Winnipeg Jets History

[LucianoBorsato]

I thought Enstrom was the Bobby Orr of Sweden?

 

[scelaton]

I thought Enstrom was the Bobby Orr of Sweden?

Not exactly.
Sjoberg and Orr were contemporaneous--Enstrom could have been their secret love-child.

 

[LucianoBorsato]

Not exactly.
Sjoberg and Orr were contemporaneous--Enstrom could have been their secret love-child.

That would give Don Cherry a stroke, if true

 

[DowntownBooster]

"Bobby Orr of Sweden." lol.. Sjoberg was a good defenseman, but let's keep it real. That's like saying Thomas Steen was the Wayne Gretzky of Sweden.

One of the most ludicrous comments I've seen in a while. He wasn't just a good defenseman but an elite player in Sweden at the time he joined the Jets. Do you really think that Canadiens GM Sam Pollock would bother to personally fly into Winnipeg and attempt to sign Sjoberg if he was just a 'good' defenseman. Trying to claim that using the Sjoberg and Orr comparison is akin to that of Steen and Gretzky is also a poor attempt at humor. No one in Sweden ever considered that Steen was their version of Gretzky. I wouldn't even rank Steen as the best Swede to have played in Winnipeg. I would give that honor to Anders Hedberg.

 

[HannuJ]

That would give Don Cherry a stroke, if true

what he does with his hands in his own private time is none of our business

 

[Guardian17]

 

[Guardian17]

 

[cheswick]

Update 2/18/2019: Bryan Little makes some moves into top tens. Scheifele on verge of breaking into top ten goals.

All-Time:
Games Played:
1. Thomas Steen 950
2. Dale Hawerchuck 713
3. Doug Smail 691
4. Blake Wheeler 593
5. Randy Carlyle 564
6. Teppo Numminen 547
7. Ron Wilson 535
8. Bryan Little 531
9. Paul MacLean 527
10. Laurie Boschman 526


Points:
1. Dale Hawerchuk 929
2. Thomas Steen 817
3. Blake Wheeler 546
4. Paul MacLean 518
5. Doug Smail 397
6. Laurie Boschman 379
7. Bryan Little 363
8. Dustin Byfuglien 362
9. Mark Scheifele 355
10. Morris Lukowich 345


Goals:
1. Dale Hawerchuk 379
2. Thomas Steen 264
3. Paul MacLean 248
4. Doug Smail 189
5. Blake Wheeler 177
6. Morris Lukowich 168
7. Laurie Boschman 152
8. Teemu Selanne 147
9. Bryan Little 146
10. Keith Tkachuk 144
T225. Ron Hainsey 0

Assists:
1. Thomas Steen 553
2. Dale Hawerchuk 550
3. Blake Wheeler 369
4. Paul MacLean 270
5. Dustin Byfuglien 260
6. Fredrik Olausson 249
7. Dave Babych 248
8. Laurie Boschman 227
9. Randy Carlyle 226
10. Bryan Little 217


Wins:
1. Bob Essensa 116
2. Ondrej Pavelec 111
3. Connor Hellebuyck 109
4. Brian Hayward 63
5. Doug Soetart 50
5. Daniel Berthiaume 50

Shutouts:
1. Bob Essensa 14
2. Connor Hellebuyck 12
2. Ondrej Pavelec 11
4. Daniel Berthiaume 4
5. Michael Hutchinson 3
5. Al Montoya 3



Single Season:
Points:
1. Teemu Selanne 132 (92-93)
2. Dale Hawerchuk 130 (84-85)
3. Dale Hawerchuk 121 (87-88)
4. Dale Hawerchuk 105 (85-86)
5. Dale Hawerchuk 103 (81-82)
6. Dale Hawerchuk 102 (83-84)
7. Paul MacLean 101 (84-85)
8. Dale Hawerchuk 100 (86-87)
9. Keith Tkachuk 98 (95-96)
10. Phil Housley 97 (92-93)

