Dont like the Jets chances either way but Vegas. McDavid is going to crush in the playoffs again.
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Edmonton has the skaters to make it to the Cup, but not the goaltending. If Skinner has one of those 15 game Vezina-level streaks, watch out. But then you could say the same thing about the Jets and Helle, and be right more often.
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I’m spiteful so I prefer Vegas matchup to make for our loss in the conference finals in 2017-18
I finally got over Oilers domination of the Jets from the 80s after we swept the Oilers in 2021 playoffs
I finally got over Oilers domination of the Jets from the 80s after we swept the Oilers in 2021 playoffs
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EDM has been the best team in the NHL since the TDL at 15-2-1. best goal-for rate in the NHL and 9th best sv%. seems like they're hitting their peak at the time. VGK is only 3rd best in the league in that time-frame 
. neither option are great, both real good teams. don't even know who would be starting in net for VGK in the POs. Quick? 
. neither option are great, both real good teams. don't even know who would be starting in net for VGK in the POs. Quick? 
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Edmonton aren’t playoff performers though.EDM has been the best team in the NHL since the TDL at 15-2-1. best goal-for rate in the NHL and 9th best sv%. seems like they're hitting their peak at the time. VGK is only 3rd best in the league in that time-frame
Edmonton went to the conference finals last year without Elkholm so they can perform in the playoffs. If the jets make it, I don't think it will matter who they face. They likely lose in 4 - 5 games.
They maybe dont play playoff style hockey but McDavid is on another level and the supporting cast is vastly better than in past years. D is not great but Ekholm was a brilliant addition. Only weakness is goalie but they can outscore their problems a lot of the time.
last year they performed pretty pretty pretty good. and i think they're a deeper team than last year and their top-end is performing even better.
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Neither were MACKINNON and the AVS until they were.
I think the Bruins have a good chance at winning the Stanley Cup.
CorgisPer60
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I really wanted Jim Montgomery. But no, needed to have somebody that has some connection to the marketplace. They have to know this market to coach here. f***ing bull.
Montgomery wasn’t picking the Jets over the Bruins no matter what was offered to him.
tbcwpg
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Yeah I'm not sure why some want to frame these "we missed out" arguments as though the Jets have first right of refusal over all these players or coaches and they're passing on them.
"Winnipeg is said to be high on Montgomery’s list, thanks to good ties established during his time in the city."
It's easy to say stuff, who really knows.
It's easy to say stuff, who really knows.
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cbcwpg
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WINNIPEG JETS - SAM GAGNER
It hasn’t been an easy road for Sam Gagner, whose path to 1,000 NHL games included several unplanned stops in the minors during the past several seasons. But those three demotions to the AHL didn’t diminish Gagner’s love for hockey; they simply provided some additional motivation and perspective. The sixth overall pick in the 2007 NHL Draft was signed by the Jets in early September to provide some versatility and flexibility. That’s exactly what he was able to do, playing a variety of roles before his season came to a premature end after he underwent hip surgery.
Eh, last year Edmonton barely scraped by one of the weaker playoff teams in LA last year, and then they had a bye, and then they got dismantled by a good team.
That said, they’re deeper this year and McDavid is peaking. Skinner also appears better than what they had in goal last year. They’ll be a tough out.
That said, they’re deeper this year and McDavid is peaking. Skinner also appears better than what they had in goal last year. They’ll be a tough out.
I think a lot of the “yeah but but but we’re Winnipeg! Everyone hates it here!!!!1111” stuff is kinda exaggerated around here, but I mean, coaching an original six franchise contender or going to the coldest, smallest market with a (rumoured) toxic locker room and a team in disarray … I know who I’d pick, given the choice.
*We don’t know what Montgomery was thinking, he may have had things that attracted him here, but I don’t think it’s wildly speculative to think he just chose Boston over us.
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They aren't until they are.
They are a much better team now than they were 2 years ago, or even 1 year ago.
Not sure goal is a weakness anymore either.
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Might have had a shot at Montgomery if they had moved a year earlier. Not to say he would have been the target.
Maybe not weakness. Question mark? LOTS of pressure on the rookie Skinner to not falter.
tbcwpg
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He was an assistant under contract to St Louis a year prior. Seems like a reach.
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Who knows how he might have been regarded as a HC candidate a year earlier? Many 1st time NHL HC come from NHL assistants.
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