Post-Game Talk: Jets 3 - Stars 0

[KingBogo]

And since we like to beat on Bowness alot in here i think it's only fair that we give the guy some props for making some good lineup decisions for last night. Lord knows we would have been hearing what a dumbass he is if we lost. 49 wins already this season with 3 more games to hit 50 , that's a great season if you ask me. Oh and with 43 regulation wins right now we are 1st in the entire NHL . GO JETS GO .

Right now getting 2nd would be amazingly good fun. Opening the playoffs at home will make for a very entertaining run up and opening night.

 

[scelaton]

Regroup for a fresh line of attack tomorrow. It will be tougher, but some stat will be found to launch the new line of attack.

Et tu, Bogo? They/we are not the enemy, you know.

I didn't see the game last night but I'm happy they found a way to play well and win against a great team. Happy so many of our predictions were eclipsed.

One stat in the boxscore that stands out is how relatively even the TOI was. If we are going to go with this line configuration, then it makes sense to give all the lines more equal time 5v5 and save Scheifele-Connor's energy for the PP and 3v3.

 

[johnnyonthspot]

Truthfully I'm surprised they didn't break into our telecast to tell us about Mathews getting closer to 70. It will be hilarious if he breaks 70 and the Leafs go out in the first round with him not showing up in the playoffs once again leaving all the Leafs fan boys screaming for him to be traded again

I have a feeling the leafs will go to the cup this year. They seem different than last year and the AM 70 goal chase should be bigger news than the Jets chasing home ice advantage afterall hockey like golf is about the individual

 

[Gil Fisher]

Fantastic showings by Stanley and Gus. Pionk was really the only player that frustrated me at any point this game, and the only times I remember it happening was on the penalty kill.

Browsing around on NHL Edge, the only Jet defenseman to break 22 miles per hour is Schmidt at 23.10. Samberg is next at 21.99.

Injury prone Ehlers is 3 games away from playing a full season.

What in the hell are you trying to pull here ??!!?!?! You couldn't be silent for three more games?

5-0 since I stopped watching.
Not only did they win.
They beat the first place team in the western conference.
Not only did they beat them. It was a shutout by the back up goalie.

I may never watch another Jets game ever again.

I don't use the word hero very often, but you, sir, are the greatest hero in Canadian history.

 

[Jetfaninflorida]

When the Jets play Bones systems, we win. Way to go, boys. Stick with the structure against the Avs.

 

[WolfHouse]

I don't want to say some of you guys don't know much but man some of you guys don't know much

The pre game thread looks idiotic now

I feel shame for not predicting the David Gustafson would be the boost the Jets needed...

 

[Stumbledore]

That was one hell of a game by the boys. Pretty much the opposite to which got predicted all day long. I think we have proved we deserved to be considered among the contenders.

Yeah, after hearing how stupid the coach was, how horrible certain line combinations were, and how bad some of the players were, I wonder if some guys aren't waking up feeling a bit stupid themselves today.

 

[Jet]

We don't have to be the odds-on favorite to win the cup; such a team, despite winning well more often than any other seeding, still is a healthy underdog to not win the championship. As long as we're in the "I can see how this team could win a championship without me going 'how the hell did THAT happen?" pile, I'll be as ready as any for the playoffs

And even then you still get the double wtf finals like Oilers Canes in 2006

 

[Thechozen1]

Lose 6 in a row
Now 5 game win streak

Okbebedoky.

Just proves just how much of a Jekyll and Hyde this team really is.

 

[Jet]

We don't have to be the odds-on favorite to win the cup; such a team, despite winning well more often than any other seeding, still is a healthy underdog to not win the championship. As long as we're in the "I can see how this team could win a championship without me going 'how the hell did THAT happen?" pile, I'll be as ready as any for the playoffs

And even then you still get the double wtf finals like Oilers Canes in 2006

The boys booing the goalie to goalie hand-off lol

Bro is the perfect backup.

Just another goalie that wasn't good enough for the Oilers haha

 

[WolfHouse]

And even then you still get the double wtf finals like Oilers Canes in 2006

Bro is the perfect backup.

Just another goalie that wasn't good enough for the Oilers haha

To be fair, Brossoit was way more than not good enough for the oilers... he owes Wade Flaherty for transforming his career.

 

[Jets 31]

I feel shame for not predicting the David Gustafson would be the boost the Jets needed...

Now you know even more.

 

[Jet]

Yeah I mean I'm glad we won and all, but let's pump the brakes a bit; one excellent win notwithstanding, there's a reason why Dallas is currenly a 200-1 favorite over us to win the division.

It's funny you say this - I was thinking about it last night. Let's say the Stars win the division by 4 points over us.

Now think about the sheer number of loser points they got this year.

If the Jets didn't have one of their 2 losing steaks we'd win handily, and aren't we near the top of the league for regulation wins?

