"They Better Damn Well Start Listening": Rick Bowness Rips 'Selfish' Blue Jackets Play in Scathing Postgame Remark

"They better damn well start listening": Rick Bowness rips 'selfish' Blue Jackets play in scathing postgame remark

The Columbus Blue Jackets have missed the playoffs in five straight seasons. They looked like contending for a wild card spot last year, but eventually fell two points shy of clinching it.

Blue Jackets Fumble Four-Point Weekend, Rick Bowness Calls Out “Selfish” Play, Saying Some Guys Have "a Lot to Be Learned"

The Blue Jackets had a four-point homestand weekend sitting on a tee and walked away with one. In late March, that’s not just a missed opportunity. It’s a self-inflicted wound. Saturday: up 2–0 entering the third against a non-playoff San Jose team, lose 3–2 in regulation. Sunday: up 3–0 entering the third on fellow wildcard combatant Boston, give up three in the third, lose in a shootout. One point out of four. With eight games left. In the …