Comments on: Will the Winnipeg Jets make the playoffs? Test your powers of prognostication. http://illegalcurve.com/2011/08/05/will-the-jets-or-wont-they-make-the-post-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=will-the-jets-or-wont-they-make-the-post-season The Illegal Curve Hockey Show provides the most comprehensive coverage of the hockey world. 9AM CST Saturdays on Sports Radio 1290 Winnipeg. Podcast available after on iTunes. Sat, 18 May 2013 01:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: How good is Ondrej Pavelec? | Illegal Curve Hockey http://illegalcurve.com/2011/08/05/will-the-jets-or-wont-they-make-the-post-season/comment-page-1/#comment-7386 How good is Ondrej Pavelec? | Illegal Curve Hockey Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:02:51 +0000 http://illegalcurve.com/?p=31057#comment-7386 [...] Editorials, Winnipeg Jets. Two weeks ago, Richy and I each posted articles where we gave five reasons why the Winnipeg Jets would or wouldn’t make the NHL Playoffs this coming season. In my piece, I argued that the Jets would make the playoffs and I cited the goaltending tandem of [...]

]]> By: Luke Miguez http://illegalcurve.com/2011/08/05/will-the-jets-or-wont-they-make-the-post-season/comment-page-1/#comment-7293 Luke Miguez Sat, 06 Aug 2011 02:22:00 +0000 http://illegalcurve.com/?p=31057#comment-7293 Gotta agree that Hainsey, Oduya and Antropov should all be considered as movable at or before the deadline.

]]> By: Anonymous http://illegalcurve.com/2011/08/05/will-the-jets-or-wont-they-make-the-post-season/comment-page-1/#comment-7291 Anonymous Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:30:00 +0000 http://illegalcurve.com/?p=31057#comment-7291 I’m not expecting the playoffs in this adjustment year but I also don’t expect to finish low enough to get a lottery pick. They’ll play with heart but are adjusting to what is the equivalent of the majority of the team being traded as they all need to adjust to a new city, new coaches & their system & new management.
We start with enough talent we don’t have to do the “Dive for 5″ or “Fall for Hall” scenarios. This will probably be an assessment year & the changes need will follow.
By next season strengths & weaknesses will be noted & adjustments made. TN doesn’t do the knee-jerk fast fix but seem to prefer to build a winner.
Have a little patience. We didn’t get the powerhouse Denver inherited but we also didn’t start with what was left of the original Jets after the other teams left us with the bare bones of a winner as the price to join the NHL. Our guys will strive for wins & the infusion of talent in the next year or so will give us a team that will always be a contender.

]]> By: Tim Bonnar http://illegalcurve.com/2011/08/05/will-the-jets-or-wont-they-make-the-post-season/comment-page-1/#comment-7290 Tim Bonnar Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:52:00 +0000 http://illegalcurve.com/?p=31057#comment-7290 Do we want him eating into ice time of a young player? Unless they are making a serious playoff run I don’t see a point in adding a veteran. 

]]> By: Tim Bonnar http://illegalcurve.com/2011/08/05/will-the-jets-or-wont-they-make-the-post-season/comment-page-1/#comment-7289 Tim Bonnar Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:47:00 +0000 http://illegalcurve.com/?p=31057#comment-7289 I agree with you both. :)

]]> By: Richard Pollock http://illegalcurve.com/2011/08/05/will-the-jets-or-wont-they-make-the-post-season/comment-page-1/#comment-7288 Richard Pollock Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:54:00 +0000 http://illegalcurve.com/?p=31057#comment-7288 Agreed.  Would be even better if the likes of Hainsey, Oduya and Antropov played well enough to get something of value for any/all of them via trade.

]]> By: Richard Pollock http://illegalcurve.com/2011/08/05/will-the-jets-or-wont-they-make-the-post-season/comment-page-1/#comment-7287 Richard Pollock Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:53:00 +0000 http://illegalcurve.com/?p=31057#comment-7287 He has apparently, at least in the past, been a negative dressing room presence.

]]> By: Anonymous http://illegalcurve.com/2011/08/05/will-the-jets-or-wont-they-make-the-post-season/comment-page-1/#comment-7286 Anonymous Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:30:00 +0000 http://illegalcurve.com/?p=31057#comment-7286 Off topic, but what do you guys think about the Jets offering Owen Nolan a contract if he doesnt make the Canucks? Knock his age all you want, but it has been proven that old guys can be impact players (Recchi). Nolan can play either wing, is a decent PP guy and fits the gritty style the Jets will play. The guy was more than a point per game player last year in Europe and scored 25 goals 2 years ago.

]]> By: Johan Heinrichs http://illegalcurve.com/2011/08/05/will-the-jets-or-wont-they-make-the-post-season/comment-page-1/#comment-7285 Johan Heinrichs Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:16:00 +0000 http://illegalcurve.com/?p=31057#comment-7285 I don’t have high hopes for playoffs this year (would be a pleasant suprise), but our team is young and building toward a strong team in the next 3 years.  I like the direction they are going.

]]> By: Luke Miguez http://illegalcurve.com/2011/08/05/will-the-jets-or-wont-they-make-the-post-season/comment-page-1/#comment-7284 Luke Miguez Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:46:00 +0000 http://illegalcurve.com/?p=31057#comment-7284 The 2011-12 Winnipeg Jets have a higher chance of landing the first overall pick then they do of making the playoffs.  This team just lacks top 6 depth all over the place, and with a couple of injuries suddenly we end up with fourth liners like Glass and Thorburn potentially jammed into lines with Kane and Burmistrov.  

Quite frankly we don’t want to make the playoffs this year.  If we aren’t gunning for a cup run then there’s no point in nipping the 8th spot and then getting driven into the ground 4-0 by Washington, just to end up with a mid-round draft pick in the 2012 draft.  Ideally a good year for us is where we finish around where we did last season, but we get obvious signs of improvement and progression amongst our young players.

]]> By: Anonymous http://illegalcurve.com/2011/08/05/will-the-jets-or-wont-they-make-the-post-season/comment-page-1/#comment-7283 Anonymous Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:45:00 +0000 http://illegalcurve.com/?p=31057#comment-7283 Given the fact that most of last year’s playoff teams in the East improved themselves, some of them quite dramatically, not to mention the brief hiatus from the NHL in the ‘Peg, I think just being here is more than half the fun.

]]> By: Anonymous http://illegalcurve.com/2011/08/05/will-the-jets-or-wont-they-make-the-post-season/comment-page-1/#comment-7282 Anonymous Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:44:00 +0000 http://illegalcurve.com/?p=31057#comment-7282 I with Kenny about being mega excited about NHL hockey being back in Winnipeg. I do think the Jets have a great shot at making the playoffs. last season the Thrashers sh*t the bed in the second half, but the first half they were a playoff calibre team. This team is not the thrashers! True North changed this team’s identity.

]]> By: Kenny Bank http://illegalcurve.com/2011/08/05/will-the-jets-or-wont-they-make-the-post-season/comment-page-1/#comment-7276 Kenny Bank Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:50:00 +0000 http://illegalcurve.com/?p=31057#comment-7276 Put me down as someone who is just excited to watch all the Jets games, both in the stands and on the tv.  If they make the playoffs great, but if not, I’m not overly concerned as I’m fine with the long term vision of True North.

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