But had the Jets lost the focus would have shifted to doom and gloom and how the surging Stars are closing in. They would have spun it into a negative on the Jets.
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I despise the Oilers and this loser Gene wannabe Principe .
Not a big fan of Principe either but man you gotta admit he has nice hair.
Yes, looking good. But I believe in not counting the chickens.
Rantanen looked pedestrian, and according to the last few pages of the Avs last GDT Nelson has been invisible since arriving in Colorado.
Meanwhile both of the Chevy pickups have been putting their stamp on each game played, and are just elevating what we already had going on here. At this point in time I'm thrilled with how things turned out and that we still have our 1st and top prospects in the system.
Meanwhile both of the Chevy pickups have been putting their stamp on each game played, and are just elevating what we already had going on here. At this point in time I'm thrilled with how things turned out and that we still have our 1st and top prospects in the system.
I'm pretty sure the Sens and Habs have also had TSN as their regional TV broadcaster as well. But yea, I agree that the Jets being with TSN is one of the reasons Sportsnet seems to write the Jets off.
Teams in the SN stable are better served on game days as their host travel with the team providing a little more insight. Small market Jets gets the bargain basement treatment from TSN
Only thing to do is to show 'em.
Day after Jets win the SC, TSN and SN will be all about Leafs trying to sign Marner.
No, wait. That will be the day Jets win. Next day will be all about TML going to extend Tavares and Marner and trade for McDavid and Makar and win the Cup next year.
Results so far,
If anything, they are adding to the chemistry.
I will take my ration of crow now - lots of ketchup please (French's Canadian grown tomatoes).
They started off the 2023-24 season badly, then went on a tear the rest of the way, made the playoffs and went to game 7 of the Cup final...and they were pretty good out of the gate this year, until the last couple of months. But it was at least, what, 125 games of .600+ hockey? That's quite a streak...
I know most everyone here credits Arniel but he deserves more.
He was never supposed to get another shot after failing with CBJ. If it wasn't for Jets Old Boys Club he probably wouldn't have. He has done an absolutely fantastic job. He kept the best of Bowness' systems and fixed what was wrong with them. Credit to his assistants too, but they were Arniel hires.
I'm not ignoring Chevy or the players themselves but just want to give Arniel big credit where it's due.
Hair grease and orange-face goop suppliers would agree. Who else buys the stuff by the truckload?Not a big fan of Principe either but man you gotta admit he has nice hair.
I have had to eat my fair share of crow this season. I have never been happier to do that so let's hope the trend continues and only the finest Canadian grow totmatoes!Results so far,
If anything, they are adding to the chemistry.
I will take my ration of crow now - lots of ketchup please (French's Canadian grown tomatoes).
Amen! I was excited that Tofoli agreed to come here until I saw his effort when the going go t tough. He seemed to check out. I cannot see Schenn or Tanev doing that here.
2023 TD we got Nino for a 2nd and Namestnikov for a 4th - retained both. Pretty tough to beat that.
Samberg doesn't score enough (yet) to be considered elite. But if we are looking at defensive Dmen I think he is in that category now. Sign him for 8 years Chevy. Pay what he is worth, which is a lot.
The story about the Jets win on teh TSN website was about 2/3rd's of the way down. It was after curling and there were at least 6 or 7 Leafs or leaf related stories before it.
I agree if the Leafs were in the Jets position there would be 8 to 10 stories dedicated just to the game and another 5 to discuss how amazing it is for Canada a the yare doing so well.
It is very annoying but the Torontocentric bias will, unfortunately, never stop given the size of the Province and the vast number of Leaf fans across Canada. The jets could win the cup and a leafs story about Mitch Marner having a hang nail or Nylander deciding to wear a shirt for an interview would likely be the lead story.
I think Buffdog was asking about Rantanen with and without MacKinnon - whether he was somewhat of a product of MacKinnon's greatness.
Looking at 5v5 for the two full season prior to this one (2022-23 + 2023-24) just to exclude his lackluster moping on the Canes and adjusting to different systems or whatever was going on this year:
| Rantanen | TOI | CF% | GF-GA | +/- | GF% | xGF% |
| with MacK | 1931:49 | 56.5% | 128-83 | +45 | 60.7% | 55.0% |
| w/o MacK | 794:03 | 47.9% | 34-42 | -8 | 44.7% | 47.8% |
If you look back a bit farther - like 2021-22, then he's great with MacKinnon (similar to above) but even better without MacKinnon. That was their Cup year. Had a deep team with Landeskog and Kadri, etc. Rantanen-MacKinnon-Landeskog was a hell of a dominant line, btw...and Rantanen without either of those guys on the ice was good, not great.
If you look at this year he's very similar to the table above with MacKinnon, and worse than the results without MacKinnon (44% CF, 11-11/50% GF, 36.5% xGF)...but it's a pretty small sample (<200 TOI) w/o MacK, and new systems, sulking and whining, etc.
TLDR: Last two years (and also this one) Rantanen hasn't looked very good without MacK. I think he's a good player, but maybe overrated because of how good he and MacK went together.
tsn headline after the Jets win the cup (im knocking on wood so hard I think my knuckles will bleed)Only thing to do is to show 'em.
Day after Jets win the SC, TSN and SN will be all about Leafs trying to sign Marner.
No, wait. That will be the day Jets win. Next day will be all about TML going to extend Tavares and Marner and trade for McDavid and Makar and win the Cup next year.
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With the Oilers over the past three seasons they have lost in the Conference finals, then lost in the second round, then went to the finals last year. Looks like they will be playing LA in the first round as usual so I’m not sure they are killing themselves during this regular season. Hard for me to get a gauge if they are struggling or just pacing themselves.
It's hilarious how people will say that the Jets are only as good as Helle plays.... turns out it's true for all teams and their goalies... here's Skinner's game log since the start of February. No team can win with that kind of goaltending (and it warms my heart lol)
HELLEBUYCK SCHEIFELE MORRISSEY and CONNOR WANT TO PLAY FOR LEAFS NEXT SEASON!!!
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