Game Time : Sunday 7

Game Story : One more Jets loss and/or Blues win and it's Bombers season.

Tragic Number : 1

What the Jets are playing for...

Edited March 26, 20178 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

27 minutes ago, BomberBall said:

Classic.  A goal against, off of us, in the final minute.

Nothing but Jet.

and Perreault scores

2nd Period

Perreault 1-1

Would the puck bunny behind Maurice please put your hair back to where it was.

Edited March 27, 20178 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

Is Vancouver missing anybody of note because they are terrible

Even with all the callups... Stuart is still our worst D - by far.  And we have Brian Strait...  crazy.

Tanev really is not that good... great hustle though.

Why not give the AHLers some PK time... meaningless games anyway

Goal posts should get star #1

3rd Period

Not sure if Canuck goalie good or goal post is.

Lowry 2-1

Edited March 27, 20178 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

and Lowry scores now let's keep this lead please, 

perteault  has been very good 

14 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

perteault  has been very good 

Still protecting Lowry.

Edited March 27, 20178 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

Much better team when half our D are plugs...

And half the opposing team are AHLers...

On the upside... 

Trouba and Morrissey are really great picks, phenomenal development.

Perrault can be very good.  Lowry getting more confidence.

Wheeler must be fighting an injury... reminds me of Ladd's last season.

With Frolik, this might have been a playoff team.

 

1 minute ago, Floyd said:

Wheeler must be fighting an injury... reminds me of Ladd's last season.

This game he had one good hit. Looked good on the west coast i thought.

so yeah our record against the canucks has been good this season

A meaningless win with a horribly depleted lineup against a truly brutal Canuck team playing out the string ... I'm a Jets fan, I'll take it

But is he really?

 

9 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

But is he really?

 

'playing well enough in meaningless games' pretty much sums up this franchise.

1 hour ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

This game he had one good hit. Looked good on the west coast i thought.

7 pts in his last 5 games and balls out hustle every shift. Not sure what the expectations of him are if that's not good enough.

12 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

But is he really?

 

Even if he is, meaningless games means less pressure. It's the pressure games that Hutchinson shows his true colors. Thanks but no thanks.

I hope our real goalie next year (whichever one we eventually sign) doesn't tire himself out playing for his playoff team this spring ...  

12 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

But is he really?

That might be one of the dumbest Jets-related tweets this season. 

Completely asinine. 

What looking somewhat competent for a couple games, now he's our guy?!?

Muddied the waters?! Yeaaaaaah right.  Buh bye Pavelec, buh bye Hutch, resign Helle because you need 2 goalies anyway and bring in a FA or trade acquisition.   To suggest otherwise is laughable. 

I think its relevant only in the context of the Jets.  This is a team that knew by Christmas they were having issues on D.  Hell, they knew it entering the season since Trouba was a hold out.  But by Christmas they could see Buff was "bad Buff" and Myers was hurt.  They did nothing to improve the D.  Absolutely nothing.

They knew by Christmas that goaltending was shaky.  They did nothing to address that.  Absolutely nothing.  When Maurice finally got sick of it, they re-called Pavs who played just as well as one would expect - not well at all.

When this team still had a shot at the Playoffs, Chevy did NOTHING to address the short-comings.  ZERO. 

So when our back up, who has one year left, starts playing well, it doesnt surprise me that someone would say 'I bet Chevy thinks Hutch can play next year'.

By Christmas, Chevy had closed the book on the playoffs this year.  I dont know why.  Incompetence?  Budget?  Who knows.  But when the team needed help to compete, he closed his door. 

But what does that all have to do with Hutch?

He's had 4 good starts in a row in meaningless games, who cares.  At least the ONE time Pavelec went on a heater we got a playoff spot out of it. 

Anyone who's on this board enough knows I've been a staunch Hellebuyck supporter - at the cost of my sanity, credibility etc.   So why so down on Hutch?  He's further down the career path.  Far more established as a pro, still not good enough, and IMO his career path has been trending down the last few seasons. We know what he is at this point.  So to should the Jets, but I won't hold my breath.

Frankly given Chevy & the team's recent history, we should expect at least 1 head-scratcher of a signing or re-signing.  *shudders*  Stuart, Thorburn, Hutch, Strait.... who's it going to be?

13 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

But is he really?

 

It would be a miracle ala a 2nd overall draft pick that Hutch plays well enough to be Vegas's 3rd goalie pick.

Could be creative things to do.  vegas has to pick three goalies but they dont have to keep them.  Perhaps they pick a solid available goalie and flip him to someone else.  Jets send Hutch and a pick as part of a deal to prevent vegas from taking someone we want to keep.

Better solution is the Jets finding a way to only protect 3 D.

10 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Could be creative things to do.  vegas has to pick three goalies but they dont have to keep them.  Perhaps they pick a solid available goalie and flip him to someone else.  Jets send Hutch and a pick as part of a deal to prevent vegas from taking someone we want to keep.

Better solution is the Jets finding a way to only protect 3 D.

Vegas gonna have 8-10 NHL guys playing the minors? And they they have to sign another 12-10 guys to fill up their AHL team unless they go halfers with someone.

1 hour ago, IC Khari said:

I hope our real goalie next year (whichever one we eventually sign) doesn't tire himself out playing for his playoff team this spring ...  

or maybe Maurice shouldn't over start a goalie because that seems to be his biggest problem, because back in 14-15 season he did that alot, then he had Hutch sit out for a period of time, then he made Pav sit out for a period of time, basically him getting his groove back hockey wise