I have read so many pages of comments over the last few days that have pretty much sealed the Jets fate; to the point that I have never seen a fanbase of a team that is either up 2-1 or tied 2-2 in a series, in which they have home ice advantage, write their team off as confidently as Winnipeg fans have.
I fully recognize that these last 2 games have yielded terrible results, and that the momentum has shifted significantly over to the Blues, but even with that said the Jets still have a really good chance (the favourites) to come out of this series on top.
As much as everyone can point to how terrible we’ve been on the road in Games 3 & 4, I don’t see how these same people can say with such confidence that it’s a forgone conclusion that St Louis will come into Winnipeg and win?!
St Louis had 2 (maybe you can give them a third) solid periods in Winnipeg; both first periods. That’s it! Yes, the final scores have been closer in games 1 & 2 then they have been in 3 & 4, but if you actually breakdown the stats, Winnipeg has dominated the second half of both of those games. When it was time to close each one out, the Blues had a total of 7 shots in both 3rd periods combined.
This series has clearly favoured the home teams, and we have 2 out of 3 in Winnipeg!
I am not looking to convince anyone that it’s anywhere close to a lock that we’re going to win, but the negativity and utter certainty that we have already “lost” this series is just as crazy.
Can we still lose, sure. Can we still win, absolutely; but this board has rode with the Jets all season long. Through the doubts at the start of the year that we’re even a playoff team, to the surprise to almost all that we finished with the best record in the NHL, and everything in between.
Most of us have cheered and believed in this team, through so much worst then a 2-2 series in which we still have the home ice advantage.
I strongly encourage everyone to take a breath…. this series is far from over!
