Team: 2020-21 Winnipeg Jets

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 14, 2021

Published: Jan. 14, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

LW is A+
Centre is A
RW is B
LD is C
RD is F

Okay I’ll go through each line and pairing now:
Ehlers-schiefele-wheeler
Very good. The passes weren’t as crisp as I’d like but still were great. Ehlers really pushed the pace for this line and he was absolutely excellent. Not only did he play his fast and creative game, but he also played physical. Wonderful game from ehlers. Scheifele was as good as we’ve come to expect from him. That said, he wasn’t as great with the puck as what we know he can be. I’m going to label this as a bit of an off game for him in that sense. Overall he was excellent though. Wheeler was good but not great. The only problem I have with wheeler is that he tried to force too many plays and is usually caused a turnover. Good game overall for this line, though they could be better

Connor-stastny-laine
Started off a bit slow (though the whole team did) but got better as they went along. Laine was all over the ice tonight. He did everything for the jets and that’s all I have to say. A delight to see how much he’s grown over the years and hopefully chevy can keep him around long term. Stastny was very good. I think he has another gear which is why I didn’t put him in the A+ category. However, he did all that was expected of him and really stabilized the defensive zone when he was on the ice. Connor was good too. Again, he also has another gear so I didn’t put him as an A+. That said, he was great and he was back checking really hard. Good to see him grow.

Copp-Lowry-appleton
Average. The problem is that while Lowry and copp create plenty of chances, they can’t seem to finish. Adding appleton to that lien doesn’t help since he has the same issue. I had the thought that Bennett would look very good next to those two but I doubt the flames would move him... overall copp was the best of the bunch and drove this line. Lowry created chances enough but also made some mistakes. Appleton was invisible but not in a bad way. They were good overall though and we didn’t have to worry about the jets being scored on with them on the ice (generally - more on that later)

Perreault-thompson-lewis
I just want to say how big of a fan I am of Lewis right now. He was the best on this line and was the driver. Excellent game for him. Perreault was average by his standards (which is pretty good in and of itself), and I’m glad he didn’t take any bad penalties. Thompson is an offensive black hole but he’s good in his own end so I’m okay with it for the time being. Lewis and perreault created some offensive chances a few times but Thompson kinda just lost it if you know what I mean. Good overall though, didn’t have to worry about them letting a goal in (much like the 3rd line)

Jomo-poolman
As usual, JoMo was just very good. Though he has another gear, I don’t think he can reach it paired with poolman (no knock on poolman). Excellent game from poolman, though I think he limits jomo’s effectiveness. Great game overall for this pairing though and they were the jets best pairing. I don’t mind poolman on the top pair right now as I think they need some size there which demelo doesn’t bring.

Forbort-pionk
The moment I’ve been waiting for. Forbort was excellent. I was a bit sceptical with his signing but he fit like a glove. His shot placement on net could have been a bit better but he’s not known for his offence anyway. Great game for him! Pionk was good though he could be much better. Good game for this pairing and I’m not too worried about too 4 defence right now. I’m excited for this pairing in the future.

Beaulieu-niku
Beaulieu was straight trash in the first period. He was good in the second but wasn’t good in the 3rd either. Niku wasnt good in the first, good in the second, and wasn’t good in the 3rd. Overall, he wasn’t good and didn’t capitalize on his opportunity with demelo out. I would replace this entire pairing with different players. Or play something like niku-demelo. Just lost a large amount of confidence in beaulieu as a regular.

Hellebuyck was good. Has moments of greatness but he also has another level, hence only the A.

Changes: replace beaulieu-niku with heinola/Samberg/niku-pionk

Sorry for the rant lol. Only for ppl who wish to read though!!
Please comment and let’s get a discussion going!!