March 7, 20232 yr Author 35 minutes ago, iHeart said: it would be generous to say that we were robbed last night No. It would be flat out insane to say they were robbed last night. They lost by their own collective ineptitude.
March 7, 20232 yr So I don’t like calling for trading players for extended poor play because you never know what might be underlying (like when everyone slagged Morrissey two year ago before learning he played through his dad’s cancer), but there are more than few key struggling Jets right now (Ehlers, DuBois, Pionk, Lowry stand out) and in cases of Ehlers and Dubois who have been injured and playing through it or come back slowly, at what point are these players better off sitting than playing hurt ineffectively? Best this club showed was when their Moose call-ups were in and working hard. Since the regulars returned they should be better based on talent but results are not there. Is it just attitude or is there something more, and is a 100% Gustaffson better in the lineup than a 60% DuBois?
March 7, 20232 yr any time you lose to a bottom feeder team, you played poorly. Jets deserved to lose that one, if for no other reason than their complete ineptitude on the PP....
March 7, 20232 yr Central DAL 81pts MIN 79pts WPG 75pts Wild Card EDM 78pts COL 74pts Edited March 7, 20232 yr by FrostyWinnipeg
March 7, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, blue_gold_84 said: No. It would be flat out insane to say they were robbed last night. They lost by their own collective ineptitude. The Jets are a perfect example of being good but not great.
March 7, 20232 yr I think possibly the Jets do not have a leader that elevates those around him. like Jonathon Toews seemed to do. it almost seemed like his teammates were afraid of him a little bit. and afraid to let him down. the odd time I watched them anyway. he was grim. intense. Just a guess, cause the Jets have good enough players to be doing better than they are, and have done. probly not coaching. Edited March 7, 20232 yr by Mark F
March 7, 20232 yr 12 minutes ago, Mark F said: I think possibly the Jets do not have a leader that elevates those around him. like Jonathon Toews seemed to do. I think Morrissey is TRYING to be that guy, and has shown it a few times this year..... and I feel like Lowry is close to being that guy. I used to think Scheifele might be that guy, but he's slipping in my books...
March 7, 20232 yr Author Scheifele's defensive lapses are baffling at times. But I feel like that can be said for a number of top players on this team. It's hard to be certain but it seems like Bowness has lost the room a bit.
March 7, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, Noeller said: I think Morrissey is TRYING to be that guy, and has shown it a few times this year..... and I feel like Lowry is close to being that guy. I used to think Scheifele might be that guy, but he's slipping in my books... Lowry can’t be that guy because he can’t score. Sometimes the leader doesn’t just have to scare guys, he needs to say “ I am putting this team on my back and single-handedly winning this game.” A guy who scores once in 34 games is not that guy, no matter how much “character” he has. A Connor McDavid can call out his teammates for poor efforts and not producing because no one can fire back “oh yeah, what about your performance of late?” Right now the only guy on this team who can criticize others for lack of results in the past two years and not have to look in the mirror about his own play is Hellebuyck. Edited March 7, 20232 yr by TrueBlue4ever
March 7, 20232 yr Author 1 minute ago, Mark F said: losing Buff was a serious blow. I agree. But also because the blue line lost 4/6 of its starting roster during that same off-season. The team has never been the same.
March 7, 20232 yr Buff has been gone for 5 years. The team should have moved on by now. Not sure wtf the problem is with the Jets, but it's very concerning their play as of late.
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