Post-Game Talk: Jets/Flames, Jets 3-2 Victory!

[Hunter368]

PMO virtually admitted there Wheeler is dealing with an injury, he stated something about he can talk about it in 2-3 weeks.......clearly playing with an injury

 

[Adam da bomb]

We should see what PLD looks like in limited minutes with Wheeler his first few games.

Harkins Scheif Ehlers 19
KC Stastny Copper 17
KV PLD Wheeler 14
MP Lowry Apples 10

JMo Poink 22
Forbort/Heinola DD 22
Stan the Man Poolman/Boolow 16

obvious

Yep except kv Lewis is more deserving of being in line up right now.

 

[10Ducky10]

Time for Wheeler to pull an Yzerman and turn into a D specialist???

 

[Aggie204]

Told my wife the Jets were gonna win (she doesn’t care about hockey) after she told me they suck. So I’m annoying the hell outta her

 

[jepjepjoo]

Does xGF% stand for expected goals for ?

Expected goals for %

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Ordering my Forbort jersey for sure now. It will be like that Simpsons episode where Al Gore finally sold a copy of his book and he got an alert about it

Not gonna lie but I wrote a book and have also sold one copy. One. No alert though.

 

[dcypher]

Told my wife the Jets were gonna win (she doesn’t care about hockey) after she told me they suck. So I’m annoying the hell outta her

Do your best Sawyer impression all night. She'll really be annoyed. lol

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Oh I thought the game was tomorrow. How did the boys look?

Greatest sports team of all time. Shame you missed it.

 

[Teemusalami204]

PMO virtually admitted there Wheeler is dealing with an injury, he stated something about he can talk about it in 2-3 weeks.......clearly playing with an injury

First couple games I called this. I had a hunch and I didn’t believe his play could drop so far so fast

 

[VictoriaJetsFan]

Expected goals for %

so percentage of what? is that per 6o min? thanks

 

[surixon]

PMO virtually admitted there Wheeler is dealing with an injury, he stated something about he can talk about it in 2-3 weeks.......clearly playing with an injury

Well then perhaps he should come out of the lineup and heal up properly. He is worth more to us healthy then injured at his age.

 

[Hunter368]

First couple games I called this. I had a hunch and I didn’t believe his play could drop so far so fast

Yup, his results defensively & 5vs5 have been bad.......PP he's had more success. The big difference between the two is one requires a bunch of skating & endurance and the other one is more stationary. Watching him play you can see he's struggling skating and/or endurance wise. I'm curious to hear eventually what the injury is.

 

[bob77]

Yeah and how many of those points are on the PP which is basically a skills competition where he's able to float around behind the net. And if you take his points and subtract the goals against that he's been directly related to they'd damn near even out. This isnt the 1980's, youve gotta be able to play defensively and right now he's a complete liability. You think its a coincidence that his ice time was way down and he barely saw the ice in the 3rd? The coaches are concerned too. I love Wheels but his overall play this season is concerning.

Thats why it’s important to dress each night a lineup of role players and go from there. Conner is a Pp specialist. Forbort is a good defender. Pionk PP. Stanley stable third pair. Etc. You need a little bit of everything in the toolbox. Some players get more ice when we are ahead. Some get more when we are behind. The score isn’t always 0-0

 

[heilongjetsfan]

Dominant performance?

lol, in the 1st, yeah. 2nd was decent - you could call it competitive. in the 3rd? it was like someone told the guys they could get all 3 points if they went to overtime.

 

[Hunter368]

Well then perhaps he should come out of the lineup and heal up properly. He is worth more to us healthy then injured at his age.

Reasonable question. That will be a player/coach/Doctor decision, clearly PMO has decided it warrants reducing his role & TOI. 13:04 only tonight, he's definitely nursing something.

 

[jepjepjoo]

so percentage of what? is that per 6o min? thanks

For example

5xGf 10xGa = 33.33
10xGf 5xGa = 66.67

 

[LucianoBorsato]

Not gonna lie but I wrote a book and have also sold one copy. One. No alert though.

