Winnipeg Jets Discussion - 2024/2025 Season

[theaardvark]

No one has lost a home game in the West.  If that continues, we are in the cup final.

Yes, Helle is squeezing the stick.  The entire fanbase is counting on him to do his magic.  I'm surprised he is doing as well as he did at home.

But its not just on him.  You have to score, and you have to stop high danger chances, and this teams has been doing neither.

Home game, with the whiteout, a "must win" for sure. 

Should they start Comrie?  Yikes, that shouldn't even cross one's mind.  Vezina favourite vs. guy on league min contract.  But Broissoit did it for Vegas... so it is not unprecedented.

[dd]

ZERO chance they start Comrie, ZERO. They're going all the way with helleybuyck. He isn't MVP and Vezina nominee for nothing. He's had terrible puck luck, but that can only last for so long. He'll step up this next game---he has to!!

We need more offense other than Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele. Every team in the playoffs has a good #1 line. The teams that have success get scoring from their #2 line consistently and sometimes their #3 line. Where's our #2 line?? They have been largely invisible this series. If it isn't KC or MS, nobody is generating any offense.

[blue_gold_84]

Depth scoring has dried right up. If that doesn't change, we all know how it ends for the Jets. This was the same issue that brought them down in last year's opening round.

It's so perplexing to me that what makes this team such a force during the season is yet to be consistently translated to the playoffs - despite personnel and coaching changes. I really hope Arniel has it what it takes to break away from that.

On the plus side, it sounds like Vilardi will play tomorrow.

[theaardvark]

Great to get Valardi back, maybe the PP can get rolling.

Still missing Ehlers, I think he really changes the game for us.  I see many people complaining that we are too small, but speed kills.  And Ehlers is speed, and magic with Perfetti and Namestikov.

Is he even skating?

[blue_gold_84]

Playoff Practice Report Apr. 29

Ehlers skating with strength & conditioning coach.

Lines/D pairings:
Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Iafallo-Namestnikov-Perfetti
Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton
Tanev-Barron- Anderson-Dolan
Toninato-Gustafsson-Kupari

Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Pionk
Stanley-Schenn
Fleury-Miller
Heinola

Hellebuyck
Comrie
Driedger

Iafallo on the second line is good, IMO. Hopefully, he can help spark some offense.

[Pigskin]

Playoff Practice Report Apr. 29

Ehlers skating with strength & conditioning coach.

Lines/D pairings:
Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Iafallo-Namestnikov-Perfetti
Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton
Tanev-Barron- Anderson-Dolan
Toninato-Gustafsson-Kupari

Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Pionk
Stanley-Schenn
Fleury-Miller
Heinola

Hellebuyck
Comrie
Driedger

Iafallo on the second line is good, IMO. Hopefully, he can help spark some offense.

Great news about GV13. I am would think NE27 will be back soon. I think I would throw in a fresh Kupari. Love his speed.

[blue_gold_84]

[Pigskin]

8:30 start tonight, the arena will be crazy again tonight.