Guys are gonna get banged up in the playoffs, having a 20 goal scorer ready to sub in is huge
Yep -- when was the last time a healthy 20-goal scorer was kept out of a PO lineup for the Jets (I'm mentally X-ing out Kevin Hayes, who was all but PB'd whilst still in the lineup)?
I've had Cole pencilled in as a Stats 2.0 for a while now (with a Gilmore Lite as an upper-echelon poss), and despite his travails this year, I still expect it.
Great to see Chibby and Lambo translating their AHL games to the bigs in their first evert attempt, and last night's scrappy but fun game reminded me of those runs a very young and very talented Jets team had in 2015-17. Sure, garbage time, but you could see what was on its way.
To have "what's on its way" alongside a 110 point, 4th place OA, Jennings-trophy winning team is pretty exciting.
And I hope the team and/or Helle invests a few $$ with a local trophymaker to get LB a Jennings of his own, with both names on it. I get that the 25 game rule was invented for mortal starters, but that award is every much LB's, whose high-end play in relief allowed for team momentum and Helle resets all season long. Good luck to him in his next starters/ tandem gig -- he deserves a real shot.
I hear you have a little snow there -- good time for an Avalanche, I suppose.
I believe that, but you could say the same about Cole. They are cut from the same cloth in that they rely on smarts, positioning and timing to make an impact without the puck.
I think the conversation morphed into who got in for Barron if he couldn't go on Sunday. I have no doubt Bones will play Morgan if he is able to go.
For positives, after being a bit disappointed with Monohan his first dozen games or so, he's really ratcheted it up and has been very good the last 15 or so. Still am very meh on Tyler, haven't felt he's brought much.
Toffoli is the same player he's always been -- only slower.
Not a great fit with the Jets' speed and aggression, but fine as another shooter who can clean up what Ehlers and Monahan create. Honestly anyone with some IQ and hands on that line is going to do fine in the Toffoli spot -- but glad we didn't spend a MTL second on him.