Starts tonight with a Canucks/Kings game.

Jets first game is Monday the 18th  against the Wild.

1 hour ago, Atomic said:

Thought Petan looked really good last night.  He looks a lot more professional in his game.  I think this is the year he takes a big step and becomes a real contributor to this team.  He may even steal a spot in the top 9.

Id agree but... Sounds like they are more interested in his D game as Mo mentioned in his Post Game.. If Lowry is hurt yead id give 3 Center to Petan but.. He needs Moose time to work on his D game. 

30 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Id agree but... Sounds like they are more interested in his D game as Mo mentioned in his Post Game.. If Lowry is hurt yead id give 3 Center to Petan but.. He needs Moose time to work on his D game. 

No I think he will be the 3rd line left wing.  He's there.

Well based on post game interview it's Copp/Hendricks/Tanev as the 4th line and I wonder if Myers is ready to come back...

Im very intrigued that they played Poolman on left D.  I'd say thats simply to see if he can handle it due to being impressed and then he becomes the first call up to play either side.  But it gives them some freedom with Toby after this season as well.  I'd say it opens up trade possibilities but they dont need the cap space and if they really mean what they say about competing this year, no reason not to have deep D.

54 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Im very intrigued that they played Poolman on left D.  I'd say thats simply to see if he can handle it due to being impressed and then he becomes the first call up to play either side.  But it gives them some freedom with Toby after this season as well.  I'd say it opens up trade possibilities but they dont need the cap space and if they really mean what they say about competing this year, no reason not to have deep D.

Maurice said they haven't ruled out Poolman as the 7th defenceman.  I'll belive it when I see it but it's interesting for sure.

 

12 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

 

Would look good on 3rd line but he probably wants top 6.

2 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Well based on post game interview it's Copp/Hendricks/Tanev as the 4th line and I wonder if Myers is ready to come back...

Umm no. Maurice did not say that at all. 

Id be shocked if Tanev sticks around and id be somewhat surprised if Hendricks dresses the season opener. Hes so slow and lost like all his faceoffs. 

Connor Lowry Armia 

Matthias Copp Dano. 

Hendricks upstairs. Petan to Moose. 

1 hour ago, Goalie said:

Umm no. Maurice did not say that at all. 

Id be shocked if Tanev sticks around and id be somewhat surprised if Hendricks dresses the season opener. Hes so slow and lost like all his faceoffs. 

Connor Lowry Armia 

Matthias Copp Dano. 

Hendricks upstairs. Petan to Moose. 

Petan to the Moose but Connor AND Dano make the team??  Yikes I don't see it.

Edited September 28, 20178 yr by Atomic

well comrie has officially been sent back to the moose

Just now, iHeart said:

well comrie has officially been sent back to the moose

No surprise there.  He should play 60+ games this year.

1 hour ago, Atomic said:

Petan to the Moose but Connor AND Dano make the team??  Yikes I don't see it.

Last night was the first time I've ever thought Petan looked good enough to be anywhere other than the pressbox or AHL.  He may finally be ready.  He was making good decisions with and away from the puck and did not resemble the defensive liability he has been in the past.

Connor is not ready.

Dano is just weird.  There are so many shifts where he does nothing to change what's happening on the ice.  They aren't good shifts, they aren't bad shifts, he just sort of exists out there.  He throws in an occasional great shift to trick you into thinking he can be so much more, but he almost never is.

He'll probably get that spot on the 4th line, but I wouldn't mind the Jets using that spot to give Lemeuix or Lipon an entry level position like they did with Copp a few years ago.  Five minutes a game to start and slowly expose him to more minutes and responsibilities if he responds well.  It doesn't seem like we'll ever get more from Dano than what he's already showed us.

Jets can go either way with Connor, they could let him figure it out like they did with Ehlers in his first year or more probable they send him down and he is first call up. I'd like to see them package up Dano with something and move him along.

There are 6 days, 1 hour, 44 minutes, and 39 seconds until the start of the 2017-2018 NHL regular season (TOR@WPG 10/4 7ET)

of course saturday's game will be streamed....mostly because the bombers are playing at the same time.....so I'll keep track of the Jets the same way I kept track of the Goldeyes during playoffs....through the ice tracker

2 hours ago, bustamente said:

I'd like to see them package up Dano with something and move him along.

Injuries happen and he's decent depth.  I know I sound a bit down on him but we could do worse.

 

Dano is exactly the kind of player expansion teams used to get and put in their top 6.  Enough good things in the scouting report that fans can feel optimistic about those first few seasons, and yet, nope, it's a bad team.

He has some value, but whatever hopeful expectations people had about him reaching his potential can be tossed in the wastebin at this point.

I really hope they send Poolman down to the Moose. The guy needs to play and not be the seventh d. I can't see them trying to clear Chiarot, anyhow.

Call Poolman up when he can actually start in your top 6 pairings and not watch the game from the pressbox.

Yup.  Chiarot seems tailor made for the 7th D role.  He's decent as a fill in, but you're not wasting him in the Press Box.  He could have a pretty decent career as a 7th D.  Poolman should play big minutes and make sure he can handle it every day.  The fact they played him on both sides would seem to indicate he's the first call up regardless of who might go down to injury.

Nice problem to have for a change.  if Niku works out too...and down the road, Stanley, we're looking ok.  Especially if Trouba re-signs.

Petan playing with Schief and Wheels today.

Really hoping Petan can put it all together. He has great offensive instincts and is already one of the best passers on this hockey club. Routing for the guy!

There are 4 days, 21 hours, 17 minutes, and 41 seconds until the start of the 2017-2018 NHL regular season (TOR@WPG 10/4 7ET)

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Jets playing the real flames tonight

9 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Jets playing the real flames tonight