Pre-Game Talk: Game 2 Jets vs Blues

[snowkiddin]

Gotta ruffle Binnington’s feathers and he WILL regress to the norm

 

[DannyGallivan]

Man , the clenching that a game like that would bring might bung people up for a while .

 

[Jets 31]

Gotta ruffle Binnington’s feathers and he WILL regress to the norm

I said this in the chants thread , when we score the chant should be YOU LOOK NERRRVOUS !!!

 

[kanadalainen]

Tanev playing gives us speed and pain in the assness

 

[Neuf]

 

[AlphaLackey]

Just play 60 minutes like the first 20 last game.

Excited again!!!! What’s wrong with me?????

What's the alternative? That you invested yourself in 82 games just to say "f*** it" and throw it all away at the first sign of adversity measured not even in one whole game but in one fraction of one period? Nonsense.

It's a single elimination tournament. It's a crapshoot. Even Tampa Bay is exceedingly likely not to win it all (plurality != majority). And as we saw last night, even they can blow leads at home. It happens. But we still got a very live ticket. So I ain't giving up on it yet. And neither should you.

So yeah. You aren't the one that there's something wrong with. Now buck up, Chuck, and #GJG!

 

[kanadalainen]

I cast my mind back.

Back to the days when the elusive and ephemeral GDT would roam the wilderness of the sundry internet ether, and could often be spotted if one were quiet and patient. Free and powerful, a magnificent beast. Without encumbrance, and ready for battle.

 

[Mud Turtle]

Yes, traffic and lots of shots.

In a similar vein, getting someone in the slot would be nice. Very often every Jet forward is on the boards in the O zone.

This is where Lemieux could have come in very handy.
We need one of those fearless guys on each line.

 

[Puckatron 3000]

No one seems more passive in front of the opposing goaltenders net area than the Jets. Jets have very little traffic in front. Very few bodies making it difficult for Binnington. Other games, there are all kinds of scrums breaking out, guys going in and out of the blue paint, stacking bodies two deep, stabbing for rebounds, screening the keeper, taking position just outside the crease - sometimes half in and half out, putting their butts right in the keepers face, looking for tips and screens, defenders grabbing and tackling guys, scrums everywhere.

If the Jets do not get traffic in front of Binnington, it will be Vegas / MAF all over again. An easy time for The Blues, and easy time for Binnington, quick exit for the Jets and people claiming utter nonsense that we were Goalied. This is playoff hockey, if you aren't willing to battle in front, take some punishment, make it hard for the keeper, and get some dirty goals you aren't going to win. Period.

Little got up in Binnington's grill pretty good last game. But I agree we need more of it.

Jets started scoring some dirty goals in the last few games of the season. We'll need some of em to win this series.

 

[Neuf]

No one seems more passive in front of the opposing goaltenders net area than the Jets. Jets have very little traffic in front. Very few bodies making it difficult for Binnington. Other games, there are all kinds of scrums breaking out, guys going in and out of the blue paint, stacking bodies two deep, stabbing for rebounds, screening the keeper, taking position just outside the crease - sometimes half in and half out, putting their butts right in the keepers face, looking for tips and screens, defenders grabbing and tackling guys, scrums everywhere.

If the Jets do not get traffic in front of Binnington, it will be Vegas / MAF all over again. An easy time for The Blues, and easy time for Binnington, quick exit for the Jets and people claiming utter nonsense that we were Goalied. This is playoff hockey, if you aren't willing to battle in front, take some punishment, make it hard for the keeper, and get some dirty goals you aren't going to win. Period.

Jets have too many 1)Playmakers and 2)Snipers

Top 6 has Wheeler/Ehlers/Hayes who are more playmakers, and Schiefele/Laine/Connor who are snipers. Connor is great in close, so he almost makes it; but overall there's not enough bodies in front, deflections, greasy goals. etc. Like Ladd, Lemiuex, Lowry on occassion, etc.

I actually had a passing curiosity of seeing Lemmy with Laine to screen the goalie and clean-up the scraps.

 

[Anton Hipchekhov]

It’s too hard to bullsh*t people, it’s easier to just be yourself and say what you feel. Some people may agree with you some may not but at the end of the day who gives a sh*t?
Bart Scott (from a NFL Hard Knocks episode)

This team is flawed but good enough to beat the Blues. Let's go.

 

[snowkiddin]

This is where Lemieux could have come in very handy.
We need one of those fearless guys on each line.

