Morning gang,
This from the Columbus Dispatch:
WHITNEY HELPS REV UP THE JACKETS' NO. 1 LINE
Ray Whitney's effect on the Blue Jackets might be difficult to overstate. Two years ago, he was an All-Star with the Florida Panthers, and he has had that sort of impact with Columbus lately on many levels.
Not only are the Blue Jackets benefiting as a whole -- they are 2-9-1-0 (five points) without him and 5-3-4-1 (15 points) with him -- but Whitney is making everyone around him look pretty spiffy, too.
In the 11 games Whitney missed, Sillinger (his line mate) had only eight shots on goal and no more than two a game. He had one goal, two assists and a minus-5 rating.
In the 10 games since Whitney has returned, Sillinger has 25 shots on goal, including a season-high six against Detroit on Nov. 21. He has four goals, three assists and a plus-2 rating in that span.
Whitney, acquired in trade last March, and Sillinger, signed last summer as a free agent, spent most of the last two seasons with the Panthers, often skating on the same line.
The line has combined for five goals and eight assists in the last three games.
Other facts::
Final game of a five game homestand for Jacks; they are 2-0-1-1 so far. Coach King "leaning" toward Tugnutt (((so how do you guys find out who is going? Denis has actually been more consistent than Tugnutt)))
Center S. Aubin still out from laceration.
Blues goalie Johnson, who has started last two games, has stopped 53 of 58 shots (91.4%)
GL to all.
This from the Columbus Dispatch:
WHITNEY HELPS REV UP THE JACKETS' NO. 1 LINE
Ray Whitney's effect on the Blue Jackets might be difficult to overstate. Two years ago, he was an All-Star with the Florida Panthers, and he has had that sort of impact with Columbus lately on many levels.
Not only are the Blue Jackets benefiting as a whole -- they are 2-9-1-0 (five points) without him and 5-3-4-1 (15 points) with him -- but Whitney is making everyone around him look pretty spiffy, too.
In the 11 games Whitney missed, Sillinger (his line mate) had only eight shots on goal and no more than two a game. He had one goal, two assists and a minus-5 rating.
In the 10 games since Whitney has returned, Sillinger has 25 shots on goal, including a season-high six against Detroit on Nov. 21. He has four goals, three assists and a plus-2 rating in that span.
Whitney, acquired in trade last March, and Sillinger, signed last summer as a free agent, spent most of the last two seasons with the Panthers, often skating on the same line.
The line has combined for five goals and eight assists in the last three games.
Other facts::
Final game of a five game homestand for Jacks; they are 2-0-1-1 so far. Coach King "leaning" toward Tugnutt (((so how do you guys find out who is going? Denis has actually been more consistent than Tugnutt)))
Center S. Aubin still out from laceration.
Blues goalie Johnson, who has started last two games, has stopped 53 of 58 shots (91.4%)
GL to all.
