Some Takeaways: Winnipeg Jets vs. Montreal Canadiens
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Ugh, y’all. The Winnipeg Jets are in deep doo-doo. If game 2 against Montreal didn’t spell it out....well, yeah, the Jets are in deep doo-doo! Winnipeg is running low on time and ability (at both ends of the ice). In a thoroughly dreadful, boring performance, a lone shorthanded goal was enough to sink the Jets. You heard that right...a shorthanded goal. Yep, things weren’t great. Normally, I do 10 takeaways, but there just wasn’t much to take away from tonight’s game. Below are a few thoughts/hot taeks/whatevers.
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Some Takeaways
The new-look lineup was bad. Pretty much every skater struggled in one way or another. PLD wasn’t capable of filling the 1C role. Ehlers looked like he wasn’t feeling 100%. The bottom-6 was basically a nonfactor.
The defense was....oh dear. Stanley had a nightmare outing. Morrissey was ungood. Poolman....yeah. About the only defender of note was Good Boi Pionk. I love Neal Pionk.
Winnipeg really didn’t create much of anything. I have so few genuine notes because there wasn’t much to write about!
Hellebuyck was unbelievably good. Had he not stood tall, the Jets would have been out of this one even earlier.
The Jets now travel to Montreal for a back-to-back set. Even with the potential return of Stastny...it seems grim.
I don’t think Winnipeg is winning more than 2 games, so enjoy this playoff action while it lasts.
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