Goals:
1. Teemu Selanne 76 (92-93)
2. Dale Hawerchuk 53 (84-85)
3. Keith Tkachuk 50 (95-96)
4. Dale Hawerchuk 47 (86-87)
5. Dale Hawerchuk 46 (85-86)
6. Dale Hawerchuk 45 (81-82)
7. Dale Hawerchuk 44 (87-88)
7. Patrik Laine 44 (17-18)
9. Morris Lukowich 43 (81-82)
10. Keith Tkachuk 41 (93-94)
10. Dale Hawerchuk 41 (88-89)
10. Paul MacLean 41 (84-85)

Assists:
1. Phil Housley 79 (92-93)
2. Dale Hawerchuk 77 (87-88)
2. Dale Hawerchuk 77 (84-85)
4. Blake Wheeler 68 (17-18)
5. Dale Hawerchuk 65 (83-84)
6. Phil Housley 63 (91-92)
7. Dave Babych 61 (82-83)
8. Thomas Steen 61 (88-89)
9. Paul MacLean 60 (84-85)
10. Dale Hawerchuk 59 (85-86)


Wins:
1. Connor Hellebuyck 44 (17-18)
2. Bob Essensa 33 (92-93)
3. Brian Hayward 33 (84-85)
4. Ondrej Pavelec 29 (11-12)
5. Connor Hellebuyck 26 (16-17)
5. Nikolai Khabibulin 26 (95-96)
5. Connor Hellebuyck 26 (18-19)

Shutouts:
1. Connor Hellebuyck 6 (17-18)
2. Bob Essensa 5 (91-92)
2. Ondrej Pavelec 5 (14-15)
4. Connor Hellebuyck 4 (16-17)
4. Bob Essensa 4 (90-91)
4. Ondrej Pavelec 4 (11-12)

SV% (Min 25GP):
1. Connor Hellebuyck .924 (17-18)
2. Al Montoya .920 (13-14)
2. Ondrej Pavelec .920 (14-15)
4. Connor Hellebuyck .918 (15-16)
5. Michael Hutchinson .914 (14-15)

GAA (Min 25GP):
1. Ondrej Pavelec 2.28 (14-15)
2. Al Montoya 2.30 (13-14)
3. Connor Hellebuyck 2.34 (15-16)
4. Connor Hellebuyck 2.36 (17-18)
5. Michael Hutchinson 2.38 (15-16)

 

[LucianoBorsato]

Not Jets history, but definitely Winnipeg hockey history featuring an overlooked player:

West End Dumplings: Manitoba Black History: Alton White Jr.

 

[Arthur Fonzarelli]

Sjoberg was not in Nilsson or Hedbergs league. He was a good player but no superstar. I don't want to see banners raised for slightly above average players.

You obviously are too young to have ever seen Sjoberg play.

No-one from that era would ever make a comment like this.

"Bobby Orr of Sweden." lol.. Sjoberg was a good defenseman, but let's keep it real. That's like saying Thomas Steen was the Wayne Gretzky of Sweden.

and this just cemented it.

If you don't know anything about a subject, why offer an opinion?

 

[Jets4Life]

You obviously are too young to have ever seen Sjoberg play.

No-one from that era would ever make a comment like this.



and this just cemented it.

If you don't know anything about a subject, why offer an opinion?

Sjoberg was a great defenseman, but your nostalgia is blinding you from the truth. If Sjoberg is as great as you claim he is, then why do so few people outside Manitoba know he exists?

 

[Neuf]

Goals:
1. Dale Hawerchuk 379
2. Thomas Steen 264
3. Paul MacLean 248
4. Doug Smail 189
5. Blake Wheeler 177
6. Morris Lukowich 168
7. Laurie Boschman 152
8. Teemu Selanne 147
9. Bryan Little 146
10. Keith Tkachuk 144
T225. Ron Hainsey 0

I was going to ask...

 

[Arthur Fonzarelli]

Sjoberg was a great defenseman, but your nostalgia is blinding you from the truth. If Sjoberg is as great as you claim he is, then why do so few people outside Manitoba know he exists?

No one in Europe knows who's Sjoberg is...only in Manitoba.

Have you heard of New York City? The Rangers know who he is. They hand out the Lars Erik Sjoberg Award to their top rookie...

