Merry Christmas to you as well, thanks so much for supporting!!

Best night of sleep ever after that one. 😂

I could see Ehlers being traded. Honestly I was more excited watching Chibrikov on the second line made those shifts exciting to watch and I would rather bring Chibi on and keep him maybe 3rd line

You’d have to dump Pionk’s $6 million as well to afford Petey. And the Jets need grit, not another soft skill European. Think Claude Giroux or Owen Tippet.

@@gordm3527Giroux knew Gritty in Philly and that was as close as he got. He’s past his best before date. Laughton is more useful than him.

That's why I say that it should not matter if Helly wants to play a lot of games. The coaches have to step in and lighten his workload. Comrie needs to get every third or fourth start.

Hahaha, we love a good 10 PM start time that makes recording scheduling difficult (we absolutely do not love this)!

Yeah there are some bigger questions about the backend and the lack of offensive creation. It's good that it's happening earlier, but I wonder what the response is.

If Comrie loses to San Jose or the Ducks stopping 32 of 35 shots or something similar, it further highlights the problem with the offense. Comrie would have given them another quality start, and once again received no goal support.

Feels like Winnipeg is its own worst enemy in far too many of these games.

Not sure if he's all that great these days. If the Jets go for a D, I'm hoping they take a bigger swing.

@LockedOnJetsNHL If we are looking for a defensive d man stability for Morrissey A Larsson type is exactly what is in order Suggestions?

He has a *lot* of random things from a lotta guys. Guess the easiest thing is to just say he's a skilled pest haha.

@@LockedOnJetsNHL If you look up early days Montreal Canadiens forward .Brenden Gallagher theres a ton of similarities. a tenacious forchecker who knows where to go in front of the net with an highlite reel shot.

@@haybaile9478 I watched plenty of Gallagher back in the days. If only he wasn't hurt constantly in his later years...

Stanley blows and got beat up. He can’t even fight good.

Here's hoping!

Still not skating yet, would have to be the weekend at the earliest.

We need samberg back

@@sla-ri1vo Don't I know it. I knew him being out would be rough but it's been way worse than I expected.

@@sla-ri1vo He is waaaay underrated. Especially penalty killing. But, blocking shots in general and just stabilizing Pionk's game.

That’s a huge can of worms to open.

Yeah the longer this goes on, the more it begins to feel that the org restructuring is still very needed. It'd be a shame if they don't figure out a way to address this before then.

Honestly, you have to wonder what is the goal of this organization If the goal is to contend, then they need to be willing to do everything necessary to give this team the best shot at at contending. And that means making hard, but necessary choices, and not being scared to hurt feelings. Constantly going with the status quo and pushing the same old "we're going all in" message is disingenuous. They're not all in when they continue to not deviate from the same losing strategies. They're not all in when they keep protecting Logan Stanley. They're not all in when they continue to not add some size to the blue line or to the top 6. There's too much of a reliance on loyalty and friendship. This is the NHL, not the WHL or QMJHL. It's about winning. And that means guys shouldn't be kept just because they were drafted. If they're not getting the job done, move on from them so the team can move forward. To me, Chipman and Cheveldayoff's goal isn't to actually contend. It's just to be comfortable with making the playoffs and getting the revenue from the home playoff games. That's good enough. And until this front office situation changes, this is going to continue to be the issue every year. The Jets are a good team that is an easy out come playoff time. The Jets need a GM that's not afraid to be ruthless in the pursuit of winning. The best way to attract free agents is to foster a culture of winning to show potential UFAs that this team isn't that far away and they could be the difference.

@@pomerlain8924 I'll make it simple. There are two types of hockey team owners. There are owners that are true fans and care more about winning, and then there are owners that care more about making money. A true hockey fan would rather have their team win at least one cup, and never make the playoffs again, rather than make the playoffs every year and never win a cup. An owner in it for they money, would rather their team make the playoffs every year if it means never winning a cup. We can clearly see what type of owner the True North is. To win a cup or multiple cups a team always has to go through lean years, either by tanking a few years now to build up some good draft picks for a future winning team, or buy trading away the future to get good players to win now, and then have lean years later. Jets ownership clearly never wants to ever go through the lean years to win a cup. They would rather have the Jets just squeak into the playoffs every year to try and fill seats. It's that simple. So unless the Jets get lucky one year and find special magic with a mediocre team, don't hold your breath on them winning a cup.

Looks like Winnipeg decided to lock in today. 😤😤😤

He definitely has been a lot less like himself lately. Missing passes and shots that usually come naturally to him.

And 1 goal or fewer in 6 of their 7 losses during this 3-7 skid.

