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| 28 October 2008
After nine games, most people would expect a player to get comfortable with a new team. After nine games AND an entire pre-season, most people would expect chemistry. After nine games, an entire pre-season, AND an entire college career in town, most people would expect SOME form of success.
RJ... We're ready when you are buddy.
To this point, Umberger has tallied two assists, and amassed a minus 6. His goal drought in almost as troubling as his demotion to the third line by Ken Hitchcock, who clearly expected him to be Columbus' number one center. Now, assuming the Flyers fans got it right when they said RJ couldn't hack it on line one, you'd think he'd be able to hack it on line three, right? He had a great showing in the playoffs for Philly last year, so he has the tools.. What's missing? Certainly not the motivation. Umberger stands to make three million dollars this year, just shy of Mr. Underpants Commodore. You'd think the Jackets, who have yet to even come close to signing to the cap, would find a way to better use their salary than paying players who have never really proven their worth.
In fact, their best two players have a combined salary of 2.5 million (Voracek and Brassard) and are both more than capable of playing with the best players in the league.
So again I ask, where does Umberger fit in? Should the Jackets wait around for him to catch up to the rest of the team? Are the lines just not working outside of the Vorassamera line? I personally think Umberger needs to find his answers for the team, and he needs to find them quickly. I most definitely understand him struggling out of the gate on the first line, but certainly not on the third. Not for a 3 million dollar cap hit.
For the time being, Hitch is going to have to hope for his lesser known players to keep vaulting their play to make up for the monotonous play of the guys making around 3 million dollars. Meanwhile, Backman, Commodore, Modin, and Umberger should probably go have a burrito at Chipotle and talk about what it takes to be an elite player in the NHL.
Because again, Jackets fans are ready for it.
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