Here's the thing...

If Morrissey makes the team, is he ready for top pairing minutes with Buff? That doesn't feel right.

But then, who partners with Buff? Chiarot? They paired well two years ago. But who else? Enstrom? That leaves a hole next to Myers

Back to Morrissey for a sec....

If not Buff, then who? Myers? Postma? That means Stuart sits, right? Will they do that? 

Seems obvious to me that as it stands the lines will be:

Enstrom - Byfuglien

Morrissey - Myers

Chiarot/Stuart - Postma

43 minutes ago, Atomic said:

Seems obvious to me that as it stands the lines will be:

Enstrom - Byfuglien

Morrissey - Myers

Chiarot/Stuart - Postma

Seems like the d pairing are already set. Is there no one else who can step up?

Our D depth is poor. Chevy needs to make some trades and shore it up. Enstrom, if not re-signed, is gone after next season and Stanley will not be ready. What does that leave us with for a D corps when we are supposed to be contenders?

Morrissey Buff Chiarot (if re-signed) Myers (gone the next year if not re-signed) and Trouba's rights.

Kostalek Stanley Nogier Poolman (if signed). I don't see anyone from this group playing for the Jets any ti me soon.

Chevy needs to move out some forwards for some D men.

 

2 minutes ago, Ducky said:

Our D depth is poor. Chevy needs to make some trades and shore it up. Enstrom, if not re-signed, is gone after next season and Stanley will not be ready. What does that leave us with for a D corps when we are supposed to be contenders?

Morrissey Buff Chiarot (if re-signed) Myers (gone the next year if not re-signed) and Trouba's rights.

Kostalek Stanley Nogier Poolman (if signed). I don't see anyone from this group playing for the Jets any ti me soon.

Chevy needs to move out some forwards for some D men.

I generally believe you need 10 defencemen in the organization who are capable of playing in the NHL and I think we have that.  Keeping in mind that you aren't going to have NHL regulars in those 9-10 spots (no one does).

Enstrom - Byfuglien

Morrissey - Myers

Chiarot - Postma

Stuart - Strait

Melchiori - Kichton

 

Strong defence through your top 6 is more then a Jets problem.  It is a league wide problem and why top 4 defencemen fetch such a premium.

This problem is only going to be exasperated with the Las Vegas expansion.

Of course having a D-Man who was a top 10 draft pick decide he doesn't want to play with you after his ELC doesn't help.

1 hour ago, Atomic said:

I generally believe you need 10 defencemen in the organization who are capable of playing in the NHL and I think we have that.  Keeping in mind that you aren't going to have NHL regulars in those 9-10 spots (no one does).

Enstrom - Byfuglien

Morrissey - Myers

Chiarot - Postma

Stuart - Strait

Melchiori - Kichton

 

Reviews on Strait so far are below Moose level.

7 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Reviews on Strait so far are below Moose level.

Lol after two preseason games... the advanced stats crowd have been crying about him since the day he signed.  I lend no credibility to their opinion.

19 minutes ago, Atomic said:

Lol after two preseason games... the advanced stats crowd have been crying about him since the day he signed.  I lend no credibility to their opinion.

Somewhere, Stuart is nodding in agreement.

1 hour ago, Atomic said:

Lol after two preseason games... the advanced stats crowd have been crying about him since the day he signed.  I lend no credibility to their opinion.

******' Fancy Stats people are the worst...

26 minutes ago, Noeller said:

******' Fancy Stats people are the worst...

Would be great if Chiarot rebounded. He looked so good when called up a couple years ago. If someone can over achieve we might be ok 

18 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Would be great if Chiarot rebounded. He looked so good when called up a couple years ago. If someone can over achieve we might be ok 

Last year was his sophomore jinx ala Lowry.

Would be nice if hardest shot on team was better at the o.

 

44 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Last year was his sophomore jinx ala Lowry.

Would be nice if hardest shot on team was better at the o.

 

It's ok to have d men who can you know... play D. 

Chiarot would make a decent 7th D man.

So how did Laine look last night? I couldn't get TSN Go to work. It must monitor IP addresses and location. 

3 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

So how did Laine look last night? I couldn't get TSN Go to work. It must monitor IP addresses and location. 

He had one shot that Jets TV deemed highlightable.

How bout that Tanev goal that was not a goal.

2g's for Connor now.

Why would anyone take on Buff? That dude is crazy.

Edited October 1, 20169 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

47 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

He had one shot that Jets TV deemed highlightable.

How bout that Tanev goal that was not a goal.

2g's for Connor now.

Why would anyone take on Buff? That dude is crazy.

He's making the choice easy.

Moose bound part 1

Jake Baker
Mikhail Berdin
Axel Blomqvist
Patrice Cormier
Brandon Denham
Jiri Fronk
Jimmy Lodge
Nelson Nogier
Jamie Phillips
Peter Stoykewych
Tyson Wilson

Looks like this gets put away...for now

CHL bound

Jansen Harkins
Matteo Gennaro
Luke Green
Jordy Stallard
Michael Spacek

& Matt Murphy just plain cut

Down to 25 forwards. 13 d and 4 g,

Edited October 1, 20169 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

They cut Matt "Guitar" Murphy?  They better think about the consequences of that!!

 

4-0 victory tonight over Cowtown.

Those who stood out...DeLeo, Pavelec and how bout Stuart who pocketed one?

Pav may be the oldest goalie but he's the quickest. I suppose its a butterfly thing.

Morrissey gotta stay outta that box. Thorbs fightin for his job. Burmi/Lowry noticeable, Tanev not so much.

Decent play by the d overall.

Lol. Pavelec made routine saves look more difficult because he has poor positioning.  He's definitely not the quickest.... it just looks that way because he's out of position so much so he has to scramble to make a save. He made 4 good saves and 27 easy ones. Who exactly played for Calgary tonight? 

 

Congrats on shutting out the stockton heat of the ahl 

 

Burmi and Lowry only noticeable because of how slow they are. 

Thorburn?  Gimme a break.  He shouldn't be on the team and if he is... Maurice is full of crap. 

Edited October 3, 20169 yr by Goalie

Another good preseason game PoMo gonna have some hard choices to make soon.

2 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Another good preseason game PoMo gonna have some hard choices to make soon.

A couple should be easy but PoMo probably won't do what he should. He seems like all talk and little action.