Post-Game Talk: New era begins with a win! 4-1 Jets

[GumbyCan2]

Good overall 1st start, home-opener win. Yeah. HC Bones has to proud of them, 1st period and strong 3rd period push-back. 2nd gave him lots of work on points to compare "the good he wants" and "the bad he doesn't like". Impressive showing of bench comraderie, lots of talking to each other and involved coaches inter-acting with players in-game all 3 periods. Never recall seeing that so vivdly and a change in play on the ice as 5-man units, all 4 forward lines & 3 d-pairings. Bodes well for lots of hope for a better season with hopeful end-of-year success and Playoff games again. Long season to go but...very hopefully.

 

[buggs]

Lots of fun downtown tonight. New beer prices for season ticket holders takes a star of the game for me tonight.

What an absolute surprise that was. I get a discount on beer that's not Bud?? Hell, yes. Although later in the game the app congratulated me for reaching top tier in rewards but also suggested I check in to a rehab clinic. Not sure what was up with that.

Enjoyable game to be at, but the crowd was as quiet as a Sunday afternoon game. Pretty darn lame really, nothing like the early seasons.

Second period was awful. Like horribad.

Scheifele siting below his own goal line. I nearly crapped my pants out of pleasure. Had a real bad shift in the second I believe with multiple giveaways (imagine one of our young guys did that?) and we escaped - so nice to see Arniel come over when he came to the bench to address it rather than just let it slide.

Did not like Stanley's game. He wasn't terrible, but neither was he good. Play on Gagner's goal redeemed him but rest of his game was marginal. That pairing wasn't impressive to me.

I thought Perfetti struggled a bit, but was good overall. I think he just needs more games at this level to get fully into it. Some brilliant passes but thought he was a bit overwhelmed at time.

Also thought Ehlers needed to settle a bit. He's so very good but seemed to be clutching the stick a bit tight tonight. Finally getting the time he deserves and wouldn't be surprised when he settle into the roll if he pots 40 this year. That whole line was terrifying and really not that bad defensively, the latter being a real nice surprise.

Connor kind of quiet, but it seemed the Rags were really focused on him.

Helle in Vezina form. So solid.

Thankful we got the backup tender and the Rags on a B2B. They are a very, very good team.

Overall a real nice start to the season.

 

[Jets]

If you thought Sara Orlesky was brutal on TSN interviews with the missed words and lack of coherent sentences, its 10x worse when she has to carry and host a postgame show. Yikes.

 

[Cleatus]

I think Dubois should stay as a centre for now
That leaves Perfetti (too new) or Wheeler (not that again) on the 1st
I also don't want to demote Ehlers after he finally hits Line 1 and KC doesn't deserve to go down either

Let's stick with these lines for now and possibly later switch to something like PSE and CDW

Wheeler's also played center in the past. Could be worth a try if the current 2nd line can't get chemistry going.

 

[surixon]

I'm going to have to peek at HockeyViz's game shift charts tomorrow when my subscription level gets access to it because I honestly thought Dillon struggled tonight, but perhaps my memory is plagued by the 2nd period when everyone was. My working theory on why I thought this way (based on Garret's manual tracking) was because of the forwards - especially 91-80-26 - doing most of the work in transition with every pairing (especially zone exits), and especially so with the 5-4 pairing. Perhaps 5-4 did a better job than I thought of keeping things to the perimeter and tied up along the boards, allowing 80 to pick up the puck and carry it out of the DZ.

Still, it hurt that 2nd line in being able to generate much offensively, as they had to carry the puck a full 200ft (even though Perfetti was magical with the puck tonight), whereas 5-4 dumped the puck every time with the 3rd and 4th lines and let them forecheck a tired Rangers squad to death in the 3rd. I think swapping 81 and 91 already would do wonders, since Ehlers works best when the puck gets to his stick in space that Perfetti has shown exceptional talent in doing, while 81 needs a ton of help to get into the OZ before he can work his skills in smaller spaces.

Other than that, I thought DeMelo had an uncharacteristically bad game. Stanley had a few good passes that led to exits, but he was struggling to keep up with the play even off faceoffs, deferring constantly to collapse to net front and then looked for the nearest guy to put his stick across his back. His spin-o-rama on the goal against was just the cherry on top. 3rd and 4th line with more trust in an aggressive forecheck paid dividends tonight - but it was against a NYR team on a B2B and 3rd game in 4 nights. We'll see if they can keep up that up.

I'm trying not to remember thay second period lol. You could be right as I might be overinflating their influence because they looked visually better tonight then last year.

Yeah the top 6 lacks balance on each line imo. Cole needs a finisher on his line until he gets fully comfortable and starts to better use his shot. Also speed to ope things up for him would also help. Really him and Blake like to do the same things on the ice and those skills are better off spread out as is our shooting talent.

I agree with Garett that the third pairing killed the second line tonight. Absolute awful breakout passing by them. The Stanley experiment needs to end.

 

[GNP]

Gaigner May find himself in the 3rd line, Appleton and Lowry are black holes offensivly

Very true what you say here Sip, or this new guy "Axel" they just picked up, may be a perfect addition to that 3rd line. I really liked his hi-lite reels, and he's very fast, and with decent scoring hands. I think he'll work out great. Gagner, as you say may be moved up to the 3rd line, as Lowry and Appleton don't have good hands.

