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I'm really enjoying reading Dellow on the Athletic. In this article he delves into the Jets #'s Here's a couple of snippets but The whole article is worth reading
Dellow: Jets' record is great but long-term success requires...
If you're a hockey team with problems, it's best to win games anyway possible, provided you aren't fooled by your success. Winning games buys you time to fix your problems without everyone around the team feeling pressure. The Winnipeg Jets have the first half of that equation down — they're 8-3-3. But are they fooled by their success?
That's harder to know. All we can do is outline the underlying problems and pay attention to whether or not they find a way to address them as the season goes along.
There's a lot of stuff to worry about. They've got a penalty kill that's getting torn apart. A power play that's producing without shooting the puck particularly often. Today though, I'm going to focus on 5-on-5.
It's no secret the Jets have been benefiting from shooting and save percentage at 5-on-5, although before I looked, I wasn't aware of just how acute the problem has been. Somehow, the Jets have the worst possession numbers in the NHL, with a Corsi% of just 45.4 percent. Sometimes early in the year you'll see big differences between Corsi% and, say, the percentage of shots that a team gets but Winnipeg's not getting that. They get outshot by about five shots per 60 minutes of play at 5-on-5. Only a 9.8 percent shooting percentage and a .927 save percentage is keeping them above water.
Dellow: Jets' record is great but long-term success requires...
If you're a hockey team with problems, it's best to win games anyway possible, provided you aren't fooled by your success. Winning games buys you time to fix your problems without everyone around the team feeling pressure. The Winnipeg Jets have the first half of that equation down — they're 8-3-3. But are they fooled by their success?
That's harder to know. All we can do is outline the underlying problems and pay attention to whether or not they find a way to address them as the season goes along.
There's a lot of stuff to worry about. They've got a penalty kill that's getting torn apart. A power play that's producing without shooting the puck particularly often. Today though, I'm going to focus on 5-on-5.
It's no secret the Jets have been benefiting from shooting and save percentage at 5-on-5, although before I looked, I wasn't aware of just how acute the problem has been. Somehow, the Jets have the worst possession numbers in the NHL, with a Corsi% of just 45.4 percent. Sometimes early in the year you'll see big differences between Corsi% and, say, the percentage of shots that a team gets but Winnipeg's not getting that. They get outshot by about five shots per 60 minutes of play at 5-on-5. Only a 9.8 percent shooting percentage and a .927 save percentage is keeping them above water.