Winnipeg Jets Discussion - 2024/2025 Season

[Pigskin]

What a great win tonight. Total team win.

[Jesse]

Man, they can start writing Helle's name on the Vezina.

I'd start saying Hall of Fame if we had any play-off success.

[blue_gold_84]

A complete team victory with Hellebuyck leading the charge.

9-0-1 in his last 10 GP, with a .937 SV%, 1.70 GAA, and 2 shutouts. Strong case to be player of the month for December with such a sparkling stat line. Not to mention he's now one win away from 300 in his career. Another Vezina seems inevitable at this point.

Vilardi's having a great season and his role on PP1 can't be overstated.

This is a really good team.

[theaardvark]

I'm not sure I prefer playing 0-0 hockey for most of 2 periods, 1-0 hockey for some more before finally pulling away. 

Maybe just salting it away early with 3 goals in the first 5 minutes makes for less stress.  Less excitement, sure, but less stress.  Especially against the Preds, who regardless current standings, have Soros and some high powered talent, and have been a nemesis in the past.

[Pigskin]

Saros always plays well against the Jets. Lauzon took 3 penalties, I thought MS55 did a great job getting under his skin. Coughlan play well. Nothing fancy, but he also does give the puck away.

[Pigskin]

About what I expected. 3 games in 4 nights, 3 hours flight. Wasn't much left in the tank in the 3rd.

[Pigskin]

MA22 week to week with lower body injury. Sucks, Mason was having a good year.

[Jockitch]

Really hope that Ehlers plays with Lowry and Niño next game.
Things just weren't that positive with Fetti and Names

Don't recall if #2 came back after he left the ice hurt

Comrie was terrific

[blue_gold_84]

The Jets sure struggle in back-to-backs this season. I feel bad for Comrie.

[theaardvark]

Really hope that Ehlers plays with Lowry and Niño next game.
Things just weren't that positive with Fetti and Names

Don't recall if #2 came back after he left the ice hurt

Comrie was terrific

So, in a contract year when you are trying to sign a guy who wants minutes, demoting him to the 3rd line is the answer?

Maybe flipping Namestikov for Lowry, or even Gustafson might be a better option.  Fetts needs to get the minutes, so does Ehlers.

Ehlers has 12.79 TOI in the last 10 games.  I know he gets no PK time, and they've had some time in the box, but still.  That's less than anyone on the third line.

Or, maybe its time to put Fetts in the middle and put Nino on his other wing.  Or even Kupari, put speed together.

If you're going to blender the lines, make it so that Ehlers gets minute.


 

[blue_gold_84]

Let's avoid the witless narratives, shall we?

Since returning to the lineup on Dec. 18th, Ehlers is averaging 15:00 TOI in those six games, which is roughly in line with the rest of his season (15:06). Arniel opting for the blender was clearly in response to how poorly the top 6 was playing on NYE, and Arniel doing so was clearly isolated to that one game.

Because the lines are more or less back to normal as of this morning.

Projected lines/pairings vs. ANA:
Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Ehlers-Namestnikov-Perfetti
Niederreiter-Lowry-Iafallo
Barron-Gustafsson-Kupari
Toninato

Morrissey-DeMelo
Stanley-Pionk
Heinola-Miller
Samberg-Coghlan

Hellebuyck
Comrie

Good to see DeMelo is no worse for wear after that blocked shot on NYE.

[theaardvark]

Let's avoid the witless narratives, shall we?

Since returning to the lineup on Dec. 18th, Ehlers is averaging 15:00 TOI in those six games, which is roughly in line with the rest of his season (15:06). Arniel opting for the blender was clearly in response to how poorly the top 6 was playing on NYE, and Arniel doing so was clearly isolated to that one game.

Because the lines are more or less back to normal as of this morning.

Projected lines/pairings vs. ANA:
Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Ehlers-Namestnikov-Perfetti
Niederreiter-Lowry-Iafallo
Barron-Gustafsson-Kupari
Toninato

Morrissey-DeMelo
Stanley-Pionk
Heinola-Miller
Samberg-Coghlan

Hellebuyck
Comrie

Good to see DeMelo is no worse for wear after that blocked shot on NYE.

My response was the the blender changes Jockitch referred t.  I was giving my alternate idea for stimulating the second line rather than demoting Ehlers to the third line...

[Pigskin]

But, the third line has been more productive then the so called 2nd. all season. So, I was okay with NE27 playing with 17, 62 for a couple of periods.