FUCK

11. I mean who didn’t see that coming? Loved the effort tonight but this team can’t hold leads or close out tight games

    It’ll come but man.. we’re so close

12. I mean its a point…

13. really not a fan of Vronk’s debut. Lots of dipshit play and we’re lucky we didn’t give it away in regulation the way we played for 70% of the game

14. Dropping a point blows but we’re competitive and there are clear things we do well as well as clear things to improve on.

    We’re so much more watchable than last year, but that doesn’t make us automatically good or that the job is done and the team is complete. I’ll take that we’re better than last year, but there’s a long way to go.

    But it beats being tragically, miserably dogshit like last year.

15. 1. That’s another frustrating loss. Should have won, but we could not stop taking dumb penalties.

    2. Elvis has been really good at least, that’s a positive sign.

    3. I understand we’re trying to kick KJ into another gear but that was the type of game we really could have used him in. 3 on 3 OT is something he should excel at, not to mention his replacement Voronkov I thought really struggled and took several silly penalties.

16. Good signs, but two very similar Ls snatched from the jaws of victory.

    Missed OT because of cat sleep moding PC, but it sounds like a familiar story.

17. Get your heads out of your asses and stay out of the box

18. Not a great way to finish. Had every opportunity to win and we just….. Didn’t seem to want to.

19. There’s nothing that is more frustrating that losing games like that. And we have done it for waayyyyy too long in the past couple years.

20. This will be spun as “point streak continues”.

21. So is our entire strategy this season just “pass to Boone”

    Even Jody Shelley was like “I’m not sure why Johnny didn’t just shoot the puck there”

22. Frustrating game to lose. Can’t blow multi-goal leads like that. Roslovic and Bemstrom both looked really good tonight, though.

23. Probably should’ve won the last two games, but for a 3-2-2 start I feel like we’ve done pretty good job so far. This is a way better team than last year without a doubt

    After last season if you told me that we’d have 8 points in our first 7 games this year, along with having majority of the games where we’re leading in shots and chances, I’m not sure I’d believe you

24. im HAUNTED by johnny refusing to drive that puck to the net in a wide open 2 on 2 with like 2ish minutes left. he’s fucking good but he refuses to be a scorer even a little at this point.

    ETA: marchy too. idk what everyone worked on this off-season but I think we’d have a win or two more already if they would just be a little more selfish at the right times.

25. Time for another bag skate. They started out great, and set the tone. Then they just fell back into old habits. Also we really need to gain some speed when we set up our plays. It’s too easy for opponents to tell where the puck is going. It’s fucking embarrassing!

26. Despite the disappointment of the last 2 games, this team still feels much, much more competent than last season. Elvis seems to have a lot of his confidence back, and the young guys are playing with a lot of urgency. Just need some polish and some gas in the tank. On to the next one.

27. Lots of poor penalties tonight.

28. Columbus teams and blowing late leads. Name a more iconic duo.

    I don’t know how he managed it, but I’m certain this is Kevin Molino’s fault.

29. Well Elvis continues to prove its not goaltending but the lack of finish, especially from our top end guys, losing us these games.