Where do the Winnipeg Jets go from here?
After watching the Jets get shut out 1-0 in St. Louis on Wednesday night, it was hard to avoid the sinking feeling that this may simply be who this team is right now. The answers to fixing the mess they’ve created don’t just feel elusive — they feel nonexistent, or at least beyond the reach of this current group.
The video isn’t working. The line combinations aren’t working. The defensive structure isn’t working. So what’s the solution? A bag skate? A shake-up? Something — anything — to wake this team up.
Because the task doesn’t get any easier. Winnipeg heads to Denver on Friday to face the Colorado Avalanche, the top team in the NHL, in what shapes up as another massive test during a stretch that continues to spiral.
Cam and Jim are joined in studio by CJOB Jets Studio Host Kelly Moore as they try to piece together what, if anything, can realistically be done to stop the slide and salvage the season.
Plus, the guys discuss the estimated value of the Winnipeg Jets as franchise valuations come into focus following reports that the Pittsburgh Penguins have been sold for a staggering $1.7 billion USD.
All that and more on today’s edition of Jets @ Noon.
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Yet the Jets didn't practice at all today 😂😂 rewarding a losing bunch
What an absolute PATHETIC performance. Losing to a team that is filled with key injured players is unacceptable.. It's obvious the team has quit on the coaches which is why you need a wholesale change on the coaches. Morrissey needs to grab a set of balls. Too many soft players…Barron is not a second line player, fourth line at best!!!
Have to ask the question now, Is Arniel the problem? I'm starting to think so more and more
Fetts is obviously still injured. I can skate faster at 48 than him, my guess if they thought they had a replacement for him they would sit him. Time to lay off the kid, he is fragile to begin with
Why isn't someone interviewing chevaldayoff. He put this together.
They get frustrated easy and often. "people in their conduct of affairs are constantly ruining them when they are on the eve of success. If they were careful at the end, as (they should be) at the beginning, they would not so ruin them."
The issue is that when you get to a tipping point you can be tempted to grasp at it, if you grasp at it, it will escape you and then you can spiral out. The key is to never do things for another reason, that you have to grasp at, so that your momentum is not affected at how close you are to getting somewhere, because you are always where you want to be.
I disagree that one new player can't make a difference. Bring a forward in that can score and that can be contagious.
91 has been over rated since day 1, he’s not an NHL player….the experiment isn’t working…and don’t look at last season points…he was an opportunist with decent players around him. we keep hearing about his high “ skill”????? Really..,exactly what skills are we talking about? …sometimes the transition from Junior to Pro just doesn’t work…objectively, compare shift to shift what he does compared to say someone like Barron….look at speed…look at tenacity and compete level, look at board battles, and look at speed and fore checking/back 7:32 checking….how is 91 still considered “ 2nd line?” He just can’t compete at this level…give his PP minutes to someone else….his big coasting turns to go other way, his horrific skating / speed can’t keep up …sure he’s frustrated, but it’s because the game is separating itself from him….he is very easy to play against. I would move Barron to second line and say go to it…91 needs to healthy scratch …get some grit and compete, Moose guys? At least they’ll compete in the corners , rather than be a player who other teams know they can steam roll.
Also, how many years are we going to watch 55 coast back and not pick up guys….amazing how in replay after reply , we see 55 2 steps behind the guy who scores on them, standing straight legged reaching with one hand on stick and his soother half out of his mouth…replay guys on tv catch this time and time again , game after game, year after year….easier to deal with ( turn a blind eye) when he’s scoring, but he’s so poor defensively, in our end in the slot , Helly must be very patient seeing this time after time.
And did we hearBotterill from SN panel after game…spot on with her critique…no energy, no sense of urgency, no compete…it’s so obvious….
Helly, Stan, and Barron were only players who I saw with any “G a S “ factor last night….
Arniel is done. Need a hockey trade at the 2nd tier group. Like Perfetti, Demelo , Niño, Iafallo, etc. Hockey swap. Need shake up.
Steam rolling by the Avs is going to Terrible
Penalites are what teams are waitng for they can play great for 50:00 a game,but as soon as Toronto sees Winnipeg play well the refs get thatcall form Gary in Toronto and the next thing if you cough its unsportsmanlike conduct and its 1-0 and then its over thses penalties and refs have the not been able to see the ice or is watching the game form the stands or tries to make the game a no hitting league teams are plannig their whole attack by this and its constant
The Jets lost their speed with the departure of Kupari, Appleton and especially Ehlers. Ehlers in particular was worth much more than the 60 points he put on the board, which was obviously important, but he allowed his line to gain the zone and push defenders back. Appleton was usually first in on forecheck and Kupari was very effects in lugging the puck. We replaced that speed with 19 and 14 and it hasn’t worked. I agree with the panel, this team has to figure it out. Baron needs to move to 2C and Villardi needs to drop to the second line. My 2 cents…
If Arniel was the problem, the Jets would have stunk last season. The problem is that their best player, Ehlers, left the team. He obviously carried the 2nd line and the powerplay. The second line is invisible now.
It reminds me of the last quarter of the season a couple of years ago. The team collapsed in the final twenty games. Maybe the Jets are mentally fragile.
Jets are old and slow and only have 1 line that’s a threat. That’s the problem in my eyes.
The problem is they don’t have the answers on this team. They are bad! They simply don’t have the players to play Arnies system. Way past their prime and so slow. Total failure to add to this team in the off season. And yet a staunch adherence to the so called plan. Put some of these horrendous signings on waivers!
It would have been 5-0 if the Blues players hadn't missed their open nets. So funny!
The new additions don’t fit. Own it and put them in the minors as they are worthless. Send a message. Toews, Nyquist, Schenn, Pearson. See ya. NHL is a privilege not a right.
We won’t have to worry about Bucky folding in the playoffs because we won’t be in the playoffs
Chevy should have been fired years ago. The jets have had very little success since they have returned to Winnipeg