GDT: GAME 44 - Saturday, January 11th, 2025 - Winnipeg Jets vs. Colorado Avalanche - 6:00pm CST - SN1 - CJOB/Power 97

[Ponds]

It ticks me off Colorado gets to play the Jets on another btb. A division rival they're fighting for positions with in the standings, and they've been handed a big advantage twice in the span of a couple weeks.

The Jets are going to have to suck it up, find a way to win. Can't deliver a tired performance against this Avalanche team. It's going to be a tough one even with a strong effort.

If the boys can get it done, I'd love it.

 

[Buffdog]

Gotta find a way to slow Makar down when we're on the forecheck

Finish our checks on MacKinnon

Intensity starts in warm up

 

[Moloch]

The bad:
- B2B Game against division rival
- 2nd line sucking
- Blackwood .940 since joining the avalanche
- Giant man from Halifax who can score and skate quick
- Defenseman named after some sort of green cabbage whos cheeks are so rosy you'd think he just walked home in -35 without a scarf
- Logan


The Good:
- Hellebuyck
- Career years from all 3 of our top line players
- REVENGE
- No Valeri Nic?hcusg4hjkinr
- Game at home
- Filipino heritage night
- Dylan Samberg is back (Which might mean we get good Pionk - last night he was good)
- Last 2nd game of a B2B we played looked much better than those prior despite the eventual loss

Go Jets.

 

[SUX2BU]

Thanks mac

I hate those bitches

 

[kanadalainen]

The bad:
- B2B Game against division rival
- 2nd line sucking
- Blackwood .940 since joining the avalanche
- Giant man from Halifax who can score and skate quick
- Defenseman named after some sort of green cabbage whos cheeks are so rosy you'd think he just walked home in -35 without a scarf
- Logan


The Good:
- Hellebuyck
- Career years from all 3 of our top line players
- REVENGE
- No Valeri Nic?hcusg4hjkinr
- Game at home
- Filipino heritage night
- Dylan Samberg is back (Which might mean we get good Pionk - last night he was good)
- Last 2nd game of a B2B we played looked much better than those prior despite the eventual loss

Go Jets.

and the Ugly?

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Music for tonight is some good rock music from a Winnipeg band, Jets will have Colorado under their thumbs.

* Regina

 

[Ponds]

and the Ugly?

One of my favorite films, the score by Ennio Morricone is legendary. When Tuco starts running through the graveyard and Ecstasy of Gold begins. That's good cinema.

 

[Jet]

The bad:
- B2B Game against division rival
- 2nd line sucking
- Blackwood .940 since joining the avalanche
- Giant man from Halifax who can score and skate quick
- Defenseman named after some sort of green cabbage whos cheeks are so rosy you'd think he just walked home in -35 without a scarf
- Logan


The Good:
- Hellebuyck
- Career years from all 3 of our top line players
- REVENGE
- No Valeri Nic?hcusg4hjkinr
- Game at home
- Filipino heritage night
- Dylan Samberg is back (Which might mean we get good Pionk - last night he was good)
- Last 2nd game of a B2B we played looked much better than those prior despite the eventual loss

Go Jets.

You think Pionk hasn't been good without Samberg?

 

[RoyIsALegend]

A tired Jets team with one line that can score, a small D corps, the best goalie on the planet, 5-5 in their last 10

VS

A rested team with some firepower, size, speed and grit and hungry to take over first place, 8-2 in their last 10

Smart money on the Avs

Jets win this one easily.

I will go with 5-2 Winnipeg.

Colorado missing:

Nichushkin
Girard
Wood
Ivan
Kylington
Wedgewood
Landeskog (of course)

 

[Aggie204]

In my parents native language (Ilocano), I have a message for the opposing team:
Mabalin a suyopen ti Avalanche dagiti bolak

Translation:
️’s

 

[raideralex99]

What’s weird is nobody has mentioned the Stanley hit on Nichushkin in the last Avs game. I know some Avs fans were saying it was a dirty hit and should have been an elbowing penalty.
Nichushkin has not played since that hit.
Do the Avs go after Stanley tonight?

 

[Aphid]

Curious to see how they start the game tonight.

Before the season I thought Arniel was not a good hire. Then they won all these games at the start of the season and I figured I was wrong and that Arniel actually was the answer. From watching them this whole season until now, I'm beginning to think the Jets win on their talent despite Arniel.

Most of the time, they never seem to be ready and have to claw back in to games using just their talent. In my untrained eye, there is usually no real changes and they just stick to "playing their game" which also heavily involves relying on Hellebuyck. That's not working as well anymore.

 

[voyageur]

Jets win this one easily.

I will go with 5-2 Winnipeg.

Colorado missing:

Nichushkin
Girard
Wood
Ivan
Kylington
Wedgewood
Landeskog (of course)

They were missing at least that much the first time they came to town (I think Manson, Drouin and Colton) and they outshot the Jets and outplayed them. After the Jets started strong.

Colorado's 2nd line is scoring. Colton I think has 12 goals already? Jets 2nd line is a black hole right now.

Probably comes down to special teams, and the Jets PK looks better with Samberg, or breakdowns, imo.

 

[Aggie204]

They were missing at least that much the first time they came to town (I think Manson, Drouin and Colton) and they outshot the Jets and outplayed them. After the Jets started strong.

Colorado's 2nd line is scoring. Colton I think has 12 goals already? Jets 2nd line is a black hole right now.

Probably comes down to special teams, and the Jets PK looks better with Samberg, or breakdowns, imo.

I think this is the op’s schtick. Sort of a jinx on us. That guy can bugger off back to his board.

 

[johnnyonthspot]

The bad:
- B2B Game against division rival
- 2nd line sucking
- Blackwood .940 since joining the avalanche
- Giant man from Halifax who can score and skate quick
- Defenseman named after some sort of green cabbage whos cheeks are so rosy you'd think he just walked home in -35 without a scarf
- Logan


The Good:
- Hellebuyck
- Career years from all 3 of our top line players
- REVENGE
- No Valeri Nic?hcusg4hjkinr
- Game at home
- Filipino heritage night
- Dylan Samberg is back (Which might mean we get good Pionk - last night he was good)
- Last 2nd game of a B2B we played looked much better than those prior despite the eventual loss

Go Jets.

Great analysis. What happened to last year's jet killer?