It's a good article. Some will try to discredit the article in it's entirety by saying something like 'But Dallas blah blah blah', and I might agree in the one case of Dallas that they might be a bigger disappointment. But whether the biggest or second biggest disappointment, we are a huge disappointment again this year. And the really disappointing thing is that it is the same issues that keep coming up year after year - goaltending and LHD. This year coaching and man on man defensive schema have been brought into the picture and certainly worth scrutiny as well.
The injury/schedule card was hugely overplayed here, and continues to be. I pointed out our month by month record about a week ago. We are consistently not very good. With injuries and without. With 'the toughest schedule in the history of the NHL' and without. With the joint combination of the 'toughest schedule PLUS injuries', and without either. And someone put our pre and post injury record up here and the result is the same. We are consistently not very good. So that dog simply doesn't hunt. Of course there is an in game impact, but in the case of the Jets and our record not much of one because we are consistently not very good - look at our record.
I agree with the comment about the inferiority complex. I see it here all the time in these boards. There is no expectation or requirement of success. We are always explaining away why it's ok that we are really bad again. The current one is 'young'. So it's just fine that our GM hadn't addressed goaltending or LHD because 'blah blah blah we are going young', or 'blah blah blah it would cost some money' or other. Just do something to at least try to address the problem. Too many times the point starts with something like 'but we are young', and then that is used to justify our suckedness. Earlier in the year it was the injuries, even when we played and lost to teams that were as bad or worse off than us on the injury front. Or Maurice claiming that Buf is like a rookie on D because he played forward so he is still learning so it is ok for him to suck. It's time that this organization from top to bottom including fans start to expect better things and be vocal about it. If not, don't expect much from another summer of Chevy.
I think the thing that will motivate TNSE to do something this summer is that the hockey world has woken up a bit to what is going on in Winnipeg. WE are getting justifiable bad press for team performance. Maybe Laine is bringing more attention, or maybe the hockey world is starting to impose timeline onto the whole draft and develop and not much else thing that Chevy has going. We have some great pieces. So there are a number of pundits and analysts who are asking questions about WTF Winnipeg? It's about time. Local media has been throwing softballs for too long. Not that TNSE reads HFboards, but even here Chevy could source great reasons, that I am sure he couldn't even think of, for any stupid thing that he has done or anything action that he has chosen not to do - like find a keeper that doesn't suck.
We have a pretty good lineup. We have the potential to be a much better team, as soon as next season. It's time to scrutinize. It's time to welcome any criticism that might apply some pressure to TNSE. I feel like it is the only way to get Chevy to actually try something this summer. He didn't last year and certain problems were obvious. I don't care if something doesn't work out (unless it is absolutely stupid and idiotic), but at least try. The system, the use of players, the ongoing goaltending and LHD issue. It's time to welcome the different opinions and analysis of our under performing Jets. Something needs to be done.
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