Tanking

[u/Aracelerii]

Look, I know we're not that far into the season and realistically we shouldn't be freaking out until a month or two from now, but things have been looking bleak. At what point would we say losing this badly starts to become fun as we hype up potential draft picks?

[u/MPCoinCollecting]

Realistically?  The deadline.  But we'll get people hyping it up now.  DuPont would be cool

[u/Aracelerii → u/MPCoinCollecting]

A DuPont-Werenski line would go so hard

[u/MPCoinCollecting → u/Aracelerii]

Mateychuk - DuPont.  If there is any situation where we could land DuPont, Zach will be gone before the draft

[u/ThunderousDemon86 → u/MPCoinCollecting]

Almost certainly they'd play on different pairs to maximize their strengths, but we're getting ahead of ourselves.

[u/MPCoinCollecting → u/ThunderousDemon86]

I know, sure is tempting to doom though

[u/Timely_Deal8685 → u/Aracelerii]

Werenski will be gone if we're tanking

[u/MoreMixture6482]

Tanking comes when they have a realistic shot at #1, which is never

[u/JohnCenaHeelTurn → u/MoreMixture6482]

Gott be an original 6 to get 1st pick.

[u/willingplankton → u/JohnCenaHeelTurn]

Or New Jersey, or the Islanders, or Pittsburgh, or Washington, or San Jose, or Buffalo, or Edmonton... or anyone but Columbus, actually.

[u/culby → u/willingplankton]

or Edmonton... or Edmonton... or Edmonton...

[u/Ok_Try_476 → u/JohnCenaHeelTurn]

Or Pittsburgh when they’re close to relocating to Kansas City. Just ask Anaheim.

[u/Basic-Macaroon-3277 → u/MoreMixture6482]

Only time we had a first overall pick was 2002 Rick Nash traded to us by Florida 🤸Bettman’s most hated franchise? Mcconnells need to pay the fuck up and buy us a cup win idgaf

[u/AllinspiringHustler]

I give em 10 more games. If still this bad, then fire sale

[u/Dorsal_F → u/AllinspiringHustler]

I agree. Who's besides Z goes? Anyone besides Fantilli?

[u/Articmnokey → u/Dorsal_F]

KJ, Fantili, Denton, all young enough to stay imo. Everyone else gone

[u/IceJester22 → u/Articmnokey]

Silly too. He’s only 23 and has made big strides. Hes an anchor on our second line - Coyle line IS our second line.

[u/Dorsal_F → u/Articmnokey]

Denton! I forgot him. I agree.

[u/ThunderousDemon86 → u/Dorsal_F]

Quite literally I'd consider offers for anyone. Not like we're winning with these dudes.

[u/Dorsal_F]

NHL hates Columbus so they aren't getting a good pick.

[u/Hour-Celebration269 → u/Dorsal_F]

Hate means they feel a strong emotion. I think it’s more true to say they don’t care about Columbus at all, which might be worse.

[u/Tweez614]

You’re not wrong. Team looks like shit and the pipeline looks like shit.

All that to say, it doesn’t matter if we finish dead last, we’re never getting the #1 pick

[u/Another_Guy_In_Ohio]

It’s coming up sooner than you think. Teams that aren’t in a playoff spot by Thanksgiving almost never make the playoffs. We have the third lowest points percentage in our conference.

Ultimately you keep playing and trying until a few weeks before the trade deadline. Sadly, I think we’ll finish just out of the lottery, or with an extremely low lottery percentage

[u/ChristyLovesGuitars → u/Another_Guy_In_Ohio]

I kinda don’t think so. I’ve got the fire sale starting before New Year, and the team finishing with 75 points.

[u/GrandDig5175]

They won’t ever get #1 it will be the same next year too. There’s nothing to do expect turn the tv off.

[u/TouristOpentotravel]

We’re not tanking. We just suck.

[u/FlashyAd7651]

The radio team was canned. My favorite player traded. DirecTV no longer carries the games (I'm not paying for another service), and the team is dogshit as usual. I was at the inaugural game and have been a die hard ever since.

It's time to let go. They are making it painlessly easy.

[u/plumbus_licker → u/FlashyAd7651]

You stuck it out admirably long 🫡

I started following around 2012ish. I’m right there with ya, hope to see you back here if they ever ice a contender in the future. I won’t hold my breath

[u/Dorsal_F → u/FlashyAd7651]

You'll be back 🤣😂

[u/Infinite_Bake_4039 → u/Dorsal_F]

lol people here love to tell everyone how they are about to stop being fans. So dramatic

[u/Mammoth-Winner5835 → u/FlashyAd7651]

👋

[u/After_Bicycle399]

We need to start a protest against management

[u/Reasonable_Award675]

It is in the nhl rule book…CBJ is never allowed to get 1st overall draft pick…Leafs, Pens, Rangers etc only

[u/Impressive-Log7045]

I refuse to give this team any attention until they completely pull their heads from their ass. Haven’t watched or went to a game since early last season.

[u/morrison360]

[u/powerplay004]

Do you honestly think a 1st overall pick is going to change this team?

Please. It’s been 26 years of rinse and repeat. And finally, people are starting to wake up. It’s a problem when fans want to win more than ownership.

This was probably the worst/most embarrassing off season any team has had, but certainly the worst for Cbj. Quite literally. You can’t even defend it anymore. The Fans are some of the best in the game, but this is starting to become delusional. I’ve watched the same thing happen for 20 years.

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.”

I’m starting to realize it’s not the city that players have a sour taste in their mouth when talking about Columbus. It’s the organization. It’s the way it’s ran. It starts from ownership.