Preseason is over.  Time to get to the real season and do it in style like only Jagr can.

 

4 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

 

He'll teach them defense?

 

2 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

He'll teach them defense?

Paired with Klefbom, powerplay specialist and drug consultant

Fans of the Winnipeg jets is having problems so I'll just copy/paste what they said

 

Adam Lowry could return on the California road trip,
Shawn Matthias will not return until at least after the All Star break. Mark Scheifele will begin off ice workouts this week.

 

Connor Hellebuyck name second star of the week: https://www.nhl.com/jets/news/hellebuyck-named-second-star-of-the-week/c-295172188

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Hellebuyck, 24, led the Jets to two straight wins last week coming out of the player break. He stopped 30 of 31 shots and also saved both shootout attempts in a 2-1 shootout win against the Calgary Flames on Saturday before starting again the next night and saving all 29 shots in a 1-0 shutout victory against the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday. In total, he saved 59 of the 60 shots he faced last week for a .983 save percentage. He also had a 0.48 goals-against average in the two games.

Nathan MacKinnon and Brad Marchand were named the week's first and third stars, respectively.

Wow. 

 

 

https://www.tsn.ca/talent/nhl-is-headed-for-more-skewed-first-round-playoff-matchups-1.975525

Guess we gotta finish first in the division now

Edited January 23, 20188 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

15 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

https://www.tsn.ca/talent/nhl-is-headed-for-more-skewed-first-round-playoff-matchups-1.975525

Yup.  Was talking with some friends about this on the weekend.  Winnipeg could get a tough first round match.  Almost surely they will.

2 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Yup.  Was talking with some friends about this on the weekend.  Winnipeg could get a tough first round match.  Almost surely they will.

I like it.  Win your division, then win your conference, then win the league.

Its only unbalanced if you look at records alone... but the fact that records are developed by playing teams primarily in your division and conference means that this way of constructing the playoffs makes the most sense.  Its all about win the division, win the conference, then win the league.

yeah there's just one problem, isn't vegas in first place right now overall in the league and our conference

Just now, iHeart said:

yeah there's just one problem, isn't vegas in first place right now overall in the league and our conference

Would love to play Vegas in the first round.

yeah but would also like it if the Jets would survive the first round, I mean yes they have beaten the Knights at least once this season, but we were on home ice

Edited January 23, 20188 yr by iHeart

Jets match up pretty well with all Central teams not from Tennessee.  I'd like our odds against any of 'em, especially with home ice. 

19 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

https://www.tsn.ca/talent/nhl-is-headed-for-more-skewed-first-round-playoff-matchups-1.975525

Guess we gotta finish first in the division now

IMO I think Yost  somewhat overstates  and over complicates the use of the word weaker teams.  Regardless of how teams made the playoffs (and yes I agree  there is room for improvement in how that is determined), all teams made it because they did what they had to do. 

All 16 teams who make the playoffs are strong teams comparatively speaking across the league, however, obviously some playoff (and non-playoff) teams are stronger than others and some playoff teams are the strongest of the pile.

 

 

1 hour ago, HardCoreBlue said:

IMO I think Yost  somewhat overstates  and over complicates the use of the word weaker teams.  Regardless of how teams made the playoffs (and yes I agree  there is room for improvement in how that is determined), all teams made it because they did what they had to do. 

All 16 teams who make the playoffs are strong teams comparatively speaking across the league, however, obviously some playoff (and non-playoff) teams are stronger than others and some playoff teams are the strongest of the pile.

 

 

It all comes down to the way teams are built in the salary cap era. 

I'm far from the first to have the theory that there's 3-5 elite teams, 3-5 awful teams and 20+ that are virtually interchangeable.  Been like this for a few yrs already.  Makes for parity, or better, the appearance of parity. 

Gone are the days where a #1 seed was an overwhelming fave over #8. 

 

38 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

 

I would have guessed he was already doing this. It's TSN Radio after all. What the next announcement? Craig Buttons will be on after the next break?

2 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

 

That's kick-ass! McKenzie is a beauty.

 

18 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

I would have guessed he was already doing this. It's TSN Radio after all. What the next announcement? Craig Buttons will be on after the next break?

Sounds to me it's just more of a secured timeslot.  

Similar to having Gabe Morency from MTL on every Thurs (?) or Hacksaw Hamilton from San Diego on every Friday. 

Dreger seems to be on > 1/week.  Which isn't a bad thing. 

It's what we call a "feature"...it'll be a formal thing that's scheduled to run at a specific time, that you can promote so people know to tune in for it each week....or, in this case, twice a week....

19 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

I would have guessed he was already doing this. It's TSN Radio after all. What the next announcement? Craig Buttons will be on after the next break?

Craig Button already provides semi-regular spots. McKenzie does not.

They often replay his spots but he does not appear on TSN1290.

As Lawless explained on his last show, its also a paid gig for the guest.  He told a funny story how he asked Dreger to come H&L early in their run and Dreger said sure no problem. Then some time later, Lawless asked him again.  Again, Dreger said sure.  They kept that up fairly regularly until Dreger said "so guys, maybe we need to formalize this..." ie. pay him to be a regular guest.

So its a good get for the Big Show and means the station was willing to part with some cash to secure Bobby Mac.  Interesting that it's not Dreger (former local boy).  But I prefer McKenzie.

1 minute ago, The Unknown Poster said:

As Lawless explained on his last show, its also a paid gig for the guest.  He told a funny story how he asked Dreger to come H&L early in their run and Dreger said sure no problem. Then some time later, Lawless asked him again.  Again, Dreger said sure.  They kept that up fairly regularly until Dreger said "so guys, maybe we need to formalize this..." ie. pay him to be a regular guest.

So its a good get for the Big Show and means the station was willing to part with some cash to secure Bobby Mac.  Interesting that it's not Dreger (former local boy).  But I prefer McKenzie.

I think Dregs still does Wednesday on the Afternoon Drive show.

 

1 minute ago, JCon said:

I think Dregs still does Wednesday on the Afternoon Drive show.

 

That explains it then.  I dont catch Hustler's show as much as I used to since Lawless left.