Columbus Blue Jackets

The week, game by game

Each game's fan misery, from first comment to the next game. ● marks a blowup.

• Tue, Oct 27W 4-3@ PHI77
• Thu, Oct 29L 2-3@ CAR71
• Sat, Oct 31L 1-3@ DAL69

The emotional rollercoaster

Fan misery across the week, every six hours. Up is worse. Dashed lines are games.

Worst game: Tue, Oct 27, W 4-3 @ Philadelphia Flyers

In-game fan misery, every 15 minutes.

What happened

Columbus opened by edging Philadelphia 4-3, a win fans still spent fuming over squandered 2-on-0s, then dropped the next two. The 2-3 loss at Carolina was the turning point, putting the dump-and-chase on trial: "we end up just giving them possession 90%+ of the time." Dallas finished the job 3-1, helped by a bad penalty and "an absolute waffle with .2 seconds left in the period." Misery rose from 66 to 72. The puck keeps going in deep, and so does the mood.

What fans said

• “Dump and Chase is straight up nuking our chances of winning. We are absolutely abysmal at it and we end up just giving them possession 90%+ of the time.”

  u/Big_Booty_Pics▲ 32frustration

• “I was going to become a domestic terrorist if we fucked up *2*, 2 on 0s.”

  u/Dick_O_The_North▲ 29rage

• “HOLY FUCKING SHIT BONES IF YOU DONT STOP THIS TEAMS WORTHLESS DUMP AND NO CHASE IM GONNA LOSE MY MIND.”

  u/Violent_Mud_Butt▲ 15rage

• “This team is so fucking pathetic. Pure laziness.”

  u/Ohio-Sports-Teams▲ 13rage

• “Fantilli, stop turning the puck over for FUCK SAKE”

  u/bowmanx4587▲ 12rage

• “Then you get the fuck out of here”

  u/mickeyhause▲ 11rage

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