Game 40 : @The End Is Ny...quist

[FrostyWinnipeg]

🕕 1800 📺 SN1
Stats: 15-20-4 @ 19-15-5
Streaks: L3 @ W1
Last Ten: 1-6-3💩 @ 6-3-1

Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi
Morgan Barron -- Adam Lowry -- Nino Niederreiter
Cole Perfetti -- Jonathan Toews -- Alex Iafallo
Cole Koepke -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Tanner Pearson
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg -- Neal Pionk
Logan Stanley -- Colin Miller
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Luke Schenn, Haydn Fleury, Gustav Nyquist
Injured: None

Senators projected lineup
Ridly Greig -- Tim Stutzle -- Fabian Zetterlund
Brady Tkachuk -- Dylan Cozens -- Drake Batherson
Michael Amadio -- Shane Pinto -- Claude Giroux
Nick Cousins -- Stephen Halliday -- David Perron
Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot -- Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven -- Jordan Spence
Leevi Merilainen
Hunter Shepard
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Nikolas Matinpalo, Linus Ullmark
Injured: Lars Eller (broken foot)

Status report
Jets coach Scott Arniel made changes to the second, third and fourth lines during their morning skate Saturday; Koepke will come in for Nyquist, a forward, on the fourth line. … Miller will come in for Schenn on the third defense pair. ... Merilainen will make his third consecutive start with No. 1 goalie Ullmark remaining away from the team for personal reasons. … Coach Travis Green made changes to each forward line at the Senators morning skate except the Amadio-Pinto-Giroux combination. ... Matinpalo, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch for a third straight game.

 

Edited Saturday at 08:27 PM by FrostyWinnipeg

[captaincanuck12]

Will this be the day we get our first win of 2026?

[captaincanuck12]

Nice shorthanded goal by the cap...

But now This is the third straight penalty against the Jets.  

[captaincanuck12]

Good God this team sucks.   They have five shots through 27 minutes of play.   And most of the second has been in the Jets end.  Can't clear pucks can't sustain any offense. 

[kelownabomberfan]

well on the plus side, we'd be a pretty good AHL team...wow is this bringing back memories of 1981.  Yikes.

[captaincanuck12]

I just remember how bad this team was 15 years ago.  We were just happy to have a team.

 

[kelownabomberfan]

This is the opposite of Shoresy.  We may not win another game all year.

[captaincanuck12]

A stupid penalty by demelo and then by Stanley leads to two goals against. 

And our power play is completely inept.

[FrostyWinnipeg]

FWIW: After 40 games
 2025/26   15-21-4 = 34pts 💩
 2024/25   27-11-2 = 56pts 
 2023/24   27-09-4 = 58pts 🥇
 2022/23   26-13-1 = 53pts 
 2021/22   17-16-7 = 41pts
 2020/21   24-16-3 = 51pts
 2019/20   22-15-3 = 47pts
 2018/19   25-13-2 = 52pts
 2017/18   23-11-6 = 52pts 
 2016/17   18-19-3 = 41pts
 2015/16   19-19-2 = 40pts
 2014/15   20-13-7 = 47pts
 2013/14   17-18-5 = 39pts 
 2012/13   19-19-2 = 40pts
 2011/12   19-16-5 = 43pts

Edited 8 hours ago by FrostyWinnipeg

[FrostyWinnipeg]

 

[HardCoreBlue]

Well time to go 41-1-0. 

[captaincanuck12]

2 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

FWIW: After 40 games
 2025/26   15-21-4 = 34pts 💩
 2024/25   27-11-2 = 56pts 
 2023/24   27-9-4 = 58pts 🤡
 2022/23   26-13-1 = 53pts 
 2021/22   17-16-7 = 41pts
 2020/21   24-16-3 = 51pts
 2019/20   22-15-3 = 47pts
 2018/19   25-13-2 = 52pts
 2017/18   23-11-6 = 52pts 
 2016/17   18-19-3 = 41pts
 2015/16   19-19-2 = 40pts
 2014/15   20-13-7 = 47pts
 2013/14   17-18-5 = 39pts 
 2012/13   19-19-2 = 40pts
 2011/12   19-16-5 = 43pts

This is by far the worst year since we came back...ouch 

[Noeller]

It sucks but...  **** happens. They were #1 in the whole league last year. They can't be THAT far off. 

[Mark H.]

10 hours ago, Noeller said:

It sucks but...  **** happens. They were #1 in the whole league last year. They can't be THAT far off. 

Durr's a possum in the wood pile somewhere...

[Bomberguy]

This is on management/drafting. They’ve had a lot of time to add to this core but can’t find the solid adds other teams can.  If you can’t call up your 22-23 year old farmhands because they’re not ready 🤔 that’s an organizational failure. Chevy has chosen trades for borderline older players to supplement the roster instead of the next core IMO. Hopefully they don’t mess up this draft because the way they’re playing they should be in line to get a pretty quality player.🫨

[HardCoreBlue]

We have an elite core so I’m hoping it’s an ongoing re-tool to get us back to the top 1/3 of the league and not a complete rebuild where you never know how long it will be when it pays off e.g the Sharks

[captaincanuck12]

5 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

We have an elite core so I’m hoping it’s an ongoing re-tool to get us back to the top 1/3 of the league and not a complete rebuild where you never know how long it will be when it pays off e.g the Sharks

Now is the time to start making changes. There's no chances in making the playoffs.  bring up the Young guns... Get them some valuable NHL experience so we're ready to go for next year. 

[Goalie]

7 hours ago, Bomberguy said:

This is on management/drafting. They’ve had a lot of time to add to this core but can’t find the solid adds other teams can.  If you can’t call up your 22-23 year old farmhands because they’re not ready 🤔 that’s an organizational failure. Chevy has chosen trades for borderline older players to supplement the roster instead of the next core IMO. Hopefully they don’t mess up this draft because the way they’re playing they should be in line to get a pretty quality player.🫨

Thing is when you’re good you don’t get high draft picks. Highest pick was Laine but originally we were supposed to be drafting 7th or so, believe scheif was taken 9th so none of our actually 1sts were less than 7th overall. When you are good those 1sts become later picks and most those guys actually don’t make a difference. If we get a legit top 3 or 5 pick this year that’s our 1st legit top 5 pick since returning. We won Laine. Who is 22 23 on the moose? Expecting 3rd round and later dudes to be top 6 talent is a wild take. Guys with potential on the moose currently are Salo Yager Chibrikov and that’s about it currently but Freij and Sasha are 2 strong D prospects and He and Walton are 2 very good forward prospects. Lambert is a bust. Ford is a 4th liner in the nhl. Reality is when you have a chance and your pick is gonna be between 22 and 32 most years, you trade it. None of the picks we traded have turned into game changers. Management isn’t on the ice. Honestly injuries and just players who appear washed up but what do you do. Do you trade Nyquist Pearson Schenn and miller and the sorts? For what? A bag of pucks cuz none are bringing back a 1st 2nd or 3rd. Bring up the young guys after the trade deadline then go on a roll and **** our chances at a high pick. McKenna Ivar S and the NoDak D are game changers. 
 

here’s the problem. We got scheif Connor and Vilardi plus Perfetti when healthy (he’s not)  And emerging talent like Morgan Barron but then we got a whole bunch of 4th line guys including the captain Nino Iafallo (that would be the perfect 4th line actually ) Toews Pearson Nyquist and name it really. That’s the problem. We don’t have top 6 talent. We have plenty of 4th line talent. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Goalie