 

[PhilJets]

The Jets iced Perrault-Little-Armia in the playoffs. Also Perreault-Hendricks-Armia was a pretty killer line in the regular season.

That's some crazy top 12 for the JETS

CSW
ESL
TLC
PLA

That was their chance to win it all

Defense
EB
MT
MC

 

[GumbyCan2]

Good overall 1st start, home-opener win. Yeah. HC Bones has to proud of them, 1st period and strong 3rd period push-back. 2nd gave him lots of work on points to compare "the good he wants" and "the bad he doesn't like". Impressive showing of bench comraderie, lots of talking to each other and involved coaches inter-acting with players in-game all 3 periods. Never recall seeing that so vivdly and a change in play on the ice as 5-man units, all 4 forward lines & 3 d-pairings. Bodes well for lots of hope for a better season with hopeful end-of-year success and Playoff games again. Long season to go but...very hopefull.

 

[sipowicz]

Very true what you say here Sip, or this new guy "Axel" they just picked up, may be a perfect addition to that 3rd line. I really liked his hi-lite reels, and he's very fast, and with decent scoring hands. I think he'll work out great. Gaigner, as you say may be moved up to the 3rd line, as Lowry and Appleton don't have good hands.

just don’t see Appleton as a 3rd line player, he’s okay defensively but challenged Hurtkins-Tony-NATO like offensively and the 4th line has his name on it!

Mo’s Jets used the 3rd line as a checking/shutdown line but you won’t go far with that when the line can’t bring some offence in todays NHL

 

[The Blue Baron]

great first, second seemed like we couldn't make a pass and it caused us to play slow and rangers took advantage but unlike last year it seems we have way better structure then in the 3rd we played like we did in the first plus we got an ultra rare 4th line goal!

lol

lets hope so,..

 

[jetsforever]

That's some crazy top 12 for the JETS

CSW
ESL
TLC
PLA

That was their chance to win it all

Defense
EB
MT
MC

Man I forgot how deep we were

 

[BrokerD]

If you thought Sara Orlesky was brutal on TSN interviews with the missed words and lack of coherent sentences, its 10x worse when she has to carry and host a postgame show. Yikes.

She was having a rough night. It’s like nothing was in sync

 

[JetsFan815]

Dubois assist aside was not very good. Poor puck management and was overpassing all night or making poor reads. He also needs to up his physical game.

Agreed... somehow he is credited with 3 "hits" for that game, I don't recall a single one. Hometown tracking at work it seems. A man of his size should be dictating the play a bit more. He can't have a guy 10 year older than him and a rookie show him up out there. According to MoneyPuck he was the worst Jet when it comes to xGoal%.

 

[Jetabre]

82-0 dream still alive.

 

[Zippity]

How wil jets make the fans enjoy the experience? So quiet. Only noise was booing trouba which kind of sends negative vibes.

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[Eyeseeing]

First game under new coaching regime.
Was the second period rough? YEP
Was there reasons for optimism?YEP
It will be interesting the progression but I’m really encouraged by what we saw.
GJG

 

[Eyeseeing]

Well if the City of Winnipeg needs road salt there’s more than enough on the Rangers board

 

[CorgisPer60]

Well if the City of Winnipeg needs road salt there’s more than enough on the Rangers board

What do they have to be salty about? They played well enough to score more than one goal. Maybe they should try that.

 

[Jets 31]

Sorry guys and girls the Dude is late with his victory dance, had to stretch so i didn't pull anything. Nice win by the Jets on their home opener.

 

[Jet]

I thought Stanley played fine as a 6-7 guy. What I hope happens is Samberg gets in and makes it impossible for the team to take him out. I think both Stanley and Schmidt need a strong partner so having them together is a recipe for disaster.

The second line didn't do much, I think Wheeler by far was the best player on that line. Perfetti skated himself into trouble a few times and his passing was off outside of a couple beauties. I'm not worried, he'll build his confidence. Dubois looks like he has to rediscover his game, which is shooting the puck, driving the net and banging bodies. I think with some time together that line will be fine.

 

[SUX2BU]

Here's what is sounded like on the radio.

1st Period - Jets were real good, Rags not so much
2nd Period - Rags were real good. Helle was real good. Jets skaters, not so much
3rd Period - No idea. Stopped at some strip mall Mexican joint north of Jacksonville, eating steak as thin and as chewy as leather

A win in the first game of the Smokey Bones era is a great thing!

GJG!

So that new leather jacket Helly was wearing is made from steak?

 

[Eyeseeing]

What do they have to be salty about? They played well enough to score more than one goal. Maybe they should try that.

Some Winnipeg is a shit hole comments, those are the salty tears we love.
Suck it Rags

 

[winnipegger]

Did you know that Gagner is French for "winning"?

Only reason I know is because of winning toys in cereal boxes years ago. Damn bilingual country.

 

[kanadalainen]

She was having a rough night. It’s like nothing was in sync

Nerves. Elevated plasma catecholamines can be good in small amounts, but excessive adrenal medullary release may mark the death of a calm delivery.

 

[Jets 31]

Sure the Rangers were playing a back to back game and didn't have Igor playing but they are a very good team and we were playing our 1st game under a entirely new coaching staff. I have absolutely no complaints about how we played last night and we picked up the win , good stuff.