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Oh I agree.....the equipment is half the equation, player size also a factor. That amount of coverage works well with the minimalist technique, but when a big goalie flops around it's disastrous. See 6'7" Fedotov.
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I heard Tom Cruise has a clause where no one can look taller than him on screenWhat if Helle has a clause in his new contract that, if in the running, the team has to ensure he is the only one to win it.
Like how the Rock can’t lose a fight in any movie.
raideralex99
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Demoting a player or sitting him is not a bad thing … a coach can tell a lot about a player’s character. If he pouts or complains and does not come back stronger that’s a me player you don’t want on your team.
Look how the players respond …. they play better thats a sign of a player who wants to improve and help the team.
Names from 1st to 4th line … you don’t see his game change. Stanley sat out the first 43 of 50 games his game has improve. Perfetti comes back better. Even LB he could easily be a #1 goalie on at least half the teams in the NHL never complains.
It’s called team chemistry they play as a team and those teams are the ones that win.
I have to admit I was really pissed off at the comments yesterday coming from so called Jet fans over a simple lineup change at the end of the season.
Ah, Dallas — absolutely mystifying to me as a kid growing up in the Western Isles. Though we sympathized with the lack of trees, and the wind blowing ol’ JR’s Stetson off if it weren’t plumb buckled down.I did not expect that result tonight. Bravo Jets! Congrats to Croissant for the buttery goodness of a shutout and to the twenty-nine HFJets posters who picked the Jets to win tonight! This, and the New York Rangers game, are how I want to see the Jets play in the playoffs. I give this game five "J.R. Ewing's" out of five...
The Prediction Contest for the game against the Avalanche has been posted for your guesses. Only three games remaining to try to win it, so make sure you're in it! I have already made a GDT for the Colorado game and will post it sometime tomorrow night. The game against the Krakenheads is still available, the last one that is, so if your creative juices are flowing, it is the perfect opportunity to make one final regular season GDT before the Thirteenth Annual GDT Awards are handed out against the Vancouver Canuckleheads. See you all on Saturday! Good night...
Oh, and @sipowicz and company, the game starts at 3:00pm on Saturday...
That was a fun game to watch. Felt a bit desperate at times but much more structured and disciplined, especially in the D zone, with players checking back and playing simple exits with options — forcing the Stars to lug it back in… and in… and in… and in… while Croissant played his big and boring Helle game.
Thought the second line was terrific, and the 3rd and 4th very good, while the first was and steady, looking to pick their spots rather than cheat the play, as Sawzall might say. Plenty of details taken care of, lots of playing the right way. Liked Stan’s game again, thought Sam was great and Pionk relatively harmless, and JMo and the others played a more straight-line but highly effective game.
Nice to see Gus in and playing so well — his game isn’t flashy but he makes smart plays all over the ice, and the idea that players like him, Cole etc can spot in and make +++ contributions is still such a novelty for us grizzled fans.
The Jets don’t have the star power of some top teams (minus Helle, and goalies aren’t stars anymore in the same way I guess), so if they go far it will be through patience, 5-man movement and depth that allows them to frustrate opponents until their skill can grab and opp. It’s more of a chess-game but fascinating in its own right.
Great win, strong play across the board, looking forward to another calmer and simpler game with even icetime on Saturday. Onward and continually upward!
Man what the f*** is with all of the early starts for afternoon games lately? 3PM? f*** off, this game for divisional seeding heading into the playoffs should be prime-time. God damn NHL.
Well, they wouldn't be as big...
Ken Dryden vs Connor Hellebuyck - both 6'4" goalies - but look at Hellebuyck's arms and shoulders. His glove and blocker are bulkier. Plus the square leg pads allows him to seal off the bottom of the ice. Gotta think Helle's peripheral vision is much better with the new style masks as well. And Hellebuyck's kit weighs a lot less and doesn't absorb sweat and water from the ice surface to get heavier as the game goes on...
It's great to see how many HFJets lizards have egg on their faces this morning!
After all the gloom and doom in the lead up to the game, I even changed my prediction to a Stars' victory. Oh me of little faith! I was so blind to believe those who dumped on the coach and players, who produced glittering stats proving that this player should never play with that player, who convinced me that Pionk is a disaster, Ehlers is a waste of bench space, Toffoli is too slow, the Jets' goalie coach is always wrong, and Chevy should go out to his cabin and hang himself.
