Blue Jackets Continue to Lose

Every year and every day of time, it seems the Columbus Blue Jackets are always the team that underachieves, underproduces, and flattens out against the teams that they are expected to beat. And while, tonight, the New York Rangers were on a tear, they should've expected to play a better game than what they did.

Thanks to Carl Hagelin and goaltender Cam Talbot, the Rangers are still on a tear, and the Blue Jackets are looking like a team that's repeating its own history and look like they've reached a tipping point.

The Rangers won 4-2 over the Jackets on Thursday night in Columbus. Hagelin scored two goals, one of them being from an opposing player. And Cam Talbot looked mighty fine in net with a 32 save effort.

The Blue Jackets have now lost five in a row and forward Brandon Dubinsky and head coach Todd Richards seem like they have had enough.

"There's really nothing left to say," said Dubinsky, "It's flat-out embarrassing for us, our fans, for the organization. Thank God for (Bobrovsky). It could have been 10-1 before we had an opportunity to come for the third period."

That quote is just a wow moment because these Blue Jackets certainly don't look like a team that's willing to contribute to anything. Last season, they closed on a 19-5-5 tear, which was the second-best record down the stretch of the entire NHL. But now they are 5-10-0 on the season and are close to the basement of the Eastern Conference in their first year since moving from the West with the Detroit Red Wings.

I don't think the Rangers deserved this win. I know they're probably celebrating right now, but everything tonight was on the Blue Jackets. The Rangers didn't really put together a solid effort tonight in my mind. That was all thanks to the bad efforts given by the Blue Jackets, especially that one bad goal scored on Brobovsky by his own player. This shows everything that the Blue Jackets. They stumble early, seem to get back up, and then stumble again. This defense looks horrific and the offense is certainly not picking up its game. I'm sure the people in Columbus are restless on the fact that this team does not produce day-in and day-out. I feel sorry for their fans. They should've put together a better effort, especially tonight against the Rangers. Right now, I don't know what else to say about this team. All that I know is they either need to pick up their game and start producing on offense and defense and give Bobrovsky some help (he's their lone bright-spot), or get somebody that can help this team up. Because right now, they don't look good and their production on the ice shows it.