I think it's a lot closer than some think. Also it really doesn't matter as head to head matchups are much more important in the playoffs anyways.

Some teams just have other teams numbers.

The Knights and the Stars worry me for this reason. The other teams in the west? Not so much.

A dream scenario is those 2 get knocked out in the first round Avs we advance

 

[WolfHouse]

Now you know even more.

A close second to boobie pics

 

[Joe Hallenback]

I feel shame for not predicting the David Gustafson would be the boost the Jets needed...

Its not helping people's crusades when they were completely and utterly wrong about the outcome of the game

 

[Jet]

To be fair, Brossoit was way more than not good enough for the oilers... he owes Wade Flaherty for transforming his career.

I won't argue with that. There's a reason he's survived coaching changes here - we are so lucky to have him.

But, I'll also say maybe they just gave up on him too soon, like they did wth Dubnyk, Talbot etc.

Of course being a defensive nightmare probably played into it too lol

 

[snowkiddin]

That was much more like the Jets’ performance in December. Brosswall played well but it’s not like he had to fantastic or anything, the team defence was miles ahead of where it’s been lately. You could see Dallas getting frustrated.

Stick to the system and see how far you can run it in the playoffs.

 

[snowkiddin]

Its not helping people's crusades when they were completely and utterly wrong about the outcome of the game

To be fair, the people arguing that Connor and Scheifele shouldn’t be together were basing that off five years of data, rather than one (excellent as it was) game.

The biggest positive takeaway from me this game is the Jets are still capable of playing their system and how they played in December. It seems like they hadn’t played that Bones defensive hockey for a while, and I think the posters that have attributed that to attrition might be right. They played fantastic defensive hockey last night and completely neutered Dallas.

They’re now picking up momentum heading into the playoffs which is refreshing compared to stumbling in like in past seasons.

 

[Stumbledore]

I don't want to say some of you guys don't know much but man some of you guys don't know much

The pre game thread looks idiotic now

This should be automatically flashed whenever the experts start telling us why Chevy and Bones are stupid and losers and never making good decisions.

 

[Guardian17]

Inpressive win!

This team drives me crazy when they play so good one night and so not good another.

 

[Jets 31]

Samberg probably had his best game of the season, stopped that one goal from crossing the goal line, he's getting better and better every game.

 

[MrBoJangelz71]

Stanley trending upward.......
Pionk should be in purgatory......

Pionk is broken right now. He was awful again last night, a night were we looked fantastic.

Stanley seems to have figured out what his game needs to look like to stick. He was moving pucks quickly and correctly, gets shots on net, played physical and kept it simple.

That third pairing with Samberg was as solid all game.

We effectively have 10 playable Dmen with a press box of Miller, Schmidt, Heinola, Cappo for playoffs

Even crazier considering we lost 2 NHL dmen to waivers this season.

 

[rkp]

Jets have to get thru the first round and it ll be wide open......

 

[WolfHouse]

Its not helping people's crusades when they were completely and utterly wrong about the outcome of the game

I can assure you that not one person was predicted a 3-0 shutout... I was hoping for a 3-2 loss or perhaps miracle win

A lot of guys were quietly talking about how 2nd place doesn't matter - without coming out and saying that they thought we would lose... much easier to sit on your hands before the game than after

Let's hope the Jets stay focused and don't get cocky before the Avs

Samberg probably had his best game of the season, stopped that one goal from crossing the goal line, he's getting better and better every game.

Ive been pumping his tires to play on the right side for a long time - sure looks comfortable there - would love to see

That being said, somehow Stanley-Pionk combo looked decent last night too haha

 

[ps241]

But this is true for all teams. No team can keep up the consistency for 82 games. And trying to is a fools errand as it will just burn you out early. Every team this year has had their periods of looking like shit. Getting hot and being healthy come puck drop in the playoffs is all that really matters.

Full disclosure: I am as guilty as the next on this.


I think there is a danger in extracting the absolute best stretch of a game or games and thinking now if we could just do that for a full 60 minutes or the rest of the season. In the same fashion I think when we extract the worst stretch and think that is going to last, its fools gold.

I have used the analogy before but it’s like if you are a golfer and you usually get two pars a round, 10 bogies, 4 doubles, and maybe a couple of snowman. Inevitably the narrative comes up “I just need to do what I did on the holes where I had par” as if that is the default skill level and all the other events are an not really representative of the real me?

20 teams in the NHL would be amazing if all they did was stitch together 82 games of their best game of the season. They would also be a lottery team if the ran off 82 games of their worst game of the season.

Now compound that by factoring in there is another team on the ice that is usually pretty dam good trying to win and they have their good and bad games too.

When we have a shit period usually it’s because the other team is having a good period not because we randomly went into the tank.

Nobody in the league is consistent, thats not really how sports with two teams and allot of individuals plays out. We just need to keep grinding.

Always fun to be on a winning streak.