Post-Game Talk: It goes to a SO Jets lose 6-5

[gojetsgo]

Well that was a step in the right direction. The effort and fight was there, the execution was better but still needs improvement.

PP was awful and let the team down when they put it away in the third.

I hate to rag on Helle but when your team is slumping hard and they spot you 5 goals you need to step up and get the job done. He didn't tonight.

JoMo, Scheifele and Conner all came to play tonight. They are the drivers and need to drive like they did tonight for this group to be successful.

I thought El Nino acquired himself well in his first game. I think he'll fit in once he gets more familiar with his teammates and the scheme.

Was happy to get some contributions from the fourth line tonight.

I am not sure what is up with Ehlers, he's just looked really bad lately. I thought he started to pick things up a bit in the third but we need much more from him.

I think the lack of skill after the first line was apparent tonight. We miss Cole and PLD.

Chevy still needs to grab another quaility top 9 guy imo.

hopefully nino and pld can be a handful for teams and open up some ice for ehlers to do his magic also should add 2 forwards and take saku/kuhlman/gagner out of the lineup

 

[raideralex99]

lmao shots 57-18 Calgary and they still lose

Markstrom is having a terrible year he is the reason why they are out of the playoffs right now.
Jets better smarten up and put some distance between them and the Flames. In April all 6 games are winnable for the Flames playing the bottom feeders plus one game vs the Jets.

 

[KingBogo]

Markstrom is having a terrible year he is the reason why they are out of the playoffs right now.
Jets better smarten up and put some distance between them and the Flames. In April all 6 games are winnable for the Flames playing the bottom feeders plus one game vs the Jets.

Bottom feeders with nothing to lose are the toughest games to win at the end of the season.

 

[surixon]

And this is how the last 20 games will slowly go. Us and the Flames limping our way to the finish line.

I'm hoping we actually get going again and put ourselves back into the topn3 in the division. Noone is running away with it.

hopefully nino and pld can be a handful for teams and open up some ice for ehlers to do his magic also should add 2 forwards and take saku/kuhlman/gagner out of the lineup

Yeah hopefully he can get going. He's just playing real dumb hockey right now.

 

[gojetsgo]

I'm hoping we actually get going again and put ourselves back into the topn3 in the division. Noone is running away with it.



Yeah hopefully he can get going. He's just playing real dumb hockey right now.

in the first he gave dillon a 5 footpass at the blueline that could have ended terribly and I thought to myself, yeah I can understand why the coach doesn't trust him so much

 

[KingBogo]

I'm hoping we actually get going again and put ourselves back into the topn3 in the division. Noone is running away with it.

I think we all do, maybe not all of us, but most of us. We do seem to be a bit snake bitten. We score 5 goals which is usually a gimmie for Helly, but he is off and we lose when we really need a win. My gut on this one is it will come down to the end, but in reality the West is so wide open it doesn't really matter where you finish, you just need to get in.

 

[snowkiddin]

Save us Dmitri Kulikov

 

[Do or Die]

All I have are negative thoughts.......

 

[Duke749]

Baby steps…

 

[voyageur]

I really love the way the leaders stepped up tonight, with an undermanned forward unit. Scheifele played this game with heart, and he's leading the ship. Even on the Connor goal, that was a terrific pick he set on Danault to give him the space to shoot. Josh is playing the most confidently I have ever seen.

Was good for Lowry to get a big assist on what could have been the GWG, shorthanded. Against Drew Doughty too, that was hopefully good for his confidence. Before it, the battles with Kopitar I thought he struggled with.

Kevin Stenlund had a game that probably keeps him in the lineup. De Melo had a strong game. I guess they proved me wrong about them, at least for one night. Morgan Barron was a force too. Like the new guy, he seemed to enjoy the physicality of this game.

It's a shame that Samberg stepped on a banana peel at a crucial time. I though he had solid game otherwise.

I like the 7 d alignment I have to say. Players didn't just get rolled over, forward and defense. Some clever player management to get Scheif out as much as possible with the skilled players. I think I would like it more if it were Heinola as the 7th defensemen over Stanley, but big Stan did have some chops tonight.

I don't know if Maenalanen saw the ice again after that 2nd period goal, that he turned into a scoring chance. If he did it wasn't often...

Probably the biggest disappointment was the PP. Another chance to ice a game and they don't come through. Nothing really positive to say about it. I know Bones has been hard on Ehlers, maybe deservedly, but jeez the guy scored a nice PP goal not so long ago. Wheeler just doesn't have the quickness that you need on the PP, if you aren't going to be the guy standing in front of the net.

I think fans got to see a future HoFer in Kopitar tonight. Doughty too. Good Kings team, hard working Jets team made for a great game, tough result.

Kings though still look vulnerable to me with their goaltending. Copley gave up a couple of goals that elite goalies would save.

 

[Zhamnov5GoalGame]

why wheeler instead of ehlers lol

Ehlers record on breakaways and shootouts is pretty bad. The REAL question is why not Sam Gagner? He probably should be in our top 3 shooters for this.

