Welcome to another edition to of Cannon City Quotables.
Last night, the Columbus Blue Jackets were in action against the Toronto Maple Leafs and they had quite a game. They beat the Maple Leafs, rather easily 6-3.
The Blue Jackets are now winners of three straight games, turning around a rather difficult start to the season. They now are looking to extend that to four games on Saturday against the St. Louis Blues.
But, before that let's take a look at some of the quotes from the players and coaches from the game.
Columbus Blue Jackets:
Dean Evason: Head Coach
- Really liked how Charlie Coyle's line played - finally got rewarded for their hard play
- He loves how the depth has stepped up, including on the blue line and goalies
- Feels that this game is a stepping stone for the rest of the back-to-backs going forward
- Werenski sat for some extra shifts for load management
- Feels nice when the depth scoring can step up even if the top stars aren't filling the net
Charlie Coyle: 4 A, +5, 14:54 TOI
- Didn't expect the line to click that well but felt that they were building chemistry
- Mentioned in games like this, most times the top two lines cancel out and the game becomes about depth players
- They want to be a line that's reliable defensively but can contribute offensively
- His line went over fine tuning details at practice before the game
- Mentioned that the team has four lines that are reliable and can chip in
- It's all about winning your matchups
- Feel the CBJ room has a lot of unselfish people
- In a back-to-back, you need to out-change them
- Players need to get off before they feel tired helps not being held into your own zone
- Everyone did the little things right
- Felt the team realized you need to bank points early, which caused the change in their play
Mathieu Olivier: 1 G, 3 A, +4, 1 S, 2 H, 14:03 TOI
- His line felt good about their play, but talked it out and it paid off
- The team's approach to back-to-back has changed, earning them 2 wins already
- Feels like this year the team has learned how to stay composed
- The depth showing up speaks to their 4-line approach
- Feels this approach will help them down the stretch in the final 20 games of the season
- Felt his line scoring their first goals in the back-to-back will help their confidence
Cole Sillinger: 2 G, 1 A, +4, 4 S, 16:20 TOI
- Felt his line is on the same page lately
- Coyle brings a veteran presence and defensive reliability
- Not thinking about last year and their lack of success on back-to-backs
- Felt the second half of the back-to-back being at home helped a lot
- Not thinking about pressure to score
Toronto Maple Leafs:
Craig Berube: Head Coach
- Felt his team forced pucks
- Complicated the game too much
- Boils down to being beaten by a good rush team
- Felt the momentum changed a lot when they gave up the goal following Blais goal
- Toronto didn't take care of the puck and fell into Columbus' tenacities
Sammy Blais: 1 G, 1 A, 3 S, 5 H, 10:55 TOI
- Felt good to draw into the lineup, after sitting out for a while
- Enjoyed being back in the NHL and scored
- Felt good after finding the rhythm in the first
- Second period was the turning point in the game
- Columbus capitalized on their odd-man rushes
Auston Matthews: -1, 5 S, 2 H, 19:46 TOI
- Doesn't feel it was an effort thing
- Felt it was more breakdowns and mistakes, leading to odd-man rushes
- Need to support each other all throughout the ice
- Feels the team needs to be more connected when on the ice
- Needs to limit the mistakes, they are too big that leads to goals
- Too many odd-man rushes
John Tavares: 1 G, -3, 4 S, 14:21 TOI
- Felt the game got away because of significant breakdowns
- Praises Columbus for finding the open man leading to goals
- Feels the solution is consistent shift-to-shift
- All five guys on the ice need to play connected
- Mistakes are hurting the team
- Praises Columbus for their speed and skill
- Felt the team needed to do a better job matching their speed
- The grind of the season needs to be better; game-to-game, shift-to-shift, they need to fins ways to push through the challenges
- Really hard to comment on 500th goal after how the team lost
What's Next: The Jackets welcome The St. Louis Blues into Nationwide Arena on Saturday.
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