@ The Jets, in regular-season play, put up, up to and including their Tuesday Central Time loss at home to the Blues, a win-regulation loss-OT loss-shootout loss record of: - this past October, taking into account their 6-0 away win over the Oilers had been the relevant opening game for the Manitoba team, 9-1-0-0, including, when having: - scored under three goals, 2-0-0-0 - allowed at least three goals, 4-1-0-0, including, nonetheless, a 0-1-0-0 record when having allowed at least four (during a 6-4 loss to the Leafs) - in November, 9-5-0-0 including, when having: - scored under three goals, 1-4-0-0, dropping their overall record under such circumstances to 3-4-0-0 - allowed at least: -- three goals, 3-5-0-0, dropping their overall record under such circumstances to 7-6-0-0 -- four goals, 1-5-0-0, dropping their overall Record under such circumstances to 1-6-0-0 - so far this month, 0-2-0-0, dropping, so far this regular season, their record: - overall from 18-6-0-0 to 18-8-0-0 following respective 3-1 and 4-1 away at home losses to the Dallas Stars and Blues - when having: -- scored no more than two goals per game, to 3-6-0-0 -- allowed at least: -- three goals, to 7-8-0-0 including 1-7-0-0 when having allowed at least four per game The Dallas Stars had been ahead of the Jets 2-1 before Roope Hintz would score an empty-netter with just eight seconds to go in that game while Mark Scheifele would end up scoring the only goal for the Jets in their loss to the Blues with just over 4:00 to go in regulation. The Canucks all of last month played only two games during which they had scored under three goals in each, losing to the Isles 5-2 at home but beating the Bruins 2-0 at TD Garden. Tuesday evening CT featured a Canucks 3-2 OT loss to the MN Wild, and at least the Canucks can say that they only allowed two goals in regulation in that game. Whether the Canucks will, for the first time since their November California road trip, play consecutive games during which they give up no more than two goals remains very much TBD but what isn’t is that the Jets have the widest lead, among Canadian teams in top-three divisional spots (them, Leafs and Canucks), at eight points over the Avs. The Jets still can’t take for granted that they have such a commanding lead because as much as the Avs this season have struggled, I’m not about to write off their season, playoff-qualification-wise, just yet. The Bruins, NY Rangers, Bolts, Isles, Canucks and Oilers, among teams that last season saw playoff action, have also struggled, but I’m not about to write any of those teams’ chances of seeing playoff action this season off just yet. Of teams that last season didn’t see playoff action, the: - Pens, CBJ, Sabres, Wings, Blues, Kraken, Sharks and (as the Arizona Coyotes) the Utah Hockey Club are out of playoff spots, but under five points out - Sens, Habs, Ducks and Preds are otherwise under 10 points out, with, based on their record so far this regular season, the Ducks I see the likeliest to see playoff action

Exactly. The Wild and Caps haven't crumbled when their star players have been injured. Look at the Leafs currently. No Matthews for almost a month, and having to ice half of an AHL team for games, and yet they still find a way to get the wins. Injuries suck, but they are a part of the game, and good teams have to deal with it and find other ways to win.

My general feeling is that these teams (kind of like the Jets) will have a rough playoff run. During the regular season the vulnerabilities aren't as obvious, but I think series in the post-season will be a lot more illuminating. The flipside is this is true of like 90% of the playoff field right now, so might as well flip a coin! Really want the Jets to be aggressive to improve the roster this year, this feels like a season to cash in some chips.

@@LockedOnJetsNHL Don't hold your breath on any chips beimg cashed. I have said it before and will again, true north does not really care about a cup, they only care about making money. They know to make money the Jets have to keep the arena as full as they can year after year. This means at least squeaking into the playoffs every year. If the jets trade away any future pieces, they will suck even more in a few years, thus risk bit scraping into the playoffs. The Jets need generational talent. Only way that happens is if they tank and get good draft pics. Money hungry true north will not allow this.

And that shows that the so-called depth this team has is just a facade. Injuries suck, but they do happen. Good teams, that have good depth, find a way to manage while guys are injured. The Leafs were icing half an AHL roster in their forward group the last month, and they still found ways to get wins. The Jets continually struggle to do that. Scheifle is nowhere near 100%, but the team has nobody good enough to take over at 1C to shelter him until he gets healthy. Namestnikov isn't an alternative. Lowry isn't an alternative. This team just falls apart when the top line isn't producing consistently.

Unfortunately Winnipeg's just not got enough horses if 2-3 guys are sidelined or dealing with something that impacts their play significantly. the TDL could be gamechanging for this team (or earlier, if they deem it necessary).

Heard some real interesting things about Zegras' character that made me wary of trading for him.

He's a name I have circled the last few years but the Isles rarely sell. Now that he's an upcoming UFA, maybe they'll be willing to move him.

Do you think Schiefele’s wrist injury will keep him out of the 4 Nations?

@@gordm3527 Dunno, maybe? Still a ways to go for that so it may heal by then.

I agree to a point. They can also push themselves ehen needed and back off when needed. Hoping they are smart enough to keep things in back pocket for playoffs only.

Theres a lot of ebb and flow in hockey you just have to navigate it as best you can. For now I think the Jets should just keep playing their game and force their opponents to adjust. You make a good point though, the playoffs are a lot more about strategy

Haha, probably a good line to put down for a few bucks.

These two games with Florida were played *extremely* differently. The first was a trackmeet. The second game, Winnipeg absolutely slowed Florida's transition game down by a huge margin and forced them into a lower-event style. That doesn't remotely mean it wasn't played with a lot of energy, effort, and physicality.

Good ol' college boy. My friend went to Cornell and used to attend their hockey games.

You seem to have all the answers using the old he’s too small crap get real