This is not a joke and not a laughing manner.
According to Brian Hedger of the Columbus Dispatch
Fan abuse is not acceptable at any level. Attacking a family online as a result of a sports competition is not the way to cope with life. Whether it is a troll or someone in need of help. There is ways to go about things and resources for help if individuals or groups need it.
Athletes comes from all over the world and work their entire lives to maintain their physique and provide wealth for years to decades after their play, depending on their outcome or success.
Elvis Merzlikins is a young goaltender with a young family, and a son named in honor of the past Mattias Kivlikens. Elvis made it to be drafted, signed, and the starter of the Blue Jackets, leaving his native Latvia to play in Ohio.
Imagine if you were being threatened with you life, or your families. Don’t do it to the players you root for or support.
Too top it off, after the 7-1 loss against the New Jersey Devils:
The closed door meeting was held by all players, no coaches. 3-7-0 after their first 10 games, they are at 12.5% complete in the regular season. No power play goals. -18 goal differential. This puts the Jackets on pace for a 24-56-2 record with a -144 goal differential. Yuck.
The ship needs to be right, otherwise maybe it’s time to trade Nyquist and Gavrikov to collect more picks to this 2023 arsenal.
Additionally, this meeting happens the day they travel to Finland from Columbus as a result of the Global Series, preparing to do battle with the Colorado Avalanche. On a positive note, Jonas Korpisalo is traveling with the team to Finland.
Everyone is headed over, including Stinger
On the game that occurred this afternoon:
CBJ G10– Devils Dominate Down Jackets
The Columbus Blue Jackets continue their losing ways with a 7-1 loss from the New Jersey Devils.
Fabian Zetterlund opened the scoring with his 1st goal of the season; Devils’ captain Nico Hischer had the lone assist.
Hischer extended the Devils’ lead with an unassisted goal for his 4th of the year.
Ryan Graves got his first of the campaign; Jesper Bratt and Jack Hughes got the helpers.
Columbus closes the shutout hopes with their lone goal coming from winger Yegor Chinakov for his 2nd this season; Cole Sillinger and Kent Johnson got the assists for the Union Blue.
New Jersey wrapped the game up with 4 more goals.
John Marino got his first as a Devil unassisted.
Jonas Siegenthaler got his first of the campaign; forwards Dawson Mercer and Erik Haula got the assists.
Bratt got his 4th of the season; Hughes and Tomas Tatar got the helpers.
Miles Wood got his second of the campaign; Nathan Bastian and Michael McLeod got the apples.
Vitek Vanecek got the start of the Devils, stopping 20 of 21 shots for a 0.953 save percentage.
Elvis Merzlikins was in the crease for all 7 goals, facing 53 shots and having a 0.868 save percentage.
CBJ THREE STARS OF THE GAME
1. Yegor Chinakov — goal (2)
2. Cole Sillinger — assist (2)
3. Kent Johnson — assist (3)
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