GDT: Stars @ Jets | Fri Oct 11 | 7PM | MTS Centre | "Footgate"

[Gnova]

It's 1-0 this season as we won vs. LA last Friday night, so... here goes nothin'.

Woot! It's Friday!

 

[YWGinYYZ]

Actually it sucks. My original GDT did work out so had to quickly toss something up.
The effort was very Oct 10th Jets-like.

Well, look at it this way: the GDT's I mailed in last year, they won.

 

[SensibleGuy]

GRR JERTS GRR!!!!

DOOOOOO EEEEEEEET!


If I might offer a small bit of advice - if you have possession of the puck, and you are considering attempting to pass the puck to one of your team mates, first take note of any large men who might be wearing the opposing teams jersey and who are standing between you and the teammate you are intending to pass the puck to. There is approximately an eleventy-billion percent chance the puck will not pass cleanly through the opposing player's body on its way to your teammate.

 

[sipowicz]

On the plus side, we'll probably see 'Trouba was our best D tonight' a lot. But I guess...that's not really a plus. Unless you're looking at the team 6 years from now (and he's still on it).

I've thought about that as well 2 out of 4 games Trouba has been the nest D man, doesn't say much about the other D men when a guy who has played 4 NHL regular season games is already better. Think Bogo has looked really average at best this season.

Wheeler and Bogo sure aren't making Chevy look good in handing out those big contracts. Just hope like a lot of guys in here that Chevy didn't over value their worth.

 

[Hammer Slammer]

On the plus side, we can forget about last night's game in a hurry.

 

[YWGinYYZ]

On the plus side, we can forget about last night's game in a hurry.

What game?

 

[bigplay41*]

Please win! A 3 game losing streak with a day off Saturday will turn this place into a funeral home!

 

[sipowicz]

Please win! A 3 game losing streak with a day off Saturday will turn this place into a funeral home!

It's not the losses but the lack of effort in the past two games, the team was sleepwalking against the Ducks and coasted with little to no effort until the 59th minute against the Wild.

 

[buggs]

Wheeler and Bogo sure aren't making Chevy look good in handing out those big contracts. Just hope like a lot of guys in here that Chevy didn't over value their worth.

Still not sure what's up with Bogo but he's not been up to snuff yet.

Wheeler does best in a fast moving system. It sure looked ok to me last Friday and then somebody sent out a clunker for the last couple of games. Not surprisingly he looked pretty lousy.

Not sure what the game plan was for the Ducks/Wild games, but if it was to slow it down and grind then somebody hasn't really taken stock of the kind of players on this team. LLW-KSS: not exactly slow. Hell, Jokinen's line isn't all that slow and he doesn't look out of place now that he has wingers of similar speed.

Hoping we figure it out tonight. Else the boo-birds will be out at the arena pretty early.

 

[bigplay41*]

It's not the losses but the lack of effort in the past two games, the team was sleepwalking against the Ducks and coasted with little to no effort until the 59th minute against the Wild.

For sure I feel ya man

 

[garret9]

This trend needs to change tonight boys:

Fenwick For %...

ie: what share Jets had of all non-blocked shot attempts...

 

[Smelling Salt]

Dallas hasn't played since Saturday. Winnipeg should be angry but are on a back-to-back. Could be a clown pounding by either team.

 

[koth]

What is FF%?

 

[hockey-brent]

Would like the Jets to rest Stu, slot clitsome with postma in the bottom pairing

Oh barf.

Stuart isn't the problem and Postman surely isn't the solution.

Lines should be Bogo with Trouba, Clitty with Stu. Let them gel that way.

 

[Huffer]

Pretty simple requirement for me to be happy tonight. Just show me some bloody effort and intensity.

A win would be nice, but this team needs to start playing like they care.

 

[Saitama]

I'm just happy that one of the two teams I cheer for doesn't lose by a touchdown every night. Go Jets Go!

 

[hockey-brent]

Pretty simple requirement for me to be happy tonight. Just show me some bloody effort and intensity.

A win would be nice, but this team needs to start playing like they care.

Bang on. Claude said it best after the Anaheim game. Their lacking faceoff percentage and shots on goal show lack of competitive drive.

 

[Gnova]

The possible bright side for this game is that it is payday and if the Jets are awful then at least I will have lots of alcohol on hand to make them look better

 

[garret9]

What is FF%?

Percentage of non-blocked shot attempts that the Jets had rather than the other team.

(stands for Fenwick For %)

Oh barf.

Stuart isn't the problem and Postman surely isn't the solution.

Lines should be Bogo with Trouba, Clitty with Stu. Let them gel that way.

Meh I'd disagree... Stu is getting beat flat/slow footed, losing the puck to team high unforced possession loss per puck touch (yes, per touch more than Clitsome or Postma) and not even clearing crease well (one thing he's supposed to do well).

To me, Stuart is Thorburn on defense.

 

[Howard Chuck]

.....and please don't forget to shoot the puck and get some traffic in front of the net.... get some greasy ones! Shoot everything, you never know what goes in.

 

[Hank Chinaski]

This trend needs to change tonight boys:

Fenwick For %...

ie: what share Jets had of all non-blocked shot attempts...

Just curious, what's the exact definition of "close" in Fenwick close?

 

[Hammer Slammer]

Bogo was with Trouba at the end of the game last night, unless that was just a fluke. I hope they pair up again. Although with Clitsome not up to par I'd fear for a D pairing of him and Stu or him and Postma.

 

[Bartho]

Forecast for the skies look pretty bleak. I predict 20 pages of the following:

"Why is X playing with X? X should be on that line instead."

"Why is X getting so much ice-time?"

"Why is X still in the NHL? What we need is to call up <insert moderately talented but unproven youngster from AHL>, he's tons better fo sho"

"Fire Noel."

"Lol I told you Noel was a bad coach a year ago with my crystal ball I have here in another province, which I don't actually watch games from."

And of course, 100 posts mentioning James Wright even though he was not the sole reason we lost the game. 50 posts about Jokinen even though he has a somewhat decent game.

HFJets in a nutshell.

I'd like to see a hard, bounce back performance. Even though they were outplayed the last two games, they were still "in the game" thanks to solid goaltending. A little intensity could go a long way.

 

[ICdave]

Jets pre-game audio

Blake Wheeler - Keys to improving puck possession. Adjusting to tighter neutral zone in Western Conference? Why does it appear there is a lack of energy? Is there a hump this team needs to get over? What does he expect from Dallas today?

Evander Kane - How does he feel? Group energy? Does group overthink things as they try to implement new systems?

Bryan Little - Bouncing back quickly. Key to preventing a streak. Faceoff issues more mental? Have they set the tone in games? Keys to increasing puck possession? What does he think is behind that? Do they need one player who mixes things up to spur this team?

To listen click here.

Interesting Little comment: "I tried to do everything before the game to prepare against them & it was the worst night I had in my career"

 

[Jet]

If the Jets aren't motivated as hell tonight, this team has a serious problem.

If we could only put Kane's drive and hustle into the rest of the team, we'd be unstoppable.

GO JETS GO!