Defensive personnel decisions have been baffling

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Team: 2019-20 Winnipeg Jets

Initial Creation Date: Oct. 13, 2019

Published: Oct. 13, 2019

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Don't want to come across as someone who is anti-Maurice, but the defensive personnel decisions are just baffling. We are playing a waiver-claim in the top 4, Bitetto who doesn't even look like a #7 Dman, and Kulikov on his off-side after 2 seasons of below-average play on his strong side.

I know Beaulieu is out and there is the Buff situation but these defensive decisions are not working. That and Heinola has 1 bad game and gets benched but veterans get a free pass to play badly.

Throw Beaulieu in on pair 3 when he's healthy. Niku hurt his groin in the AHL again but once healthy he should be in the NHL, not send down because he's not 6'5" or doesn't have a New York accent.

Adam Lowry was the Jets 2C last year, second off the bench. His analytics are off the charts good, but this year he is getting little minutes and is constantly hemmed into the defensive zone because he's playing with a 13th F (Borque) and a guy who played in the AHL last year (Letestu). Tonight when his wingers were upgraded he looked good and spent quality time in the O-zone.

Send Gus to Sweden once Little is healthy

Jets have been getting luck this year so far and changes to the lineup need to be made, both forwards and defence.

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$74,621,191	$0	$405,000	$6,878,809

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Laine, Patrik $4,995,000$4,995,000 C, RW, LW UFA - 2	Scheifele, Mark $6,125,000$6,125,000 C UFA - 5	Wheeler, Blake $8,250,000$8,250,000 RW NMC UFA - 5
Connor, Kyle $7,142,857$7,142,857 LW UFA - 7	Copp, Andrew $2,280,000$2,280,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 2	Ehlers, Nikolaj $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 6
Perreault, Mathieu $4,125,000$4,125,000 LW, RW, C M-NTC UFA - 2	Lowry, Adam $2,916,667$2,916,667 C UFA - 2	Roslovic, Jack $894,166$894,166 ($212,500$212K) C, RW UFA - 1
Luoto, Joona $741,667$741,667 LW, RW UFA - 3	Gustafsson, David $817,500$817,500 ($132,500$132K) LW, C RFA - 3	Appleton, Mason $741,667$741,667 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Morrissey, Joshua $3,150,000$3,150,000 LD UFA - 1	Poolman, Tucker $775,000$775,000 RD UFA - 2	Hellebuyck, Connor $6,166,667$6,166,667 G UFA - 5
Heinola, Ville $925,000$925,000 LD RFA - 5	Pionk, Neal $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD UFA - 2	Brossoit, Laurent $1,225,000$1,225,000 G UFA - 1
Kulikov, Dmitry $4,333,333$4,333,333 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Dahlström, Carl $850,000$850,000 LD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bourque, Gabriel $700,000$700,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Beaulieu, Nathan $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Byfuglien, Dustin $7,600,000$7,600,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2
Schilling, Cameron $700,000$700,000 LD UFA - 1	Little, Bryan $5,291,667$5,291,667 C, RW NMC UFA - 5
Letestu, Mark $700,000$700,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Niku, Sami $775,000$775,000 ($60,000$60K) LD/RD UFA - 1

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Oct. 13, 2019 at 10:20 p.m.

MisstheWhalers

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Lowry is so overrated in Jetsville, he's a good 4C but that's it!

Part of the reason they've been doing well is because he's been put further down the lineup, he simply just doesn't have the offensive instincts to play any higher up the lineup. I agree his wingers suck right now but he is what he is, a good 4C that plays a physical game and is an okay penalty killer, that's it.

Oct. 13, 2019 at 10:35 p.m.

Jfstompers

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would they give up a good piece right now like conner or ehlers for a dman or is it too early to think that might happen?

Oct. 13, 2019 at 10:36 p.m.

MisstheWhalers

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Quoting: Jfstompers

would they give up a good piece right now like conner or ehlers for a dman or is it too early to think that might happen?

Who knows really, they'd be absolute morons if they did.

Oct. 13, 2019 at 10:45 p.m.

bnormie46

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Quoting: Jfstompers

would they give up a good piece right now like conner or ehlers for a dman or is it too early to think that might happen?

Laine would probably be more likely if he has the season like he had last year. Im not sold on him, hes a terrible skater and a huge liability on the ice. Everyone is talking about how good he is with 11 points but wait till December comes. Will he still be putting up points or do what he did last season and become invisible after November? He is pretty famous for his hot/cold streaks.

Oct. 13, 2019 at 11:34 p.m.

TheCelt

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Quoting: MisstheWhalers

Last year Lowry was a good 4C. The year before that he was 5th on the Jets in scoring per ice time, led the NHL in High Danger Chance Differential %, and is pretty much responsible for getting Brandon Tanev a ridiculous 3.5x4 contract. In 2017 Lowry was absolutely putting up 2C numbers.

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