Do you know what the Golden Puck is? Sjoberg was the top player in his country.

Guldpucken - Wikipedia

 

[Jets4Life]

Do you know what the Golden Puck is? Sjoberg was the top player in his country.

Guldpucken - Wikipedia
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This is Winnipeg Jets history, not who won an award in Sweden. Having said that, I have never heard of anyone aside from Sjoberg on the list you provided (up to the cut-off date of 1977). Stefan Liv, Jonas Gustavsson, Jimmie Ericsson, and Joakim Lindstrom all won the award in the past decade. All of them journeymen NHL players.

 

[Arthur Fonzarelli]

This is Winnipeg Jets history, not who won an award in Sweden.

If you don't think international hockey, particularly Swedish athletes, has a place in Jets history, you were most certainly the wrong person to start a thread about Jets history.

Please tell those of us that lived thru it how it all went down...

 

[TCsmyth]

Sjoberg was a tremendous hockey player. Those commenting otherwise surely never saw him play.

 

[Jets4Life]

If you don't think international hockey, particularly Swedish athletes, has a place in Jets history, you were most certainly the wrong person to start a thread about Jets history.

Please tell those of us that lived thru it how it all went down...

Please tell me you are not one of those kooks who thinks the WHA Jets would have given the late 70s Canadiens a run for their money in a playoff series.

 

[Jets4Life]

Sjoberg was a tremendous hockey player. Those commenting otherwise surely never saw him play.

I agree with that statement. I just do not believe he was the "Bobby Orr of Sweden."

 

[Arthur Fonzarelli]

Please tell me you are not one of those kooks who thinks the WHA Jets would have given the late 70s Canadiens a run for their money in a playoff series.

When I was in elementary school I thought just that.

The difference between then and now is I was arguing with people who watched both play.

 

[TCsmyth]

Sjoberg was a great defenseman, but your nostalgia is blinding you from the truth. If Sjoberg is as great as you claim he is, then why do so few people outside Manitoba know he exists?

Apologies, went back and read your post above, nothing to argue about

 

[Arthur Fonzarelli]

Sjoberg was a tremendous hockey player. Those commenting otherwise surely never saw him play.

It's not even "those saying otherwise", it's literally the dude who created this thread dedicated to Jets history.

Why start a page celebrating Jets history only to call out the WHA, their defence man of the year in 1978 and the Jets former captain?

And to be doing so a week prior to him being honoured posthumously?

 

[TCsmyth]

It's not even "those saying otherwise", it's literally the dude who created this thread dedicated to Jets history.

Why start a page celebrating Jets history only to call out the WHA, their defence man of the year in 1978 and the Jets former captain?

And to be doing so a week prior to him being honoured posthumously?

Well, I think it’s a great page and brings back a lot of great memories for me. I would hope this thread would be “celebratory” across the board and we could all cheer on the great hockey players that have come through these parts.

Just a couple final notes on Lars and how he was respected in the broader hockey world. There is a page on the Hockey Hall of Fame website on him that lists some of his accomplishments. Being top d-man at the World Championships, and playing in the Canada Cup have to be pretty special. Also, to have the New York Rangers name an award for him - after their long history - really says something to the person and his character. He was certainly one of my favourite players, he was special.

 

[GNP]

Please tell me you are not one of those kooks who thinks the WHA Jets would have given the late 70s Canadiens a run for their money in a playoff series.

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You don't think Bobby Hull, Hedberg, Nilson would have given the late 70's Habs a run for their money Jets4Life ?? They were a great team.

 

[GNP]

Please tell me you are not one of those kooks who thinks the WHA Jets would have given the late 70s Canadiens a run for their money in a playoff series.

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C'mon Jets4Life --I'm waiting for your reply -- state your case here on the Habs.

 

[Arthur Fonzarelli]

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You don't think Bobby Hull, Hedberg, Nilson would have given the late 70's Habs a run for their money Jets4Life ?? They were a great team.

Perhaps his opinion will change after the pre game ceremony in 6 days.

Are you going @Jets4Life.