That's one more than I've sold ha

 

[NBjet]

PMO virtually admitted there Wheeler is dealing with an injury, he stated something about he can talk about it in 2-3 weeks.......clearly playing with an injury

There you have it... Do you remember a few years ago when he got checked into the open door to the bench, ribs first? I was like, well there goes the season for him! Then he was back on the ice in a couple of shifts, and we're like how is that even possible?! Well, I don't remember the details, but earlier this year there was a similar incident where I was like, OK, see you in 10 games, and he was right back on the ice, then I remembered the door incedent and was like, oh, yeah, of course he's back! This explains a lot. Some will say that if he's injured and ineffective, he shouldn't be playing, but there are intangibles here that MAKE A TEAM! The captain has been playing injured and a lot of people have been shi**ing on him, but it may just be for the greater good!!!

 

[Weezeric]

We should see what PLD looks like in limited minutes with Wheeler his first few games.

Harkins Scheif Ehlers 19
KC Stastny Copper 17
KV PLD Wheeler 14
MP Lowry Apples 10

JMo Poink 22
Forbort/Heinola DD 22
Stan the Man Poolman/Boolow 16

obvious

I can’t imagine watching these first ten games and thinking, “we’ve got to cut lowrys minutes in half”.....

 

[PhilJets]

Granted the captain is injured.
And the coach knows this first hand , obviously.

Why the heck you keep giving him that much ice time, until the last couple games.

Get well cappy!!!

 

[29from27and55]

Anyone still wishing we didn’t have Forbort?

i wish we had someone better than him and have him on the 3rd pairing.. why would we want him hes slow and cant make a pass to save his life. but he helped us win today so i will give him one or two mistakes next game before i mention how horrible he is lol

 

[Ducky10]

Yeah, he only leads the team in assists and is 2nd in points. Brutal.

He’s been brutal in lots of areas and I like Wheeler. I don’t think it’s that crazy people are unhappy with his performance so far. Maurice seems a bit unimpressed as well lately.

 

[29from27and55]

appleton really showcasing himself for seattle.. man hes playing well and had an amazing game

lowry is night and day from last year prob being so close to his dad he doesnt wanna hear those long ride home dad talks about sucking and needing to play harder

ehlers elevates every line when hes playing well and shief had more jump than usual copp really making me think twice about calling him a bottom sixer.. well nah he still got stone hands!! lol jk

wheeler started slow but had his head on a swivvel after being lost on the first goal thats all he needs to do keep it simple and play

morrisey still just not the same

bross wall hell of a win

 

[Ducky10]

Yeah it's comical that goals keep going in when he's on the ice but neither of the minuses he got were his fault tonight.

Meh, he was easily in a good position to prevent that first goal by Tkachuk. He got caught puck watching and got burned. I thought it was far too typical of his play inside his own blue line as of late.

 

[jepjepjoo]

There you have it... Do you remember a few years ago when he got checked into the open door to the bench, ribs first? I was like, well there goes the season for him! Then he was back on the ice in a couple of shifts, and we're like how is that even possible?! Well, I don't remember the details, but earlier this year there was a similar incident where I was like, OK, see you in 10 games, and he was right back on the ice, then I remembered the door incedent and was like, oh, yeah, of course he's back! This explains a lot. Some will say that if he's injured and ineffective, he shouldn't be playing, but there are intangibles here that MAKE A TEAM! The captain has been playing injured and a lot of people have been shi**ing on him, but it may just be for the greater good!!!

I'm not buying that Wheeler was injured to start the season. He was averaging 20:13 before tonights game. PoMo saying he's been fantastic and producing despite being moved around makes me question his ability to objectively assess the play of his favorites. -10 and 2 points 5on5.

Might be nursing something now, but why would PoMo overplay him earlier if he has an injury?