Are the Jets STILL Frauds?

[B33R LEAGUE]

As the title says.

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[Cleatus]

If they can keep up the way they've played against Dallas and Colorado, they're contenders for sure.

Gonna be tough coming out of the west in general, but I believe any team that does will win the Cup against anyone in the east (hopefully it's Winnipeg).

 

[Puckatron 3000]

The Jets being a fraud was a fraud.

 

[King Woodballs]

Obvious jinx thread is obvious!

 

[Skidooboy]

100%
They only win because of their best in the league goaltending, team defence, 4line depth and potent offence.

if you take that away they wouldn’t win any games.

 

[MardyBum]

The playoffs will determine that, but I don't think so.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

They weren't. Then they were. Now they are not again.

 

[WolfHouse]

Just play the system.

 

[Puckatron 3000]

They weren't. Then they were. Now they are not again.

This. Can close thread.

 

[jiho]

Bettman is going to love a Winnipeg - Carolina Cup final

 

[Thechozen1]

Until they prove it in the playoffs by knocking off some big time contenders.

That said, there’s 4 or 5 other teams that could be labeled similarly when they get eliminated earlier than they expect.

 

[flyingkiwi]

Nah but could potentially make fun of the moniker in a playoff avatar theme.

 

[Gil Fisher]

The Jets being a fraud was a fraud.

Everyone and everything is fraudulent.

- Sigmund Freud (probably)

 

[enuffidiotsalready]

i think Suter must have meant to say 'frogs' because of Winnipeg's large French-speaking population. Whitney heard him wrong because of all those hard hits he took to the head during his playing days.

edit- seriously can we make frogs an option in this poll?

 

[jungles]

TSN thinks so.

 

[WolfHouse]

TSN thinks so.

The Jets are slow?

 

[Arthur Fonzarelli]

This deserves its own thread?

This is a thought you could have posted anywhere.

 

[Gm0ney]

i think Suter must have meant to say 'frogs' because of Winnipeg's large French-speaking population. Whitney heard him wrong because of all those hard hits he took to the head during his playing days.

edit- seriously can we make frogs an option in this poll?

 

[jetsmooseice]

The recent highs have been pretty high, but the lowest lows are hard to overlook. It's like a guy who shows up drunk to work and throws up in the lunchroom, then does something brilliant to save the company the next day... I don't know what's going on anymore.

 

[StumpyTown]

Wow. That preview clip from TSN is cringy. It's almost like the only games they have seen from the Jets all season were the shit-shows the Jets put on against the Leafs just after the New Year.

While the Avalanche clearly have the best two skaters in MacKinnon and Makar, the Jets defensive systems seem like they are tailor-made to counter the way the Avs like to produce offense. No one in the world is going to cover either of those guys one-on-one game after game, but the zonish/team approach the Jets are using really well this year these guys have been pretty much neutralized.

The Jets second line looks like they can hold their own and even dominate the Avs second line head to head and the Jets bottom two lines are arguably the best in the league.

From the way the Avs play it really looks like they need to pounce early, get the first goal, and then transition into the counter-attack game that the Jets beat them with yesterday.

On a side note it doesn't look like this series will be anywhere near as physical as the likely Dallas/Vegas series and whoever wins this series should be much less banged up come the 2nd round.

I don't think this series will be anywhere near as lopsided as the season series was, but I really like this matchup for the Jets.

 

[tbcwpg]

Wow. That preview clip from TSN is cringy. It's almost like the only games they have seen from the Jets all season were the shit-shows the Jets put on against the Leafs just after the New Year.

While the Avalanche clearly have the best two skaters in MacKinnon and Makar, the Jets defensive systems seem like they are tailor-made to counter the way the Avs like to produce offense. No one in the world is going to cover either of those guys one-on-one game after game, but the zonish/team approach the Jets are using really well this year these guys have been pretty much neutralized.

The Jets second line looks like they can hold their own and even dominate the Avs second line head to head and the Jets bottom two lines are arguably the best in the league.

From the way the Avs play it really looks like they need to pounce early, get the first goal, and then transition into the counter-attack game that the Jets beat them with yesterday.

On a side note it doesn't look like this series will be anywhere near as physical as the likely Dallas/Vegas series and whoever wins this series should be much less banged up come the 2nd round.

I don't think this series will be anywhere near as lopsided as the season series was, but I really like this matchup for the Jets.

There are posters on this board that overemphasize the bad performances too. That TSN piece could've been cribbed from posts here.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

The Jets are slow?

Well they have speed - but it’s “fraudulent” speed. So….lol

 

[AlphaLackey]

I don't think this series will be anywhere near as lopsided as the season series was, but I really like this matchup for the Jets.

Of course I'll be cheering for the Jets, but I'm not oblivious to the fact that sportsbooks are pretty much unanimous in having us as a significant underdog (~3:2) despite being nearly a lock to have home ice advantage. What do they all see that we with our home-goggles might not?

 

[StumpyTown]

Of course I'll be cheering for the Jets, but I'm not oblivious to the fact that sportsbooks are pretty much unanimous in having us as a significant underdog (~3:2) despite being nearly a lock to have home ice advantage. What do they all see that we with our home-goggles might not?

They probably see the history as the Avs are previous champs along with the Jets recent history of caving completely in the playoffs.
What they don't seem to see is that the Avs top players (McKinnon the exception) have regressed slightly this season and they aren't nearly as deep as their Stanley Cup winning squad while the Jets are a much different team from the past couple of seasons. In the past the Jets were a one line team in the playoffs. This team is much, much deeper and has added a former champion in Toffoli (always has produced quite well in the playoffs) to help.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

TSN thinks so.

The Toronto Sports Network thinks Jets are headed for an early exit. Everyone else thinks Toronto is.