Game 42 : Whoa oh, livin' on a prayer

[FrostyWinnipeg]

🕖 1900 📺 TSN3
Stats: 21-16-6 @ 15-21-5💩
Streaks: W1 @ L5💩
Last Ten: 6-4-0 @ 0-6-4💩

Oilers projected lineup
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin -- Leon Draisaitl -- Kasperi Kapanen
Isaac Howard -- Jack Roslovic -- Matt Savoie
Mattias Janmark -- Curtis Lazar -- Trent Frederic
Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse -- Spencer Stastney
Riley Stillman -- Ty Emberson
Calvin Pickard
Connor Ingram
Scratched: Andrew Mangiapane, Alec Regula
Injured: Tristan Jarry (lower body), Kasperi Kapanen (knee), Jake Walman (undisclosed), Adam Henrique (undisclosed)

Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Alex Iafallo
Cole Perfetti -- Jonathan Toews -- Gabriel Vilardi
Morgan Barron -- Adam Lowry -- Nino Niederreiter
Cole Koepke -- Danny Zhilkin -- Tanner Pearson
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg -- Neal Pionk
Logan Stanley -- Luke Schenn
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Colin Miller, Gustav Nyquist, Vladislav Namestnikov
Injured: Haydn Fleury (bruised back)

Status report
Henrique was placed on injured reserve Wednesday. The forward blocked a shot before leaving at 6:36 of the first period of a 6-2 win against the Predators on Tuesday. He is expected to return following the Olympic break. … Fleury was placed on injured reserve on Wednesday. After sliding backward and crashing into the end boards behind the Jets' net at 13:16 of the first period of a 4-3 overtime loss against the Golden Knights on Tuesday, Fleury was removed from the ice on a stretcher. Sustaining a bruised back and broken nose, Fleury was released from hospital late Tuesday night and was at the Jets practice facility on Wednesday. … Stanley returns to the lineup after serving a one-game suspension stemming from an incident in a 4-2 loss in Ottawa on Saturday. … Zhilkin was recalled from Manitoba of the American Hockey League on Wednesday, and is expected to make his NHL debut.

[captaincanuck12]

Running out of things to say ....   is it Feb yet so I can watch some Olympic hockey?

[BomberBall.]

At least they finally realized Namestnikov wasn’t contributing and benched him.

I still don’t like Stanley and Schenn together…. Especially against a couple of the best players in the world.  I like some of the physicality they bring, but they are wildly slow.

[HardCoreBlue]

11 minutes ago, BomberBall. said:

At least they finally realized Namestnikov wasn’t contributing and benched him.

I still don’t like Stanley and Schenn together…. Especially against a couple of the best players in the world.  I like some of the physicality they bring, but they are wildly slow.

And to make things worse Schenn doesn't seem to want to be with the Jets anymore.

Wonder what the vibes are in the lockerroom and where each individual player is in what they contribute and/or not contribute to those vibes.

[FrostyWinnipeg]

36 minutes ago, captaincanuck12 said:

Running out of things to say ....   is it Feb yet so I can watch some Olympic hockey?

[BomberBall.]

12 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

And to make things worse Schenn doesn't seem to want to be with the Jets anymore.

Wonder what the vibes are in the lockerroom and where each individual player is in what they contribute and/or not contribute to those vibes.

Did Schenn say something?  Hadn’t heard that.

[HardCoreBlue]

8 minutes ago, BomberBall. said:

Did Schenn say something?  Hadn’t heard that.

Read an article today he would be open to a change of scenery.

[iHeart]

I better not find out one of the Vets is acting Toxic....again, they're supposed to be adults here.....or is there another gaming issue going on

[BomberBall.]

10 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Read an article today he would be open to a change of scenery.

He would be an easy guy to let go, if anyone is willing to give up something for him.  Maybe in a package deal.

[HardCoreBlue]

2 minutes ago, BomberBall. said:

He would be an easy guy to let go, if anyone is willing to give up something for him.  Maybe in a package deal.

