Bethany's Hockey Rants

Category: Pascal-Leclaire

Two Trades

by Bethany on 03/04/09 at 08:04 PM ET
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That’s all the Blue Jackets did today, was two trades. They didn’t make a huge slash, but they did get a very good player in Vermette.

During Howson’s press conference he said that Vermette is someone that the Blue Jackets have been after for a while.

I love this move. Pascal Leclaire, while an outstanding goaltender is injury prone. Unfortunately for Pazzy he hasn’t been healthy while in Columbus. He won’t be able to play this season, but next season he will be great for the Senators. He sounded so excited to be going to Canada in his interview with TSN.

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A Look at the Jackets

by Bethany on 01/24/09 at 12:50 AM ET
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The lonely Blue Jackets representative, Rick Nash, is enjoying his time in Montreal. While Nash is getting his All-Star on, the rest of the boys will be spread out throughout the world, and I, well I will still be here, working, going to school, and blogging of course.

So, what I want to do tonight is look at what has been going on with the Jackets, lots have changed, lots has stayed the same. Let’s think about the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Steve Mason has emerged as one of the best goaltenders in the league. Because of him, the Jackets are in a playoff race, a legitimate playoff race, ya know one when their captain won’t leave them. Pascal Leclaire had a brutal season, his nagging ankle injury has been an issue since he got Boogied in the preseason. Poor guy. Freddy Norrena and Wade Dubielwicz switched places, Dubie was claimed off waivers by the Blue Jackets, in a gutsy move by Scott Howson.

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The Columbus Kids

by Bethany on 01/16/09 at 10:43 AM ET
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The kids are taking over. This team has been getting draft picks galore since joining the league, and now, it’s paying off. It all starts in net.

Pascal Leclaire - Steve Mason - Pazzy earned his spot last season, but this season has been all about Steve Mason. Mason who is leading the league in GAA (1.80) and shutouts (6), is playing like a veteran. He has settled the team down, and has been dependenable. Mason is doing what Pascal Leclaire did last season - only better. I know there is a lot of talk about trading Pazzy but unless it is for a big name center, I don’t see a point. We obviously don’t have the goaltender depth that we need, and it would hurt us more than help.

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Leclaire to IR, LaCosta up

by Bethany on 01/08/09 at 10:47 PM ET
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Does this injury really impact us that much? Let’s be real here. Steve Mason has taken over the net in Columbus and it doesn’t look like that is going to change at any point anytime soon. The thing that makes me the most upset is that Norrena could in theory still be up here, and could play the role of backup.

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Injures get me down…

by Bethany on 01/04/09 at 10:16 PM ET
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What do you do when your team keeps taking injury hits?

Well, if your me, you feel sorry for yourself...really sorry for yourself.

I know I shouldn’t and I was doing well for a while but after the loss to the Blues, I just want to feel bad. Nothing like self pity I guess.

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Kicking all the way…

by Bethany on 12/19/08 at 03:02 PM ET
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Okay after being emotionally drained from that game last night, I think I am alright now to talk about it.

First of all, Leclaire should have been better. Had he been better, we never would have been in the position to get the goal called off in the first place.

Second of all, the fights, were too much. Brassard never should have dropped them, and now we are without him for a month? Wow, that’s a huge blow. Not to mention Boll and Commodore dropping the gloves.

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Moving on.

by Bethany on 11/18/08 at 10:30 PM ET
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Are we to the point now that we make some moves?

I think after tonight’s performance, it’s pretty clear that we need help (who didn’t know that before?).

The defense was invisible, at best. Leclaire didn’t get the help he needed.

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Tags: Columbus+Blue+jackets, Edmonton+Oilers, Pascal+Leclaire,

OIL 7 CBJ 2

by Bethany on 11/18/08 at 09:30 PM ET
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Caution, emotional post ahead.

Seriously? Letting in three goals on eight shots is totally ridiculous.

Not scoring on the power play is even more ridiculous. Okay, so Nash got a power play goal, I wrote that before.

Scoring your first goal on the 29th shot, is more ridiculous.

Losing to a team that played the night before, including their goaltender, makes me mad.

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Hey, we can score goals too!

by Bethany on 11/15/08 at 02:28 PM ET
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I love when we win. It makes writing about the game a lot easier. So, let’s talk about the players. Starting with of course goaltender, Pascal Leclaire. Leclaire was great coming off of his injury. He made 36 saves on 37 shots and really kept the Jackets in the game. The only goal he let in was on a 5 on 3. Leclaire showed us, again, why he should be the number one goalie, but, the problem is his health. Let’s hope he can stay healthy the rest of this season.

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More on Mason

by Bethany on 11/04/08 at 08:19 PM ET
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As you know, Steve Mason, is coming up to the Blue Jackets. Pascal Leclaire will be out longer than expected, and Norrena hasn’t been that good for us, and Dan LaCosta hasn’t been given a chance, and was sent down when Mason was called up. Mason is not expected to play tomorrow night against the Oilers but start either Friday or Saturday.

Aaron Portzline spoke to Scott Howson and Coach Hitchcock about Mason’s call up, and here’s part of it via the Crunch Hockey Blog.

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