Winnipeg Jets Discussion - 2024/2025 Season

blue_gold_84 · April 15, 2025, 03:45:42 PM

Vasilevskiy, Shesterkin ahead of Hellebuyck as best goalie in NHLPA poll

This is comical.

Pigskin · April 15, 2025, 04:42:40 PM

Looks like GV13 and NE27 are both listed as day to day.

blue_gold_84 · April 15, 2025, 04:43:22 PM

Jets head coach Arniel making most of second chance in NHL spotlight

A really great read. Arniel's an excellent coach.

Pigskin · April 15, 2025, 09:48:49 PM

Quote from: Pigskin on April 15, 2025, 04:42:40 PMLooks like GV13 and NE27 are both listed as day to day.

Now hearing after practice NE27 week to week.

Jesse · April 15, 2025, 10:26:18 PM

Quote from: Pigskin on April 15, 2025, 09:48:49 PMNow hearing after practice NE27 week to week.

Yeah, that sucks.

Pigskin · April 16, 2025, 03:49:16 PM

Jets sign Alex Iafallo to a three year, $11M extension.

markf · April 16, 2025, 03:52:18 PM

Are people in a bit of a state of disbelief?

Maybe fans are concerned about a playoff disappointment.

Reactions seem pretty low key for such a significant, unexpected accomplishment

blue_or_die · April 16, 2025, 06:24:24 PM

Quote from: markf on April 16, 2025, 03:52:18 PMAre people in a bit of a state of disbelief?

Maybe fans are concerned about a playoff disappointment.

Reactions seem pretty low key for such a significant, unexpected accomplishment

I think that's probably it. Fans are jazzed about the President's Trophy win (although other teams fans have put out so much cope that it feels like it's supposed to be a bad thing to finish first in the regular season) and are for sure excited about playoffs, but there's an element of "show me". It's not enough to make the playoffs anymore, now it's about getting past that first round. If we handle St. Louis like we should and know we can, everyone will be completely lit for round 2.

Everyone is also waiting for the end of the long, arduous NHL regular season tomorrow so the discourse can officially shift over to playoff mode. I think you'll notice a big transformation in attitude by then.

Jesse · April 16, 2025, 07:02:20 PM

Quote from: markf on April 16, 2025, 03:52:18 PMAre people in a bit of a state of disbelief?

Maybe fans are concerned about a playoff disappointment.

Reactions seem pretty low key for such a significant, unexpected accomplishment

Like I said earlier, my goal was to enjoy the regular season while it lasted.

Now that we're entering play-offs, I'm in a "believe it when I see it" frame of mind. This team has always been a "bubble" team in the sense that they are always in contention to make the play-offs, but also occasionally miss. Once they're in, they have the potential to win a round, but that has been the absolute ceiling outside of one year.

Hopefully, this year is different, but we have not seen it yet.

dd · April 16, 2025, 10:46:33 PM

It was a weird season in that we had 110 points last year and this year we had 114, 4 points more, and that was enough to win the Presidents Trophy?? That's a big 4 points. It's a great accomplishment, one I never thought we'd do, but I'll take it, but don't get too heady about it. There are at least 5 teams that on any given night, can win the Stanley Cup.

My concern going into the playoffs, is we rely heavily on Kyle Connor and Mark Sheifelle to do the bulk of our goal scoring. Teams are really going to clamp down on those 2 and force others to step up and score in the playoffs. We have 4 - 20+ goal scorers on the team. Others have 6 and 7. . Teams with depth will win

Jockitch · April 17, 2025, 03:00:11 AM

Well that was certainly quite the regular season with an unbelievable start and some really decent winning streaks

Our boys now need to become playoff warriors.

theaardvark · April 17, 2025, 03:44:57 AM

Ehlers out week to week sucks... this was was going to be his year to shine in the playoffs...

Lots of good things to look back upon this season, lets hope that the boys can bring it home.

J5V · April 17, 2025, 11:09:59 AM

This team appears to be different than previous iterations in that it is much more connected and doesn't appear to have the holes in it's game that other teams can exploit. The emergence of players like Dylan Samburg and Al Iafalo and the maturing of players like Cole Perfetti have me hopeful.

Pigskin · April 17, 2025, 05:38:08 PM

Neal Pionk signed to a 6 year, $42M extension.

markf · April 17, 2025, 06:24:50 PM

Quote from: J5V on April 17, 2025, 11:09:59 AMThis team appears to be different than previous iterations in that it is much more connected and doesn't appear to have the holes in it's game that other teams can exploit. The emergence of players like Dylan Samburg and Al Iafalo and the maturing of players like Cole Perfetti have me hopeful.

They have a well organized defence. They are Much less prone to own end giveaways. They seem to be able to get the puck and quickly move it out. They seem to have a system, where the puck carrier can count on someone being in a certain spot, ready for a quick pass.

The forwards are backchecking. I wonder if some of the players are in better condition, sometimes last season Connor seemed gassed. They are first on the puck more often.

Also I checked..last season they did not have a good second half. This season they did.

Looking good to me.