Series Discussion: Jets (C1) vs Blues (WC2) - Western Conference First Round

[blues10]

Jets in 6 or 7. The Blues are a well coached hockey team that will be ready. I’m sure they will be comfortable running either goalie too. They also have some depth. Series not starting until Sunday and then possibly having a 2 day break at some point will be interesting.

It’s going to be important for the Jets to get off to a strong start in this series and not start chasing games.

PP will need to come through in the few chance we get.

 

[bustamente]

 

[10Ducky10]

Jets in 5, maybe 6.

 

[roccerfeller]

Gotta say, Blues fans on HF are cool as f*** and always have been.

(Maybe my opinion will change in a few weeks lol)

They’re great, and a cool bunch indeed

I remember 2018 when we had stastny they cheered us on
In 2019 they were solid about beating us and so I jumped on their bandwagon after (also to cheer them the way they did cheer us the year before - and they ended up winning which was a cool story)

I respect their fan base for sure.

 

[bustamente]

Rogers might dictate a Saturday start for the Jets

 

[roccerfeller]

Gotta admit. I’m a bit worried about Binnington.

Big games & big stages is where he’s good.

 

[roccerfeller]

The storybook cup run is in play.

Blues
Avs
Vegas
Paul Maurice *(or PLD)

^*

 

[bustamente]

Blues Robert Thomas left tonight's game against the HC with a lower body injury

 

[gojetsgo]

Rogers might dictate a Saturday start for the Jets

tbh rogers may not even know who we are

 

[jetsfan15]

Blues are the best of the wildcard teams but, barring a complete collapse in their game they've played all season, the Jets should take this one in five.

Agreed that the blues are the best of the wildcard teams. That being said, out of all the western conference teams, if it isn’t the Minnesota Wild then probably the blues are the team you’d prefer to play from the rest of the teams that clinched. Would rather play the blues than Dallas, Colorado, Edmonton, LA, or Vegas.

Yes, being rewarded with the Minnesota Wild for winning the top seed in the west would have been nice. But the second best outcome in my view from the teams that made it are the blues.

 

[bustamente]

tbh rogers may not even know who we are

Oh they know, the hate is real, they may even suggest a b2b in this series

 

[RestlessYoungZero]

Blues arena is unavailable on the 26th, unless Katt Williams wants to move his show.

I don't see how that is the different maker on when the games in Winnipeg are scheduled? They're going to have an awkward break anyway, give Canada (and Winnipeg, the damn Presidents Trophy winner) a prime Saturday night game

 

[blues10]

Gotta admit. I’m a bit worried about Binnington.

Big games & big stages is where he’s good.

He has certainly proven that during his career.

He has not played in Winnipeg much the last few years IIRC. Hofer seems to get most of the starts here. I’m just going off memory and could be wrong.

I have no doubts that he is their go to guy in game #1.

 

[10Ducky10]

Blues Robert Thomas left tonight's game against the HC with a lower body injury

Precautionary

 

[Puckatron 3000]

I don't really get how the Blues barn being booked on the 25th/26th makes a Sunday start time better.

 

[jetsfan15]

Blues Robert Thomas left tonight's game against the HC with a lower body injury

I think their coach said he was taken out just for precautionary reasons

 

[bustamente]

I think their coach said he was taken out just for precautionary reasons

Precautionary

With the playoffs right around the corner I wouldn't expect him to say anything else

 

[Mooche]

Blues Robert Thomas left tonight's game against the HC with a lower body injury

Something to keep an eye on here for sure. Might be precautionary with the lead they had tonight. That would be a major blow to them if it's something more than that.

 

[jetsfan15]

Statistically, I look at the overall stats for the blues and Jets for the whole season and I think we are clearly better. However, the difficult thing to figure out is what to make of the blues games after the 4-nations tournament. It’s a fairly large sample size of games where their record is basically akin to a top seed team (20-4-3). Is that a good representation of what the team became? Or were they just really hot and really the stats for the 82-game season is more representative of their game, rather than the final 30 games or so? Hard to say lol.

 

[Dirtyclapper]

Gotta admit. I’m a bit worried about Binnington.

Big games & big stages is where he’s good.

I dont want to state the opposite out loud but I'm not afraid of the rematch from 4 nations. Kyle Connor gets his chance at redemption. They have to come to our house and take what's ours, and Mark gets to play this time.

 

[Hank Chinaski]

I don't really get how the Blues barn being booked on the 25th/26th makes a Sunday start time better.

EDIT: Mooche’s post below explains it better.

 

[jetsfan15]

Something to keep an eye on here for sure. Might be precautionary with the lead they had tonight. That would be a major blow to them if it's something more than that.

If we are to believe the coach, he’ll be fine and will be there game 1. If he doesn’t play though, that’s a big change to their lineup. One thing I was thinking about re: the Wild is all the games Kaprizov missed - he just came back, makes them a better team. Don’t get me wrong, the Wild are the weaker matchup in my view. Losing Thomas would be a big loss for them. But based on the coach’s comments it seems he’ll be fine…

 

[gojetsgo]

a blues fan posted that under montgomery they are 14-14-4 against playoff teams

 

[RestlessYoungZero]

I still think the Blues record and stats post 4-Nations are artificially inflated by the quality of their competition, there was a LOT of games against non-playoff teams through that entire stretch. A couple wins against contenders but its not like they were battling a tough schedule.

 

[Mooche]

I don't really get how the Blues barn being booked on the 25th/26th makes a Sunday start time better.

If it's Sunday, we are probably looking at something like this for G1-G4 to avoid their arena conflict.

Sunday (20th) and Tuesday (22nd) in Winnipeg.

Thursday (24th) and Sunday (27th) in St Louis.