 

[Zhamnov5GoalGame]

Some in the trade thread were speculating if the Jets consider being a seller if they lose this game. If we are going for the 2nd wildcard spot we may as well acquire some future assets by trading some guys. Calgary is unloading guys as well so it'll be realistic to take a run at the playoffs even if you move a guy like PLD or even Dillon for a king's ransom.

How do you figure you’d get a Kings ransom? So many teams have made moves already that the cupboards might be a bit bare. I’m not sure you get better value than you would this summer.

 

[Truenorthducky]

Ehlers never gets into shootouts for some reason. He's going to get traded at some point.

Because he’s terrible at shootouts And breakaways. They do drills at practice all the time too. I imagine he’s pretty terrible at those as well. I’ll never understand why people automatically think he should be taking them over somebody else he’s never proven anything on that regard. some others are just better at that part.

 

[Truenorthducky]

Wheelers not our problem, though I wouldn't have used him in the shootout.

Of course you wouldn’t of because he didn’t score nor did any one else. If he would’ve scored we wouldn’t be talking about it at all. I understand how the average fan seems to know better than coaches that watch these guys in practice do these drills

 

[GreatSaveEssensa]

I think I am just about done with this core group of Jets. These PLAYERS do not seem to get IT aside from JoMo Hellboi Lurch.

1 out of 5 Schwarzeneggers


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Lurch? As in the guy posing as our 3c and sometimes even 2c, who actually is a 4c. The guy who for some reason is on the 2nd pp unit. As in the guy who hasn't score a goal since Dec. 11th who is getting paid over 3 million a year? He has been one of our problems most the year, not one of our solutions.

 

[DharmaBum]

Where would one find out individual players shootout percentages?

On Hockey Reference. This link is for PLD's page, but you can do the same for any other player. Just scroll down until you hit the NHL Miscellaneous chart Pierre-Luc Dubois Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Salary, Title | Hockey-Reference.com

I was also curious and looked up current and ex Jets and jotted it down.
*Gagner and Nino haven't had a shootout attempt for the Jets*

 

[Jets 31]

Well at least we scored some goals and got a point. You know i constantly read get rid of Pionk posts, sometimes that's warranted but for the money Schmidt is getting i would love to get rid of him, he's horrible for offense and horrible at defense. Ehlers has to be fighting a injury, he's no where near what we are used to. Nice game from Stenlund .

 

[UFO]

Another game we mustn't lose. at least we found our scoring gear again.

 

[Jets 31]

And what a stupid penalty Stanley took, we have possession of the puck racing into the LA end and behind the play a little 5 foot gerbil hits him clean and he turns and cross checks the guy in the face. He's lucky he didn't get 4 minutes, if i was Bowness he wouldn't have seen the ice again too. Just a stupid, stupid penalty.

 

[voyageur]

And what a stupid penalty Stanley took, we have possession of the puck racing into the LA end and behind the play a little 5 foot gerbil hits him clean and he turns and cross checks the guy in the face. He's lucky he didn't get 4 minutes, if i was Bowness he wouldn't have seen the ice again too. Just a stupid, stupid penalty.

I thought Lizotte slashed him in the back of the leg after the hit, which drew the reaction. Probably the only reason he didn't get more.

 

[ps241]

Well there it is. The most predictable post I have ever seen.

I can’t read what you are quoting so something must be wrong with my computer

 

[ps241]

Flames lose in OT do not gain on the Jets

Their goaltending has been killing them all season.

 

[KingBogo]

Of course you wouldn’t of because he didn’t score nor did any one else. If he would’ve scored we wouldn’t be talking about it at all. I understand how the average fan seems to know better than coaches that watch these guys in practice do these drills

I’m probably one of the biggest Wheeler supporters around here. I would start giving JoMo a few opportunities the way he is playing. Scheifele and Connor are locks and when healthy PLD should be there as well.

 

[SUX2BU]

Went to the game last night. More entertaining than the last few games

Pros
-National anthems were good
-Nino has impressed the faithful
-Lurch threw a couple of solid hits. We need more of this
-Mo is good
-Studman finally got a couple go his way
-plenty of offense

Cons
-way, way too much passing, not enough shooting (looking at you, Mark). Copley looked nervous out there
-nobody in front of the net again. @Mud Turtle mentioned this in the GDT and I concur
-defense, what defense
-the organist was terrible. Schroder from peanuts is ten times better

 

[FanForLife]

Jets didn't deserve to win that game. Pretty rough outing, again.

Not exactly sure how this works, clicked on link, just took me to picture...is this analytics, or someone's "gut" feeling?

Anyways, comments about how our goalie didn't play well...fair enough, but either did theirs, pretty much a wash, and they did have more shots. Should have been tied, but more like 3-3, not 5-5. Also, see a lot of worry about Calgary here....if you're really worried about them catching us, you should be equally worried about Nashville, actually they slightly better winning % right now than Calgary. So 2 teams to worry about. Have to right this ship, I have no idea how, seems to be a mind thing

This team a total enigma to me. Should be scoring 3 to 4 every game with firepower up front, and with Helly, that should be good enough, even with our crappy D(just my opinion)