Aside from that we are all Jets fans and as such are predisposed to disagree with critical analysis of
our team, I only take issue with that the analysis in this THN piece is a thumbnail view, one that appears to be really lazily done.
In the video, a main complaint from the THN guys is that the core has been rewarded with big dollars without having ever accomplished anything; that ignores that the core is fairly young, that the core weren't the problem, but rather, it was the lack of depth behind them that was the issue.
I'm kind of on the fence this year and see them on the playoff bubble this season, but also do see a team likely to be trending upward going forward, . They've put together a string of strong drafts that will begin to show benefits over the coming few years. They've also stacked up the competition at forward below the top forward line this year and that was the issue; they were weak behind LLW & Kane. Yet look at them now...
http://jets.nhl.com/club/roster.htm
While not stacked, there now exists a far heftier amount of competition for the #5 through #12 forward spots, at least versus the past few years. Competition is a good thing. I'm not convinced about their current mix both on D and in goal, but a better overall game of defensive hockey might alleviate that a bit if they could tighten things up a bit this year. Chevy and Zinger et al have done a good job of working with what they've been given to work with thus far, in my view. Barring serious injury issues, I can easily see them pushing hard for a playoff berth this season.