Winnipeg Jets Discussion - 2024/2025 Season

[theaardvark]

There were more than a few.

Laughton (acquired by the Leafs), O'Reilly, or Schenn would've all been immediate upgrades on the 2nd line. I'm sure NTC variables factored in, though.

Laughton,I'm not sure would have been an uprade, Schenn wasn't available with ST Louis still in the hunt, and it sounds like O'Reilly wasn't interested in moving (Preds were giving him the ability to choose a potential destination, and he turned down Toronto), and his $4.5mil until 2027 pricetag might not have fit here.

It would have been nice to find a rental like Monanhan or Stasny were.

[J5V]

Stan has played some good hockey for us and can be a physical presence which is valuable during the playoffs. I'm not going to dump on him because he had a rough game or two. He has been slowly but steadily improving, IMO. If it was easy the league would be full of quality 6'7" Makars. It isn't.

[J5V]

Schenn is a great depth pickup.  https://x.com/i/status/1899191413428154847

https://x.com/i/status/1899177762927292612

[blue_gold_84]

Sounding like Schenn will slide in tonight vs. the Rangers.

[Pigskin]

Sounding like Schenn will slide in tonight vs. the Rangers.

Is he taking Stanley's spot??

[blue_gold_84]

Is he taking Stanley's spot??

Looks like Fleury and Schenn on the bottom pairing: https://illegalcurve.com/game-66-winnipeg-jets-vs-new-york-rangers-pre-game-report/

Projected lines & D pairings vs. NYR:

Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Ehlers-Namestnikov-Perfetti
Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton
Tanev-Barron-Iafallo

Morrissey-DeMelo
Sambergy-Pionk
Fleury – Schenn

Hellebuyck
Comrie

[Jockitch]

Am a Fleury fan so happy to see he's paired with
the Schenn debut

[Pigskin]

Am a Fleury fan so happy to see he's paired with
the Schenn debut

I like this also.

[blue_gold_84]

I like this also.

Ditto. Makes the most sense, IMO. Schenn can probably help Fleury with his game.

[dd]

I like the pickup of Schenn and dropping Stanley off the roster. Mistakes in the playoffs will kill us. In Schenn we get a good defenseman with a well known mean streak and respected fighter

[Pigskin]

Excellent team win tonight. Felt like a playoff game at the arena tonight.

[blue_gold_84]

Solid win last night. Hellebuyck continues to dazzle; no wonder he's the front runner for the Hart. Perfetti had a great game, too.

Schenn stuck out for all the right reasons and that bodes well going forward. He and Fleury looked good together.

In other developments, it sounds like Iafallo wants to stay in Winnipeg. I'd love to see him re-sign here.

[Jockitch]

Well done Jets and indeed HellB had a real nice game
Do hope we see the Fleury and Schenn pairing next game

Great to see Names and Gabby end small scoring droughts

[theaardvark]

Perfetti looked great, and watching him and Ehlers click with the drop passes and cross ice backhanders its just magical.  Hopefully they have years together to build what MS55 and KC81 have.  Jumping up on teh #1PP when Ehlers was in the box was special too.  Fans seem to be quick to criticize 91, but I think he's going to be a gooder.

Schenn leading the teams in blocks and hits is why he's here, great addition.  If he doesn't have to clear waivers, I hope they send Stanley down to the Moose to keep him playing.  Not sure he'd clear if they have to.  Someone will grab him.

[blue_gold_84]

And to the surprise of nobody, Hellebuyck set to win his third and second consecutive Vezina trophy: https://www.nhl.com/news/trophy-tracker-jets-connor-hellebuyck-vezina-favorite-nhl-season-three-quarter-mark

Connor Hellebuyck is well on his way toward becoming the first goalie since 2008 to win the Vezina Trophy in consecutive seasons.

Hellebuyck is a major reason the Jets have been at or near the top of the NHL standings for much of the season. He leads the NHL with 38 wins and six shutouts and has the best goals-against average (1.99) and save percentage (.927) among goalies to play at least 20 games. Those numbers make him the unanimous favorite to win the Vezina Trophy for the third time (2020, 2023), receiving all 16 first-place votes (80 points) from a 16-person NHL.com voting panel. He also was the unanimous pick for the first quarter and halfway point of the season.

Hellebuyck would be the fourth goalie to win the Vezina in consecutive seasons, joining Patrick Roy (1989-90), Dominik Hasek (1994-95, 1997-99) and Martin Brodeur (2003-04, 2007-08) since NHL general managers began voting on the award in 1982.