Post-Game Talk: Kings of the Road for once! Jets win 4-3

[Romang67]

Every time we win I feel our Post Game Talk threads are missing something. Just feels kind of empty. Maybe it's just me.

I'll tell ya one thing, on this current road trip, with their backs pretty well against the wall for the sake of the season, these Winnipeg Jets have been Fuelled By Passion.

Am I close?

 

[CorgisPer60]

And again, another afternoon game on Saturday. **** you, CBC.

 

[Guerzy]

Am I close?

Maybe that too , but that's not what I was going for.

 

[sipowicz]

I cant even remember the last time we saw Clitnone. Ever since he was a healthy scratch he hasnt had a bad game

Now he's covering for a certain other consistently bad D man

 

[Zhamnov5GoalGame]

I think Buff is quite hurt.
With the other injuries it came down to a really hobbled Buff vs their 3rd or 4th choice as a call up from the Ice Caps. You could see in the corners Buff was only reaching with his arms when fighting for pucks. Instead of using his body to remove the opposition from the puck. At least twice he was rushing the puck up the ice and had some room but just dumped it in. My guess is the coaching staff likely asked him to play that way given that he can't really skate hard to come back. So as bad as things were for him at times I think he's better injured then the option they have. If Enstrom or Redmond were healthy I'm sure he would take a game or two off. He still some how dangled through their whole team to set up the pressure that created Jokinen's first goal. Hopefully we can find a way to get him healthy soon.

 

[peg]

I think Buff is quite hurt.
With the other injuries it came down to a really hobbled Buff vs their 3rd or 4th choice as a call up from the Ice Caps. You could see in the corners Buff was only reaching with his arms when fighting for pucks. Instead of using his body to remove the opposition from the puck. At least twice he was rushing the puck up the ice and had some room but just dumped it in. My guess is the coaching staff likely asked him to play that way given that he can't really skate hard to come back. So as bad as things were for him at times I think he's better injured then the option they have. If Enstrom or Redmond were healthy I'm sure he would take a game or two off. He still some how dangled through their whole team to set up the pressure that created Jokinen's first goal. Hopefully we can find a way to get him healthy soon.

With Meech coming up I wonder if they will rest Buff.

 

[KCjetsfan]

I hope Buff gets a rest. Ignoring the wonderful play he did on the first goal, he's clearly uncomfortable out there.

 

[truck]

I cant even remember the last time we saw Clitnone. Ever since he was a healthy scratch he hasnt had a bad game

Now he's covering for a certain other consistently bad D man

Not sure what you guys are watching, but that pairing has largely been a disaster.

I am stunned that they haven't given up a bucket of goals. Buff hasn't been terrible, but Clitsome really really has.

 

[mzappa]

How did the first Kane goal not make the TSN game highlight reels?!

 

[RandallRitchey]

And why are the blues following Winnipeg round , hmmmm ?

Rumors were he was looking at Hainsey.

 

[garret9]

I saw some Clitnone moments, and I saw some pretty fantastic Clitmore moments.
He made a few good defensive moves, and once basically plucked the puck off a stick of a Rangers player right in the low slot. He also had some poor breakouts, with holding on the puck too long many times or wishy-washy passes. Of course, I have a bit of a leg up because I technically watched the game 1.5 times (I had an evening exam so I watched the first half just before the exam and then re-watched the whole game after).

I kept thinking to myself:
man if Clitsome had better decision making with the puck he'd be a solid bottom pair guy...

I think he's shown that he deserves to be the Jets' #7 when Enstrom is back and not waived; I don't think he's wowed me over Stuart or Postma (or Redmond if he was healthy).


PS re: Byfuglien
Geeze you guys shouldn't watch the TNSE streams... they are bias'ing your opinions... MSG stream was talking about how great Byfuglien is.

 

[Jet]

To be honest I don't think bogo had a very good game in his own zone either.

I agree. No doubt conditioning is starting to hurt him a bit. You can exercise all you want but coming back to the rigors of an actual game and playing 7 games in 11 nights on the road has to affect you eventually.

I bet he was running on pure adrenaline and skill at first but there is a point where your body just can't keep up. That's when you see what a great player he really is. Even when he's 'bad', he's good.

 

[Jet]

Was nice to see other lines contribute when the LLW line was shut down.

Time to get on Antropov's case now.

 

[Jet]

Georges Laraque was a decent 4th liner in those days as well.

No, I'm mindful of the fact that Peluso probably won't have too many opportunities to play with Kane and Jokinen. But like you were saying, Peluso's overall game yesterday made a good impression.

I remember the days when Big Georges thought he was a scorer.