GDT: Jets vs. Preds - Round 2 - Game 5 - May 5th, 8:30 pm - barebones

[folix]

It was a brilliant move to Laviolette to bait Maurice’s into keeping Hendricks in and keeping us a 3 line team for an extra game.

Was it really a brilliant move? Or just taking advantage of the kid on the short bus kinda thing?

 

[SM17]

Love when Buff demonstrates his strength. Like the one time it took 3 Stars players to bring him down.

 

[Afterburner]

 

[Daximus]

Interesting so Fiala back in now.

This is going to be the biggest game of Jets 2.0 up until now.

A 100% absolute must win game if we want to put the Preds on their heels. We need to go into their barn and get a decisive victory. No room for failure here.

 

[Adam da bomb]

So is Hendricks definitely out this game?

 

[Daximus]

So is Hendricks definitely out this game?

No word yet.

 

[Aggie204]

The trap last game was brutal, and maybe one of the most frustrating thing I saw all season. I hope Maurice has a better game plan, because I can see them employing that again if they go up 2 on us.We need all hands on deck. I’ve started my clench as soon as I woke up today.

#freefrenchie #EhlersConnorWhereAreTheGoals

 

[kxx]

The ugly but disciplined win in Game 1, the Scheifele tying goal to make it OT in Game 2 and the comeback in Game 3 give me a lot of hope for this team now. Nashville did what they had to do in Game 4 - their defence was spectacular and frustrating - but Jets still got it within 1 goal of winning that game (late in the 3rd) makes me think even if we lose tonight we can make the comeback in 6 and 7. But would love the see Jets make it easy on themselves (and the fans) and take this one.

 

[Whileee]

Wiebe thinks Perreault is in for tonight...

 

[M2Beezy]

I was wrong about the Jets and have to recognize it. I called them playoff chokers for YEARS here and this year i thought the same but the team has CLEARLY showed i was wrong. Hats off to the Jets for building such a competitive team and I should have seen this coming. Sorry if I offended any Jets fans with my incorrect POV prior to the playoffs

 

[bustamente]

Jets will make the kitties disappear tonight

 

[ATLbound]

Apprently Helle came on for 5 mins for some shots. Which is rare for him. Hoping he just decided to mix it up and is not just testing an injury

 

[Afterburner]

 

[Whileee]

Wiebe thinks Armia and Perreault are in, Hendricks and Roslovic out.

Make this happen...

Connor-Scheifele-Wheeler
Ehlers-Stastny-Laine
Copp-Lowry-Tanev
Perreault-Little-Armia

I could see Maurice do this, which might be okay...

Tanev-Lowry-Little
Perreault-Copp-Armia

 

[Whileee]

Also, I won't be shocked if we see Perreault get some time in the top 6 if things are stagnant, moving Connor down.

With this roster, there aren't many bad line combos.

 

[Anton Hipchekhov]

Great news on Perrault.

Please win this series, gentlemen! A summer discussing Matt Hendricks usage would be poorly-spent.

 

[Gnova]

Interesting so Fiala back in now.

This is going to be the biggest game of Jets 2.0 up until now.

A 100% absolute must win game if we want to put the Preds on their heels. We need to go into their barn and get a decisive victory. No room for failure here.

No the biggest game for Jets 2.0 was the one in which they won series one.
No non elimination/eliminate game comes close.

 

[Daximus]

No the biggest game for Jets 2.0 was the one in which they won series one.
No non elimination/eliminate game comes close.

This has much more massive impilications than that game did. We were up 3-1. This is a 2-2 series game 5 that could be a major deciding factor until the next game which has even bigger implications.

 

[Snot Rocket]

Fiala in, Lord Coelocanth out.

Patrician Piscean Predator Patrolling Pressbox, Pleasing.

 

[aj8000]

I have the jets in six as my guess. even with the losses, I have a good feeling they will win the next two games.

 

[Maukkis]

Wiebe thinks Armia and Perreault are in, Hendricks and Roslovic out.

Make this happen...

Connor-Scheifele-Wheeler
Ehlers-Stastny-Laine
Copp-Lowry-Tanev
Perreault-Little-Armia

I could see Maurice do this, which might be okay...

Tanev-Lowry-Little
Perreault-Copp-Armia

I really have no idea why CLT has not been a thing. Holy smokes, they are a 60+% Corsi line.

 

[puck stoppa]

If they get a lead they’ll trap.

It will be interesting to see how Maurice rolls his lines and D pairs to counter Laviolette’s heavy matching.

Won't have to worry if we ice optimal lineup. I prefer flow over heavy matching, find in the end it's best for player confidence.

 

[puck stoppa]

We’ve had two grand opportunities to really back the Preds into a corner; game 2 would have put them down 2-0 headed back to Winnipeg and game 4 would have put the Preds down 3-1. These were ideal scenarios I was hoping to see play out as the series went along but I keep reminding myself the Preds are the #1 team in the NHL, they went to the finals a year ago so this was never meant to be easy.

Would be nice to see the Jets come out tonight with a killer instinct to their game. Three games remain and if we don’t want a 7 game series ending one way or another in Nashville, then we must win tonight and go back to Winnipeg up 3-2 giving ourselves the opportunity to close things out on home ice.

This. And I wanna see killer instinct on the special teams plz and thx.

 

[Howard Chuck]

I have the jets in six as my guess. even with the losses, I have a good feeling they will win the next two games.

I also had them in six.

 

[ICdave]

Pre-game audio:
Jets - Wheeler, Perreault, Lowry, Morrissey and Myers

Coach Maurice scrum topics: Finally having a healthy roster. What does it mean for the Jets? Impact of a player like Mathieu Perreault? On why Hellebuyck took part in morning skate today. Roster adjustments. How much coaching is involved in getting the team ready for game 5? On how the young players have handled the seven-game experience. No clean slate. Animated chat with Mark Scheifele. How big a role will tweaks factor in? Does this feel like a coaching duel? Is this what he expected from Paul Stastny? His thoughts on the "lick seen around the world".

Preds - Elkholm, Subban and coach Laviolette.

To listen click here.