Maybe a new tablet for the bench?

Sorry I'm being much too harsh, he did just recently score his first goal in his last 7,789 games played. 🙂

Edited yesterday at 08:35 PM by HardCoreBlue

[captaincanuck12]

1 hour ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Maybe a new tablet for the bench?

Sorry I'm being much too harsh, he did just recently score his first goal in his last 7,789 games played. 🙂

He's been playing for 100 years?     

I don't like the Schenn / Stanley pairing either.  

Anyways I think the fact he couldn't play his 1000th game in Toronto really left a bad taste in his mouth.  The fact that the team sucks only fuels his desire to leave.   Can't really blame him.

[MrFreakzilla]

3 hours ago, BomberBall. said:

Did Schenn say something?  Hadn’t heard that.

Source: trust me bro

[HardCoreBlue]

1 hour ago, MrFreakzilla said:

Source: trust me bro

Well it seemed to be a legit article but you never know maybe it was conjecture on the writers part. Who knows with the world wide web nowadays.

[Goalie]

5 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

And to make things worse Schenn doesn't seem to want to be with the Jets anymore.

Wonder what the vibes are in the lockerroom and where each individual player is in what they contribute and/or not contribute to those vibes.

And Schenn in my opinion is lucky to be in the nhl and playing as much as he has. He’s part of the defensive problem. 

38 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Well it seemed to be a legit article but you never know maybe it was conjecture on the writers part. Who knows with the world wide web nowadays.

I believe it. He prob would rather be on a contender as he’s super old and sucks. Wife prob whining about the cold. Kids apparently love it tho. 

4 hours ago, BomberBall. said:

He would be an easy guy to let go, if anyone is willing to give up something for him.  Maybe in a package deal.

lol. They could waive him Nyquist and Pearson to the moose and they would clear. But at the deadline if you retain on them and jets would have to you might get a 4th rd pick. 

Edited 19 hours ago by Goalie

[iHeart]

3-1 Jets

[captaincanuck12]

Much better effort by the Jets tonight and finally getting puck luck.   

[captaincanuck12]

And of course they give up a late goal in the second and the two goals in third to go down 4-3.  Bad penalty by Nino.

[HardCoreBlue]

Game is tracking just right based on the season thus far.

[captaincanuck12]

11 straight games without a win.  Amazing at the Vegas game and the oilers game played out the exact same way. 

[HardCoreBlue]

Saying Gavin McKenna under your breath after another loss tends to help a bit.

[Noeller]

8 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Saying Gavin McKenna under your breath after another loss tends to help a bit.

The problem is.... He's not THAT good. Like, he's a very good hockey player... But he's not the generational talent like McDavid or Crosby. This feels like a waste of a tank year... McKenna isn't even the consensus #1 at this point.

[bb1]

30 minutes ago, Noeller said:

The problem is.... He's not THAT good. Like, he's a very good hockey player... But he's not the generational talent like McDavid or Crosby. This feels like a waste of a tank year... McKenna isn't even the consensus #1 at this point.

Yea...stenburg? Sp..looked really good at the world junior...looked better than Mckenna....but not a generational player ethier. 😔

[FrostyWinnipeg]

7 minutes ago, bb1 said:

Yea...stenburg? Sp..looked really good at the world junior...looked better than Mckenna....but not a generational player ethier. 😔

Keaton Verhoeff

[Bomberguy]

Well they can always tank next year as well (and may with Chevy as GM).

[HardCoreBlue]

9 hours ago, Noeller said:

The problem is.... He's not THAT good. Like, he's a very good hockey player... But he's not the generational talent like McDavid or Crosby. This feels like a waste of a tank year... McKenna isn't even the consensus #1 at this point.

I sure did enjoy his playmaking abilities at the WJ’s. Regardless the Jets need some infusion of young elite talent to help support their core.