They were just fine with one defencemen. The team just fell apart (apparently a locker room problem but that can’t be all). The jets had a healthy d-core for playoffs (well sort off of you count JoMo with one arm healthy but I digress) and outplayed stl. We dominated those games, ask any stl fan.

As far as the offence goes, it should have, but it didn’t because the top line got overworked and was toast by playoffs. The teams was destroying in the first half and then the top line just stopped scoring like they did before. The jets were a one line team and everyone knew it. Nothing new about hay but that one line just Ran out of steam.

I will obviously assume that if most of you team’a core is under 25. They are going to get better every year.

Don’t get me wrong but this years’ defence will be worse, however, it has potential to be decent. If not rental here we come.

Which cup winners offense wasn’t as good as Winnipeg’s if you don’t mind me asking. I’m curious

Wsh. Yes they had ov, backstrom, Oshie and kuznetsov. But who after that. Oshie=Connor. Backstrom=laine. Kuznetsov

Wilson, Eller, dsp, Connolly, etc. they performed very very well. That was a top to bottom scoring team. Sure the depth probably over performed but they got the job done . You underestimate what that team had

Their defense won’t be a dumpster fire for sure but coming from a guy like me who said the same thing in 2015-2016 defensively from the hawks blew up real quick. When you have laine, Connor, wheeler, little, the beast #55, Ehlers etc you shouldn’t have a one line team.... Maybe something should be done about that if they can’t score lol

The rest of my reply went missing lol

Oshie=Connor, backstrom=laine. Kuznetsov>scheifele ov>wheeler. Then we still have ehlers >>Wilson. Eller=little. Copp=Connolly.
Dsp is nowhere near roslovic. Then there is still Vesalainen who is likely a top 6 guy by then

I give up for some reason it’s not taking my whole reply

Kuz is not better than schiefele, he is the most underrated C in the league in my opinion. Kyle is better than oshie ngl. But again if they are just gunna choke then it doesn’t matter, but the division and conference got a lot harder and Winnipeg has deflated and it has just begun. So we shall see what happens

I had to do that so many times I accidentally switched the sign. I meant to say scheifele is better and anyone who said otherwise is moronic, like my mistake lol. Schiefele is one of the best c’s in the game. Connor isn’t much on his own yet that’s why I would say they are equal.. the thing is that yes the jets lost guys but they only got worse as much as he difference between pionk and Trouba. Add in a likely better hellebuyck, a healthy JoMo and a fixed locker room, and we could end up with a better point total than last year

Every year cup contenders put their faith in young guys and it usually goes well. Let’s hope it does for the jets too. Even if it doesn’t at least we won’t miss the playoffs (fingers crossed)

Hey if we miss, your hawks probably make it, or Arizona does. Idk

I believe hawks, blues, preds, Colorado, Winnipeg/Dallas. Will go. Winnipeg normally would be a cake walk in other divisions but the central is no joke (except for the wild Looool) but I can see them making it. They got the pieces to do so