Winnipeg Jets are tied for the 2nd longest winning streak (reg season) of all time [anti-whining ordinance in effect]

[Pucklington]

1. Top of the division with a game in hand
2. Made the playoffs every year since 2017
3. Best goal scorer in the league, if not the best player outright
4. Physical defensive team
5. Historic franchise with a history of winning

1. Under 10 games into the season.

2. Here is your participation trophy.

3. Goal scorer, yes. Best Player... He is maybe the 5th best. McDavid, MacKinnon, Kucherov, and Makar are better without question.

4. Ok... Maybe, but this feels like adding points to an argument without adding any value.

5. They had a history of winning before 1960. Since then they have a history of being mediocre.

 

[SimpleSimon]

8-0 is good, wins are wins. Obviously won’t be sustainable but racking up points early is always a good thing.

It is a good thing, as long as they don’t follow it with an epic slump, or mediocre to terrible rest of the season.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Leafs have not won in a week, Jets might be due for a loss so maybe WPG's first loss will be on Monday? We'll see.

 

[Takeahnase]

I know right? I bailed on trying to convince one of the guys, but hey, he wants to die on his sword, be my guest.

For anyone's wondering, beyond Winnipeg's Metro area, this is what you'll typically see:

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Beautiful sunset

 

[White Out 902]

I hate the leaves. Lose to Detroit and Columbus for all I care don't lose to the leaves

 

[Nostradumbass]

1. Top of the division with a game in hand
2. Made the playoffs every year since 2017
3. Best goal scorer in the league, if not the best player outright
4. Physical defensive team
5. Historic franchise with a history of winning

Don't look now but the Leafs are 4th in their division.

 

[goosemooseduck]

Not reading all that but NHL is absolutely a gate driven league for revenue

44% of total revenue, league average. Lets add another 10% for concessions, parking, etc.
And for clarity, difference between smallest and largest arena is only about 30%.

So, again, how does that correlate with population size?

Can Kings squeeze 13 times more people in the arena? Nope. Can they charge more? Yeah they do, but only about 10% in area where average income is twice of what it is in Winnipeg. And cost of running a business 1.5 times higher.
Have Jets the smallest arena in NHL, yes they do. Is that because of the smallest market? Nope.

If you break down demographics in Winnipeg Jets market you'll see that is equivalent of 1.8-2 million people in sunbelt markets due to 'cultural' differences of certain demographic groups.

BTW, congrats on 8th.

 

[sensfan4lifee]

Doesn't matter, Hellybuck will just choke in the playoffs like he normally does.

How can a Leafs fan talk about choking are you serious lol

 

[White Out 902]

How can a Leafs fan talk about choking are you serious lol

It's impressive lol

 

[jetsforever]

Why do people not seem to understand there are 2 separate records being discussed here?
Most regular season games won consecutively in one season VS most regular season won consecutively overall
The first one is more impressive but both are notable

 

[TS Quint]

Not reading all that but NHL is absolutely a gate driven league for revenue

Wow, TIL 44% of HRR is ticket sales.

 

[TS Quint]

Not reading all that but NHL is absolutely a gate driven league for revenue

Just for reference because I was surprised just how gate driven the NHL was until I double checked your comment.

How Sports Teams, Leagues and Owners Make Money

Want to know how sports teams and leagues make money? Here are the revenue streams used to drive profitability in the competitive sporting industry.

www.sportico.com

 

[TS Quint]

this argument will go on forever.

Those who don't want them to break the record will say it has to be done within one season, not two.

Those who want them to break the record will say it doesn't matter if it happens across two seasons.

The Penguins won 17 regular season games in a row in ONE season, and that is the record.

The Jets won 8 consecutive games at the end of last year and then lost a bunch in the playoffs. Then maybe they win another 10 to start this year... but that won't be 17 wins in a row LMAO


Fact is, the original record was accomplished during ONE regular season, so to break that record, they must also accomplish that in ONE regular season.

Do you think one is more difficult than the other?

 

[TS Quint]

The winning streak being split between two seasons makes it seem like not a legitimate winning streak tbh. Especially when the Jets lost in the playoffs effectively ending that winning streak.

By chance does your favorite team hold that record?......come on shock me.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

1. Top of the division with a game in hand
2. Made the playoffs every year since 2017
3. Best goal scorer in the league, if not the best player outright
4. Physical defensive team
5. Historic franchise with a history of winning

This is some top tier delusion holy moly

 

[Nogatco Rd]

this argument will go on forever.

Those who don't want them to break the record will say it has to be done within one season, not two.

Those who want them to break the record will say it doesn't matter if it happens across two seasons.

The Penguins won 17 regular season games in a row in ONE season, and that is the record.

The Jets won 8 consecutive games at the end of last year and then lost a bunch in the playoffs. Then maybe they win another 10 to start this year... but that won't be 17 wins in a row LMAO


Fact is, the original record was accomplished during ONE regular season, so to break that record, they must also accomplish that in ONE regular season.

Hopefully they win 10 more in a row so they own both the single season and wraparound record and everyone can stop complaining

 

[PunchImlach is Alive]

It's not a Stanley Cup but always appreciate when Canadian teams make up their own awards to give themselves anyways.

 

[TS Quint]

It's not even really the same team. You have like 20% turnover generally every offseason.

Show your work with the Jets specially.

 

[Empoleon8771]

By chance does your favorite team hold that record?......come on shock me.

Who cares what fan I’m a team of? I just don’t know how a “winning streak” can span two seasons when they lost games in between.

That fact is also why the NHL doesn’t consider this a legitimate winning streak either:

NHL Records

records.nhl.com

None of the winning streaks that span two seasons (Jets this year, Sabres between 05-06 and 06-07, Panthers in 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 and Bruins in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024) are included on the official record list.

 

[Golden_Jet]

By chance does your favorite team hold that record?......come on shock me.

I don’t think the league counts them over 2 seasons.

 

[TS Quint]

Who cares what fan I’m a team of? I just don’t know how a “winning streak” can span two seasons when they lost games in between.

That fact is also why the NHL doesn’t consider this a legitimate winning streak either:

NHL Records

records.nhl.com

None of the winning streaks that span two seasons (Jets this year, Sabres between 05-06 and 06-07, Panthers in 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 and Bruins in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024) are included on the official record list.

Who is your favorite team? Come one buddy just say it. You are super attached and it hurts you.

 

[hoglund]

I remember in 1993 the Leafs won 10 in a row and nobody noticed because the focus was on the BlueJays winning the world series.

 

[winnipegger]

Site hasn’t quite caught up yet but here are the records for most wins in a row to start a season. No disputing that one. 2 more wins and they’ll be tied for first place.

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Man those Doug Gilmore leafs teams were pretty good eh. Too bad they can't reincarnate his corpse and make him love social media. The 90s was a different time.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Who is your favorite team? Come one buddy just say it. You are super attached and it hurts you.

Clinging to that while I’m bringing up the actual NHL record book not considering it a legitimate winning streak just makes you look like the biased one here.

 

[Nikki Potnick]

Who is your favorite team? Come one buddy just say it. You are super attached and it hurts you.

You're a Jets' fan... you're super attached to a nonexistent record for your own team.

Not sure how you're lording over that poster when you're in the same boat.