Tanev will be a nice shot in the arm though

 

[portamoral]

9 - 55 - 26
81 - 12 - 27
28 - 18 - 29
85 - 17 - 13

44 - 8
7 - 33
88 - 57

For me

Switch 28 and 85 and this might be worth a try

 

[Jets 31]

Tanev will be a nice shot in the arm though

You mean Taz , that should be his nickname , the guy is crazy , love it though .

 

[Moe Mantha]

I... I actually LIKE the 8:30 game time!

Gives me time to get my daughter to bed, sit back and enjoy it.

 

[objectiveposter]

Gotta ruffle Binnington’s feathers and he WILL regress to the norm

No one knows that. It is impossible to know when he will cool off. We have seen time after time goalies just come out of nowhere and go on a tear for an extended period of time,, sometimes an entire season, sometimes longer. Dubnyk, Anderson, Smith just to name a few. When you have a goalie playing out of his mind you are supposed to milk it and take full advantage of the opportunity. Sadly, the Jets never really gave Brossoit that opportunity to stay in rhythm by making him the starter. It will always be one of those "what if" moments for this franchise do to stubbornness and politics.

Maybe the playoff pressure will get to Binnington but it didnt look that way in game 1. He was in a zone once again. The odds that he will suddenly regress significantly over the next few games are low. Hope I'm wrong but his record now is 25-5 this year. He is just flat out winning games.

 

[Howard Chuck]

What's the alternative? That you invested yourself in 82 games just to say "**** it" and throw it all away at the first sign of adversity measured not even in one whole game but in one fraction of one period? Nonsense.

It's a single elimination tournament. It's a crapshoot. Even Tampa Bay is exceedingly likely not to win it all (plurality != majority). And as we saw last night, even they can blow leads at home. It happens. But we still got a very live ticket. So I ain't giving up on it yet. And neither should you.

So yeah. You aren't the one that there's something wrong with. Now buck up, Chuck, and #GJG!

I just can't help myself. I look forward to every game!

 

[Howard Chuck]

Tanev will be a nice shot in the arm though

Tanev will take shots all over his body, not just his arm!

 

[DannyGallivan]

I... I actually LIKE the 8:30 game time!

Gives me time to get my daughter to bed, sit back and enjoy it.

That's what PVRs are for. I don't know how I could watch hockey and have a six year old son without it (no wonder the older generations had a "children should be seen and not heard" mentality).

 

[Do or Die]

This is doable, but everyone has to get on the train.
Only a few forwards played well, in the first game.....too many passengers.
If Tanev is good to go, he has to be in there.....we need maximum MPH, in this one.

 

[Aggie204]

I... I actually LIKE the 8:30 game time!

Gives me time to get my daughter to bed, sit back and enjoy it.

I like it also, its good for my business.

 

[sipowicz]

First line all need to show up

Hayes needs to show that a 1st and promising player weren't given away for nothing

Laines needs to stop hitting the damn posts

Myers and Kuli need to use their brains on the ice

Coach Mo needs to at least pretend he is a competent NHL coach

Fans need to remember it's three periods and not fall asleep after two!

HFBoards Jets need to listen to Sip and like every one of his damn posts

 

[JetsWillFly4Ever]

No one knows that. It is impossible to know when he will cool off. We have seen time after time goalies just come out of nowhere and go on a tear for an extended period of time,, sometimes an entire season, sometimes longer. Dubnyk, Anderson, Smith just to name a few. When you have a goalie playing out of his mind you are supposed to milk it and take full advantage of the opportunity. Sadly, the Jets never really gave Brossoit that opportunity to stay in rhythm by making him the starter. It will always be one of those "what if" moments for this franchise do to stubbornness and politics.

Maybe the playoff pressure will get to Binnington but it didnt look that way in game 1. He was in a zone once again. The odds that he will suddenly regress significantly over the next few games are low. Hope I'm wrong but his record now is 25-5 this year. He is just flat out winning games.

lol this complaining about Brossoit is insanity. Helle's year last year was as good as Brossoit's this year over a much larger sample size. You bet on the larger sample size not the small one against mostly weaker teams.

Binnington caught lightning in a bottle, there's nothing in his history to suggest he would be a .930 goaltender, and he won't be. He will regress. When is the only question. It could be next game, it could be next year.

 

[MrBoJangelz71]

Seeing as I boldly predicted Jets in 5, we are obviously winning the next 4.

We will play a full 60 today, we will beat them in to submission, erase their hopes and dreams and send them back to St Louis with their tails between their legs.

We got this!

 

[DannyGallivan]

HFBoards Jets need to listen to Sip and like every one of his damn posts