from Michael Arace of the Columbus Dispatch,

The Jackets beat the Penguins 5-3 before a raucous crowd on Saturday. It took the fans back to last spring. That was a fun time, but really, the Jackets didn’t accomplish anything other than hint at a promise of something better. Now, it’s happening all over again.

“For me, what’s forefront is the disappointment of where we’re at,” coach Todd Richards said. “That, to me, has to be the driving force behind our summer. We know what we can do. When we’re all together and healthy … when guys are committed and playing the right way and doing the right things, you can see the results.

“But to me, the driving force has to be the disappointment of our season.”

Roger that. The Jackets are showing what they can do and it both stokes the imagination and feeds the disappointment. That is the very definition of mediocre. We wait for them to get beyond.

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