Pre-Game Talk: Playoffs rd 1 game 2 Friday April 13 630 CT

[Aggie204]

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[10Ducky10]

Jets win 5-1.
A rougher game but skill prevails.
Wild go home with their tails between their legs down 2-0.

 

[King Woodballs]

Should be a good game. May get even rougher now.
Bodies flying everywhere!

 

[HannuJ]

jets win by 2.

 

[SensibleGuy]

I think we’ll see a more consistent effort overall from the Jets. Having gotten past game one and got that first win out of the way should take some of the edge off the pressure. I’m not really surprised things were a little off for game one in that environment.

 

[Tommigun]

Not a must-win game, neither a real test.

 

[GJF]

I think we’ll see a more consistent effort overall from the Jets. Having gotten past game one and got that first win out of the way should take some of the edge off the pressure. I’m not really surprised things were a little off for game one in that environment.

Yeah exactly my thoughts. I think we already started seeing the Jets being more comfortable after successfully tackling going down and facing what everyone feared: yet another playoff loss. From that point on, the Jets were clearly dominating the game. They started to win more board battles and seemed a lot more confident in creating scoring chances. We basically started to see what we're used to see: Jets executing their skill advantage. Now I expect them to continue just where they left off in the 1st period of the 2nd game.

The last 5 minutes have been a good thing IMO. Like said, that first game was all about "actually finally doing it" and defending is part of that as well. When they tightened up, they looked good and didn't really give up any high scoring chances for that entire 2.5 minutes.

I'm really excited that Laine scored that confidence boosting goalscorer's goal. I was a bit worried about him needing a couple of games to adjust to the playoffs aggressivity and speed. Same about Ehlers - I think he looked a lot more comfortable in the third period compared to period one or two. I think you could just feel that they both adjusted to the playoff game style they had to face.

 

[SensibleGuy]

I'm really excited that Laine scored that confidence boosting goalscorer's goal. I was a bit worried about him needing a couple of games to adjust to the playoffs aggressivity and speed.

Yeah I just posted a giddy comment about Laine in the post game thread

 

[GJF]

The last 5 minutes have been a good thing IMO. Like said, that first game was all about "actually finally doing it" and defending is part of that as well. When they tightened up, they looked good and didn't really give up any high scoring chances for that entire 2.5 minutes.

added to that:

 

[ManyIdeas]

Jets are 1-0 when I drink the most Canadian beer I can find in st louis

Go jets go

Edit: why the hell did I type wild....

 

[Sir Erdinger]

Can’t wait to do it all over again! We need to get a CLT chant going. Show that 4th line some love!

 

[Aavco Cup]

So both teams have practice time scheduled but I'm not sure it will end up being anything more than just the black aces.

LeBrun said Lowry left the building limping last night, so at least it doesn't seem to be any sort of re-occurrence if his back/shoulder

I doubt Machhoo will be a player. One would think Rosie comes back in the lineup. Will the lines be shuffled up? Or will he just slot in as LW on the Little line?

How close is Enstrom? He hasn't skated with the team yet.

After the win, Money Puck now has the probability of a Jets series win just under 75%

 

[White Out 902]

Can't wait to fly in tomorrow, eat some Santa Lucia, play Xbox with my buddy and then go cheer my ass off. I haven't been to the phone booth for a couple years, long over due!

 

[nobody important]

Will they keep the same officials for game 2? He wasn't really a factor last night, but I'm worried that was the calm before Hurricane St Laurent hits.

 

[Aavco Cup]

Will they keep the same officials for game 2? He wasn't really a factor last night, but I'm worried that was the calm before Hurricane St Laurent hits.

The officials rotate

 

[Neuf]

Laine with 2, Bucky shutout

 

[Jets 31]

Anyone know why we get to start at 6:30 and not 6:00 ?

 

[JetsFan815]

If Perreault is not ready to go, I would consider putting in Dano instead of Roslovic. A natural LW who at this point is better than Roslovic in his 2 way play. Could be the right choice to make as I don't think that Little and Armia are good enough to cover for Roslovic when needed esp with one of them playing their weak side.

 

[EpicGingy]

Hoping for more of the last 15 minutes of the third period tomorrow night. The Jets really took over the game after they went down 2-1.

Lowry and co. need to keep punishing Minnesota's defence on the forecheck.

 

[HPsauce]

If Perreault is not ready to go, I would consider putting in Dano instead of Roslovic. A natural LW who at this point is better than Roslovic in his 2 way play. Could be the right choice to make as I don't think that Little and Armia are good enough to cover for Roslovic when needed esp with one of them playing their weak side.

I agree, Dano has played a pretty solid game in the few we've seen him in this season too.

 

[Upperdeckjet]

If Perreault is not ready to go, I would consider putting in Dano instead of Roslovic. A natural LW who at this point is better than Roslovic in his 2 way play. Could be the right choice to make as I don't think that Little and Armia are good enough to cover for Roslovic when needed esp with one of them playing their weak side.

I was thinking the same thing. I am not a Dano fan, but I think Dano has more grit to his game. I think he can get under their skin. There will be opportunity for Roslovic down the road. No doubt we are going to have a few more men go down over the next 6 - 8 weeks.

 

[Aavco Cup]

On the CNBC broadcast they were talking about how the Jets intend to wear down the Wild D and the cumulative effect of the forechecking as the series goes along. Some of what we saw for the entire third period (the Jets were already dominating even though the Wild scored twice) was the fruit of those efforts. Dumba played 30+ minutes

 

[castle]

LeBrun said Lowry left the building limping last night, so at least it doesn't seem to be any sort of re-occurrence if his back/shoulder

What’s this about Lowry being injured? How did I miss this? I didn’t notice his absence in the game...

 

[Aavco Cup]

What’s this about Lowry being injured? How did I miss this? I didn’t notice his absence in the game...

I posted this in the GDT. LeBrun was the only media person who noticed apparently.

 

[Oilpeg]

I posted this in the GDT. LeBrun was the only media person who noticed apparently.

Had to pee...no big deal.