Listen, I’m never going to be “that” fan that hates on my Jets bros and sisters who cheer for the same team that I cheer for. So I get where you’re coming from or where another fan upset with the outcome is coming from. I want a W like you, like anyone who cheers on the same team I do.
Ultimately we all want to see the team do well and play as consistent as possible
This wasn’t a great game for the jets - I think anyone even the most stoic fan will feel some discontentment with a loss even if it’s a hard fought loss. We want to see the team win
But
For some it’s always “the Jets played poorly” and never looking at the job the other team did, or acknowledging where things went wrong, only berating them…that’s not a realistic take. I had felt similarly at times earlier this year and I had to take a step back and reflect on why I had such dynamic feelings, even had to rewatch some games, and realize where I was wrong and have since accepted a season isn’t going to be perfect, down to the very end. The Jets are going to lose some games in the playoffs, some of those might be stinkers (we hope not but sometimes the momentum isn’t with us)
I watched the last canucks stinker live, I spent $200 to the canucks org to watch their team
Beat down my team. But games like that will happen. The previous game we took it to them. Other “contenders” have laid goose eggs or have had periods of inconsistency, it happens to not just the Jets
This game wasn’t a blowout - there were a lot of weird puck bounces, bad passes, and ultimately special teams is was really decided the game. Their PK didn’t clear the zone. Gave the devils too much time. People forget how much high end skill is on the devils team.
Now, to say “make it seem like fan a or b is crazy”, if your position in the same paragraph is “a little bit worried” and stressing the team is “VERY” inconsistent, I don’t think that is a balanced perspective. It isn’t one that reflects - I mean objectively reflects - a team fighting for first in a tough division.
It also doesn’t give any respect to the team across from them. Sometimes the other team is just better, and the devils have many players I would love to have on the Jets that showed up and played well for their team tonight.
One needs to keep expectations in reality with an nhl season. Stressing “VERY” inconsistent play is simply not true. You’re still talking about a top team, and you also probably don’t watch other nhl top teams enough either - this is not something the Jets are singular in doing. It happens to Boston it happens to New York rangers it happens to the canucks it even happens to the avalanche and the stars. Preds recently have been on a tear but they have looked downright bad at times earlier this year.
My point stands, and I’m sorry if you disagree with it. People really come out swinging hard with these losses and they’re not usually as bad as people claim.
Look at the winning PGTs - they’re empty. Where are the same fans coming out celebrating the win?
I say with all due respect as a fellow fan - if yours or any fans’ position was you’re a tad bit worried and there’s some inconsistencies in their play, at times, we’d agree on that (I do however disagree with “VERY inconsistent”)….If your stance is one that can see that they had some bad bounces or some plays didn’t connect or they whiffed on pucks or they tried too hard to make the perfect play or some other uncharacteristic play (I say uncharacteristic because if you look at the games the Jets have won, and given they have won more games than they have lost this season, you can see what their “characteristic” traits are), we’d agree on that. In this case, the Devils were one of the best teams last year. This year they were letdown only by goaltending. they still have very high end talent and they are not an easy W; they should not be expected to be an easy W. take away the special teams, despite the shot volume, this would’ve been a lot closer of a game. Our players know they didn’t play their best, just listen to the post game interviews.
And - Even if the Jets were the best team in the league, they could still be the Boston Bruins of last year in the first round. Nothing is guaranteed. even with the loss today, this is still one of the better Jets teams we as fans have ever had the pleasure of watching; we can’t lose sight of that either …
