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Blue Jackets @ Hurricanes Predictions, Chatter, Game Thread 2/15

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11 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

Paquette is doing his job- twice Columbus has wanted to drop the gloves with him.

 

10 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

Like his line, too. RBA built a nice 4th line with him.

 

3 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

Gonna be great to see him Wednesday when he isn’t sleep deprived and gets a full practice under his belt. 

The Don is quietly building quite the contender.

And, we still have a couple million to play with before the trade deadline. 

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If I told you 2 months ago that covid would hit half our team at once, Petr would get his thumb mangled like yarn in a blender, we play a game shorthanded because we are cap strapped and that Jordan Staal would be our best player, who would've guessed we'd be 10-3-0?

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18 minutes ago, Stumpy said:

If I told you 2 months ago that covid would hit half our team at once, Petr would get his thumb mangled like yarn in a blender, we play a game shorthanded because we are cap strapped and that Jordan Staal would be our best player, who would've guessed we'd be 10-3-0?

Not me.  The depth this year is what is really impressive.  Staal, McGinn, Nino, Necas, Trochek, oh yeah and those guys Aho and Svechnikov, who haven’t even come close to their potential yet, and now Turbo getting back into form.  Then Skjei, Pesce and Gardiner playing like world beaters, and Slavin and Dougie haven’t played to their potential yet.  I mean...

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7 minutes ago, crowntownpanther said:

Not me.  The depth this year is what is really impressive.  Staal, McGinn, Nino, Necas, Trochek, oh yeah and those guys Aho and Svechnikov, who haven’t even come close to their potential yet, and now Turbo getting back into form.  Then Skjei, Pesce and Gardiner playing like world beaters, and Slavin and Dougie haven’t played to their potential yet.  I mean...

I was about to say the same thing, so much firepower on the top 9....  I'm watching Necas closely because he seems like a guy who is putting it together.... 

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