Can't disagree with the Bowness assessment. It looks vaguely familiar to other Jet's squads over the last 4 or so seasons.

We haven't been happy as fans with it. Hopefully coach means it.

Pulling the first line off the ice the other night is a good indication they aren't just words.

Edited March 16, 20232 yr by IC Khari

Big moment for Connor and Scheif coming up. Let's see how they react. Tonight will tell you lots about their character. 

25 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Big moment for Connor and Scheif coming up. Let's see how they react. Tonight will tell you lots about their character. 

50/50 as to whether Scheif pulls a PLD-CBJ.

40 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

50/50 as to whether Scheif pulls a PLD-CBJ.

55 has been pretty good this year all things considered.  It's 81 that's been MIA for some time 

 

1 hour ago, Goalie said:

55 has been pretty good this year all things considered.  It's 81 that's been MIA for some time 

Kc has always been a streaky scorer he will snap out of it...i would like to see him back with PLD when healthy.

Edited March 16, 20232 yr by bb1

@WPGMurat

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Winnipeg’s top nine forwards cost $44.2 million in cap space. That’s $1.7 million more than Arizona’s entire active roster. Yet just three Coyotes — Keller, Hayton, Boyd — have outscored the Jets' top nine in their last 10GP
 

Ouch.  Like seriously….. Ouch.

We've known this for a while... Clearly the culture needs to change and some guys need to be given their release.

 

9 minutes ago, captaincanuck12 said:

We've known this for a while... Clearly the culture needs to change and some guys need to be given their release.

 

Start with the President and clear everyone else down below. 

does that statement by the coach affect trade value of some players? 

last night... up two zip....so, they decided to take the second period off.

not showing  much pride.

 

Edited March 23, 20232 yr by Mark F

2 hours ago, captaincanuck12 said:

We've known this for a while... Clearly the culture needs to change and some guys need to be given their release.

 

I like Rick Bowness. Clear, concise in his assessments and clearly articulates how distributed responsibility and accountability works. 

seems like a big step by the coach. how can the owner ignore this.

 

13 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

I like Rick Bowness. Clear, concise in his assessments and clearly articulates how distributed responsibility and accountability works. 

I'm glad he answered these questions, even if the answers were pretty vague. However, this current funk has been hanging around for nearly two months now - and nothing's improved.

I'm hoping that airing this **** in public lights a fire under the team's collective ass but I won't hold my breath.

Even if they make the post-season, I can't see it going past five games for them.

1 minute ago, blue_gold_84 said:

I'm glad he answered these questions, even if the answers were pretty vague. However, this current funk has been hanging around for nearly two months now - and nothing's improved.

I'm hoping that airing this **** in public lights a fire under the team's collective ass but I won't hold my breath.

Even if they make the post-season, I can't see it going past five games for them.

I wish the questions were more clear and not slanted. Billick is a big disturber and chronic malcontent as a reporter for this team, and his questions were geared to create a narrative. If he knows there are problems, then out them, not make pointed accusations and spin the coach’s answers into your own narrative  

“Is there a commitment problem?”

”I need more from them, put it that way ” (never agreeing that “commitment” is the issue, in fact deliberately re-phrasing)

Proper next question to avoid vagueness should be “by more, do you mean commitment, effort, motivation, or production?”

Instead, Billick goes straight to “why aren’t they self-motivated” when Bowness did not say that. 

Nit-picking on my part, but I can’t stand how some media “frame” questions and spin quotes to suit their story agenda, and when one has a track record of negativity like Billick does, it comes off as pot-stirring. And Bowness himself has said on more occasions than not recently after losses that he has actually liked the game the team has played. 

19 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:

I'm glad he answered these questions, even if the answers were pretty vague. However, this current funk has been hanging around for nearly two months now - and nothing's improved.

I'm hoping that airing this **** in public lights a fire under the team's collective ass but I won't hold my breath.

Even if they make the post-season, I can't see it going past five games for them.

Being a lifelong Jet fan I've said this over the years but change my tune instantly if they make the playoffs and hope/believe anything can happen until of course we face that elimination game.

The curse of being a Jet fan.

1 hour ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

Billick is a big disturber and chronic malcontent as a reporter for this team...

Which I love.

1 hour ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

And Bowness himself has said on more occasions than not recently after losses that he has actually liked the game the team has played. 

Which in some games is opposite of what the fans/media are thinking. I forget which game it was but it was a more lopsided loss then the previous one and he liked it more 🙄

1 hour ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Being a lifelong Jet fan I've said this over the years but change my tune instantly if they make the playoffs and hope/believe anything can happen until of course we face that elimination game.

The curse of being a Jet fan.

I actually like our chances against MIN, DAL or LAK. Course the alternative is COL, EDM OR VGK.

Edited March 23, 20232 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

 

Scheifele vanishes: no effort spared in search

Murat Ates asking Rick Bowness what he's looking for with these new lines:

 

"More offence. Simple as that. Dubie and Kyle has looked good together. I’ve thought Vladdy would be a good fit with Mark and Wheels so we’ll have a look at that. Maybe Nik can help with Adam scoring, maybe they can help Nik get going, two big strong guys that hang on to pucks."

Edited March 27, 20232 yr by HardCoreBlue

Suffice to say Wheeler not having his best season: 
 

 

29 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Suffice to say Wheeler not having his best season: 
 

 

True but we knew we were buying a lot of declining years with that extension. Chevy should have moved him to Arizona, so he could retire with Ladd. 

On 2023-03-22 at 11:12 PM, Mark F said:

seems like a big step by the coach. how can the owner ignore this.

 

Pretty easily. He's been ignoring it for years now. Chevy needs to go but Chipman gave him a new deal last year. No accountability from above. Won't be surprised if  Bowness gets the axe. 

Like that top line. Until they wind up -3 then I'll hate it.

Edited March 30, 20232 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

What a mess.

1 hour ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Like that top line. Until they wind up -3 then I'll hate it.

Finally removed scheif off center responsibility so that should help, Don't like Wheeler on second line should be Ned or Baron or even Mel at least they hit. Love what Wheels has done for us in the past but he has lost a step and is no where near the player he used to be.