Yes, I hang my head in shame. I was deceived. When the mob cried that Perfetti should be in the game and the coach was an idiot, I raised my pitchfork along with everyone else. When the rabid mob decried Scheifele and Connor playing together and the coach was an idiot (and had numbers, oh so many numbers, to prove it!) I joined in the swell of the crowd. When the loud majority issued insults at the notion of putting Gus-Gus into a game and the coach was an idiot, I rained down my rancid disdain along with the howling mob.
But this morning I see we have 49 wins. This morning I see we have a 5 game winning streak.
And I hang my head in shame. Oh, so much shame!
After all the gloom and doom in the lead up to the game, I even changed my prediction to a Stars' victory. Oh me of little faith! I was so blind to believe those who dumped on the coach and players, who produced glittering stats proving that this player should never play with that player, who convinced me that Pionk is a disaster, Ehlers is a waste of bench space, Toffoli is too slow, the Jets' goalie coach is always wrong, and Chevy should go out to his cabin and hang himself.
Yes, I hang my head in shame. I was deceived. When the mob cried that Perfetti should be in the game and the coach was an idiot, I raised my pitchfork along with everyone else. When the rabid mob decried Scheifele and Connor playing together and the coach was an idiot (and had numbers, oh so many numbers, to prove it!) I joined in the swell of the crowd. When the loud majority issued insults at the notion of putting Gus-Gus into a game and the coach was an idiot, I rained down my rancid disdain along with the howling mob.
But this morning I see we have 49 wins. This morning I see we have a 5 game winning streak.
And I hang my head in shame. Oh, so much shame!
At least Pamela Ewing had faith in the Jets...
Yeah great breakdown.
Our team is at its best when we are forcing teams to come at us and disrupting their entries and exits. We have the skill to make teams pay in transition.
We are at our worst when other teams are pressuring our breakout and we can't get any zone time because we keep having to fight to break out or dump it in consistently.
Much like our goalie, we play at our best when we are boring and in the right position all the time.
There's apparently some rule about the timing of regional games vs. Sportsnet's nationally broadcast games.
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Wait until the playoffs when they make a Jets home game start at 8 or 9,
Personally, later games work better for me so that would actually be ideal; however, I recognize that this is not the case for the majority of fans.
Yeah — while I don’t get to hang here as often as before, the Jets fan friendly fire is getting exhausting. Stats, no stats, optimist, pessimist, effusive, cautious, GIF-loving, MS-DOS hoarding — this forum should be the biggest possible tent, no? It’s kinda tiring, so much thread litter.
Anyway — great to see the team playing like the November Jets again and I’m gonna take a few minutes to savour The Bross — he’s got to be the best 2nd goalie this team has seen since a raw talent named Helle was nipping at Pavs skates way back when.
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It's pretty near the time he needs to be sitting on some other teams bench.
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Yup. Have to hope his pending injury is minor and he is ready for the PO.
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if the goalie appears in net during play..it's a game played. 2 mins 3 mins... 2 periods whatever...
Say Helle runs out at the end of the third with 20 seconds left and Jets are up 4-1.... they put Bro in/ that's a GP.
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Credit where due.
Recent Stanley has not been good with qualifiers, like 'for Stanley' or 'for a huge guy who is sheltered' or anything else that might have been said. He has been good, period.
Ever consider that Pavelec's regression was perhaps due to his "lifestyle"? I was once on the Fire Flaherty bandwagon too. I think that he has helped both Helly and Larry. Remember when Helly's weak spot was "high, glove side"? Not anymore except hen he looks tired. Both current Jets' goalies don't move around much, very efficient and not as energy-draining. (Watch Wolfe in Calgary for the antithesis. Their goalie coach has got to get that under control if he's going to be The Guy there.) The Jets finally got rid of Huddy with reason and they've kept Flaherty with reason.
Go Jets Go!
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I still don't like some of his lineup decisions - but I can't argue with the results. That was the first game in a very long time that 1st half Jets were fully back. There have been a couple of other games where they hinted at being back but didn't quite get there.Even Stanley - Samberg worked. Now just put Miller in for Pionk. (like that would ever happen
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I read post 208 and had a good laugh. Then I read posts like this and 219 and go back to 208 and start laughing all over again.
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