Hitch a ride over to the Hockey News
by Dirk Hoag on Aug 21, 2008 3:01 PM EDT
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For today, head on over to Hockey News, where my latest piece deals with Ken Hitchcock's recent interview with one of the Columbus Blue Jackets bloggers, in which he fires a few verbal barbs towards Nashville, including this doozy:
"when talking with various folks in the know that they told him when we played Nashville that even though we outworked them they weren't worried b/c they knew only 1 or 2 guys could score."
That's pretty good stuff considering Columbus scored the fewest goals in the NHL last year, with 193!
UPDATE: Kudos to the commenter below who pointed out that I probably took this the wrong way, and that Hitch was commenting on the Blue Jackets own lack of scoring depth. Anyways, there was certainly this in there as well:
When asked if we will finally be able to beat Nashville his reply - "yes we will kick their ass".
Even I couldn't misinterpret that one...
"when talking with various folks in the know that they told him when we played Nashville that even though we outworked them they weren't worried b/c they knew only 1 or 2 guys could score."
That's pretty good stuff considering Columbus scored the fewest goals in the NHL last year, with 193!
UPDATE: Kudos to the commenter below who pointed out that I probably took this the wrong way, and that Hitch was commenting on the Blue Jackets own lack of scoring depth. Anyways, there was certainly this in there as well:
When asked if we will finally be able to beat Nashville his reply - "yes we will kick their ass".
Even I couldn't misinterpret that one...
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I think you are misinterpreting what he said. He is saying that Nashville was never worried because Nashville knew only two or three guys could score.
It is the Predators who would be worried if the Predators only had a few guys who could score. The Predators were never worries because they knew only two or three (players on Columbus) could score.
In essence, Hitchcock is making the perfectly valid point that in the past few years, Nashville has never worried about Columbus b/c Columbus's offense was so reliant on a few players. The implication being that he added firepower and now Nashville would have to worry about more than 2-3 Columbus players.
It is the Predators who would be worried if the Predators only had a few guys who could score. The Predators were never worries because they knew only two or three (players on Columbus) could score.
In essence, Hitchcock is making the perfectly valid point that in the past few years, Nashville has never worried about Columbus b/c Columbus's offense was so reliant on a few players. The implication being that he added firepower and now Nashville would have to worry about more than 2-3 Columbus players.
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