Winnipeg Jets Discussion - 2024/2025 Season

[blue_gold_84]

Playoff vibes last night. Ehlers' GWG was ridiculous. What a way to clinch!

[Pigskin]

The boys get a nice break after a very physical game.

[dd]

That was a very intense, playoff style game. Nice win by Jets

[theaardvark]

Now we get to play for the first round bye...

Oh wait...

Hitting the playoffs in first with home rink throughout the playoffs is huge.  And avoiding the 2 vs. 3 first round too...

My only concern was the wins over Dal and Was vs. the losses to Van and Buf.  Weaker teams seem to get the better of us.  Hopefully that just in one off games, and not in a series.

[blue_or_die]

Now we get to play for the first round bye...

Oh wait...

Hitting the playoffs in first with home rink throughout the playoffs is huge.  And avoiding the 2 vs. 3 first round too...

My only concern was the wins over Dal and Was vs. the losses to Van and Buf.  Weaker teams seem to get the better of us.  Hopefully that just in one off games, and not in a series.

I totally get where you're coming from, but my response would be: that's why we play a series. We can have a bad game against a bad team, but I have a hard time imagining losing a 7 game series to e.g. Vancouver. And if we do, we have serious problems after a regular season like this one. Last year was inexcusable, but playing MacKinnon-lead Colorado is different than a WC2 opponent.

All that said, I'm irritated that St. Louis is hitting quite the stride right now and we might very well play them now at their best vs e.g. a floundering Vancouver. That's 2019 all over again, when they were in last place in the league at Christmas and then went on to win the cup - through us.

[blue_gold_84]

...I'm irritated that St. Louis is hitting quite the stride right now and we might very well play them now at their best vs e.g. a floundering Vancouver. That's 2019 all over again, when they were in last place in the league at Christmas and then went on to win the cup - through us.

Eh. The Blues have been middling for the bulk of the season, and while they are on a nice little heater at present, let's take a look at their opponents during that streak (bold denotes team currently in playoff position): MTL, NSH X2, CHI, VAN, ANA, MIN.

Don't get me wrong: winning seven games is no small feat but context matters here.

I don't think there's much of a parallel with this current Blues team and the eventual championship team from six years ago.

[blue_gold_84]

Kupari out, Gustaffson in

Projected lines/D pairings vs. NJD:

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

Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Schenn
Stanley-Miller

Hellebuyck

[blue_gold_84]

Huge win last night. Iafallo doing a great job on the top line, Hellebuyck gets another shutout, and Gustafsson has an immediate impact in his return.

Nice little compilation vid by the NHL:

[Pigskin]

Very good start for the Jets last night. Really good team effort in shutting down the Devils. Both the PP and PK were good. Really like the toughness and solid play Schenn has brought to the team.

[Jockitch]

Great, quick start certainly amped up the building and
the night ended with a feeling of high expectations for the balance of the season
Schenn, solid and smart, has really been a fantastic addition. Some of his body blows sure can put a smile on my face

[J5V]

Does anyone agree that Dallas has a ridiculously easy schedule remaining? That truly alarms me. I can honestly see them running the table.

Sat, Mar 29   @ Seattle
Mon, Mar 31   @ Seattle
Thu, Apr 3    vs Nashville
Sat, Apr 5    vs Pittsburgh
Sun, Apr 6    @ Minnesota
Tue, Apr 8    vs Vancouver
Thu, Apr 10   vs Winnipeg
Sat, Apr 12   vs Utah
Mon, Apr 14   @ Detroit
Wed, Apr 16   @ Nashville

Our schedule looks much tougher

Sun, Mar 30   vs Vancouver
Tue, Apr 1    @ Los Angeles
Thu, Apr 3    @ Vegas
Sat, Apr 5    @ Utah
Mon, Apr 7    vs St. Louis
Thu, Apr 10   @ Dallas
Sat, Apr 12   @ Chicago
Sun, Apr 13   vs Edmonton
Wed, Apr 16   vs Anaheim

[Jesse]

Does anyone agree that Dallas has a ridiculously easy schedule remaining? That truly alarms me. I can honestly see them running the table.

Sat, Mar 29   @ Seattle
Mon, Mar 31   @ Seattle
Thu, Apr 3    vs Nashville
Sat, Apr 5    vs Pittsburgh
Sun, Apr 6    @ Minnesota
Tue, Apr 8    vs Vancouver
Thu, Apr 10   vs Winnipeg
Sat, Apr 12   vs Utah
Mon, Apr 14   @ Detroit
Wed, Apr 16   @ Nashville

Our schedule looks much tougher

Sun, Mar 30   vs Vancouver
Tue, Apr 1    @ Los Angeles
Thu, Apr 3    @ Vegas
Sat, Apr 5    @ Utah
Mon, Apr 7    vs St. Louis
Thu, Apr 10   @ Dallas
Sat, Apr 12   @ Chicago
Sun, Apr 13   vs Edmonton
Wed, Apr 16   vs Anaheim

According to a buddy of mine, the Stars have the easiest strength of schedule among top 10 teams, whereas we have the 2nd hardest.

[theaardvark]

With us losing to bad teams, and beating good teams, and needing to ramp up into the playoffs... is this a bad thing?

[Jockitch]

Really smart effort after some sloppy play early
Fetts had a beauty and HellB was on top of his game
PP certainly didn't work well

[Pigskin]

Nice to get the win. But, another 2 man advantage, and another terrible result. PK very good again tonight.