Mud Turtle
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But it WAS earlier in the season.
That’s why many of us were so concerned early on.
Post-Game Talk: Slip slippin' away Jets get clobbered
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But it WAS earlier in the season.
That’s why many of us were so concerned early on.
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AlphaLackey
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What were the raw numbers for the xGoals both ways? Like obviously being out performed by a 2-1 margin is bad news, but a world lies between (say) 2-1 and 8-4.
A few concerning things about our potential first-round opponents:
- Avs: in the last 2 games that we’ve played against them, they have 80 shots and 11 goals. They clearly have our number this year.
- Wild: they clearly have our number as well this year.
-Blackhawks: why do I want to avoid playing this team at all costs in the first round? Something about playing a red-hot Chicago team sporting the likes of Patrick Kane & Jonathan Toews in the playoffs concerns me.
2 weeks ago, I would’ve said we could handle any of these teams in the first round round, no problem. Not anymore.
- Avs: in the last 2 games that we’ve played against them, they have 80 shots and 11 goals. They clearly have our number this year.
- Wild: they clearly have our number as well this year.
-Blackhawks: why do I want to avoid playing this team at all costs in the first round? Something about playing a red-hot Chicago team sporting the likes of Patrick Kane & Jonathan Toews in the playoffs concerns me.
2 weeks ago, I would’ve said we could handle any of these teams in the first round round, no problem. Not anymore.
jgimp
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I’ve seen better effort out of my sons Midget local league games
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Jets need to go out and party together in Vegas to bond, get a good night's sleep and play like demons next game.
tntkid
Fire Maurice & Chevy
How the Jets are not even ashamed and embarrassed of themselves after these loses to Colorado and Ottawa is beyond me.
This should be considered rock bottom.
This should be considered rock bottom.
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You seem to be assuming we’re going to finish 1st. It’s much more likely we play Stl first round at this rate
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- Some of you guys need to step off the ledge, please. Some notes on individual players and systems.
- Not a lot of good an extra day or two of rest did, as Avs visually were faster as the Jets continued to give up odd man rushes and breakaway after breakaway. Unfortunately, your worst offenders were Scheifele, Wheeler, and Trouba. That resulted in breaking up the first line, which has been well over due for a while. Regardless, once Ehlers returns, the actual top line should return and hopefully in form - the Jets are sorely missing speed, especially on zone entries as the Jets try to chip and dump past (though as I watch the third period, I see several carries across the blue line by our younger players - Roslovic, Connor, etc. Clear difference in hustle, it seems.
- Significant amount of penalty trouble led to a significant amount of penalty killing trouble, as Avs finally cracked the Jets during their power play but have quickly, Myers especially having a pretty rough game. I'm not sure the instruction given to him specifically, because it's a mix of trying to be the body between his goalie and the opponent, or going out into space and trying to use his long stick to block passes over the 'royal road' (across the slot) - but then he can't figure out when to use either effectively and constantly lost against his man in front as they pounded on Hellebuyck from up close and got beat on said passes. Teams have figured out the structure to get in closer, it seems.
- Speaking of the power play, there was a new wrinkle introduced with Wheeler controlling the puck below the goal-line to try and get more space, and then didn't know what to do with it once he got to the other side as he and Laine played give-and-go for a bit. Then, when he actually had time to make the pass to Laine, he tried to make the pass the most perfect ever for Laine's blessing, allowing the Avs player to catch up from behind and interfere with Laine's follow-thru on probably the best chance he had. Too much talent being wasted here right now. Interestingly enough, Scheifele has become an incredible non-factor unlike his godly performance in the area during last year's playoffs.
- Those line combos were pretty garbage even though we only got to see them for like 5 minutes considering everyone else got into penalty trouble. Would've been nice if say, they had time to practice playing with those particular players beforehand instead of just throwing it in a line blender as it goes.
- Shout out to Sami Niku, offense creator on both sides of the nice tonight. He played well in his limited ice time and got just about even in terms of CF% while Kulikov and Myers were absolutely drowning (and Chiarot when he got extra minutes).
- Hellebuyck has been left out to dry and couldn't get every bounce as he tried to keep the Jets in the game up to the third period, and the defense got worse and worse in front of him
Chief's final ear-test says: Sportsnet can't talk about anything other than Laine, eh? At least we got to see he wasn't the problem on the ice tonight - not by a long shot.
Chief's final eyetest says: Jets clearly aren't as good as their record but some of you are way too quick to consider this a rotten-to-the-core team. They're dealing with two major injuries (Ehlers, Buff) and clearly play up (and down) to their competition. Call it what you want, a coaching problem or motivation problem or whatever, but don't call it "the worst team ever iced by the Winnipeg Jets" - lay off the over exaggerations, please.
Everyone wanted the Jets to have a shitty game so Maurice could 'see the Jets for what they really were' and make changes before it was too late, and now they put up a real stinker just like everyone wished for, and everyone is clamoring for the team to blow it up, trade everyone, fire everyone, etc. Make up your minds.
Are they this bad? Probably not. Are they world-beaters deserving to be at the top of the standings? Probably not, either. So it goes, people.
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I’m the same way. Just have to stop caring so much....just not worth it for these guys.The Jets have literally ruined my 2019 so far, every other night I watch their games and more often than not go to bed pissed off and in a bad mood.
Hank Chinaski
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Time to earn your pay, coach.
This team needs a total reset. Breaking up useless 55 and brain dead 26 is the no brainer decision right now.
I haven’t ever seen a Jets team look this porous defensively. Considering some of the teams we’ve witnessed in the past, that is saying something.
This team needs a total reset. Breaking up useless 55 and brain dead 26 is the no brainer decision right now.
I haven’t ever seen a Jets team look this porous defensively. Considering some of the teams we’ve witnessed in the past, that is saying something.
jgimp
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We can’t even beat Ottawa, how are we even getting past any of the above teams??
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That was so bad I am going to put this thread on ignore and I never do that with PGT’s. I was so tortured by watching that event that PTSD might take hold if I double down on the legit misery Y’all will be legit slinging
Peace our brothers
Peace our brothers
lol and that doesn’t reassure me either! The blues have won 11 in a row!
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AlphaLackey
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Cool, I was wondering where those numbers came from. Yeah, MoneyPuck is a great source. I use it when I've got some free plays at the local sports book to burn.
The Jets suck
Maybe it's just me and it's hitting me oddly, but there's really something sad about that .gif, you know? Hard to put my finger on. Like, maybe it was a set up, yeah? Who is recording a young kid playing with a new toy like that for the first time? But on the other hand, I can all but feel his disappointment and sadness from off camera. I dunno. Might be time for some Midol.
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I'm confident we'll see a different team come playoff time. Tonight wasn't their night, and it sure sounds like it felt awful to play this game. We'll see them improve (from front to back) going forward, I'm confident of it.
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Screw the Buff excuse, that is fodder. We suck and whatever we think Buff can provide is not gonna be enough to get us out of the lull if you prefer to call it that. I think it maybe worse than a lull myself.
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