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Forum: Winnipeg JetsJul. 23, 2023 at 5:12 p.m.
Thread: 2023-2024 Winnipeg Jets Team Estimated Primary and Secondary Goals and Goalie's Goals For and Against. This could be Jets best season if Hellebuyck and Scheifele stay with the team.
This team looks loaded to score and stop the puck out of the net.
So I stand behind what I said in the title. Never before can so many player skilled to score and defend at the same time.
I can see Lowry and Namestnikov in the 2C position since this is the weak point in the team.
All 4 lines have the ability to score goals and by November both 1st and 2nd lines should be B or higher grades from the C average of last year.
Third line has more scoring added to the wings along with Lowry or Namestnikov at Center. This line was the 4th best in the league last year.
I would keep Stanley for his toughness and protection for Perfetti and Ehlers.
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Forum: Winnipeg JetsApr. 30, 2023 at 4:23 p.m.
Thread: 2023 Regular Season/Playoffs Winnipeg Jets Roster Player Grades
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PLAYER GRADES
Adam Lowry — A
Lowry was the Jets best player in the series, one of the few that showed up for every game and contributed more than one would have expected. He had four goals and an assist, and a shooting percentage of 36.4 on his 11 shots. He also took a ton of draws and won 57% of them. Lowry also led the Jets with 25 hits in the series and for those who like the fancy stats, he led the entire NHL in expected goals, at 4. A true playoff warrior.
Blake Wheeler — B+
Wheeler is 36 years old, is past his prime, and may well be elsewhere next season, but he played decently in this series. He put up two goals and six points in five games and was actually one of the few plus players at plus-2. He was the Jets’ best player in Game 4, scored on 20% of his shots in the series and had 19 shot attempts. At 5-on-5, Wheeler was on the ice for two goals for and two against, one of the better ratios on the team.
Josh Morrissey — B
Morrissey only played two games, before getting injured, and he seemed to be playing with his usual mix of smooth skating, puck-moving ability and vision. The Jets were at their best when Morrissey was in the line-up, and were unable to handle the pressure from the Vegas forwards once he was out. Morrissey had one assist in the series and finished a plus-1.
Brenden Dillon — B-
Another playoff warrior, Dillon provided a kind of toughness many of the Jets lack, played significant minutes, and dolled out 22 hits. It would not have been any fun for the Golden Knights to play against the big, rugged blue-liner, who was on the ice a great deal more after Morrissey went down. He was third on the team in ice time (22:35 per game) and finished with a minus-3 rating.
Dylan DeMelo — B-
Another player who had to step up in Morrissey’s absence, DeMelo had a good series until the last game. His Game 5 was filled with giveaways and other errors, but overall he put in yeoman’s work, recording two assists, finishing with a minus-1 rating, coming in second with an average of 24:49 minutes played and dishing out 18 hits. He also led the Jets with 15 blocked shots.
Neal Pionk — C+
Pionk led the Jets with seven points (all assists) during the playoffs and also led all players in ice time with an average of 27:18. He filled in admirably with Morrissey on the shelf, but also took a beating physically and was minus-6 for the series. Pionk also led all Jets players with 24 hits and was second on the team with 10 blocked shots. However, Pionk struggled at 5-on-5. He was on the ice for one Jets goal at 5-on-5 and nine goals by the Golden Knights. He also led the Jets in defensive zone giveaways, with eight.
Nino Niederreiter — C+
Niederreiter was used all over the line-up during his time in Winnipeg, after arriving at the trade deadline, and his versatility came in handy during the playoffs. He had a goal and three assists in the series, but was also a team-worst minus-7. Niederreiter was fourth on the team in expected goals (0.9), was credited with 23 hits and generated 21 shot attempts, fifth best on the team. He was on the ice for two Jets goals at 5-on-5 and eight goals by the Golden Knights.
Kevin Stenlund — C+
Stenlund did what was asked of him as the fourth line centre, one who had to move up at times because of injuries. He scored a nice goal in Game 2 on a deft deflection and finished the series at plus-1. He only won 35% of his faceoffs, but he had 12 shot attempts and six shots on goal. His expected goals (0.8), was the same as the team’s top goal scorer in the regular season, Mark Scheifele. His problem is he’s just not much of a goal scorer.
Saku Maenalanen — C+
The same goes for Maenalanen, who was capable in his fourth-line minutes. He had a nice assist on Stenlund’s goal in Game 2 and though he played an average of only 8:31 in the series, he had 20 hits, sixth most on the team. With only three shots on goal and four shot attempts in the series, Maenalanen is not much of a threat in the offensive zone. His expected goals for the series? Zero.
Vlad Namestnikov — C
Namestnikov is versatile and experienced, but he’s really not a top-six player and it showed how many injuries the Jets were dealing with that he had to be used that way. Namestnikov had two assists in the series and his plus/minus was even, but he generated only 10 shot attempts and two shots on goal in the entire series, despite playing an average of 15:50 per game.
Nate Schmidt of the Jets had 25 shot attempts but only 10 of them got through to the net and he did not score. PHOTO BY CANDICE WARD /Getty Images
Nate Schmidt — C
Schmidt was third on the team in shot attempts, with 25, but only 10 of those got through to the goal. He had more attempts blocked (11) than he got through. He was fifth on the team in ice time during the playoffs with an average of 21:24, had two assists and was minus-2. He also blocked eight shots but was credited with only four hits.
Mason Appleton — C
Appleton tries hard, uses his speed on the forecheck (two takeaways) and crashes around (15 hits), but he rarely has much to show for it. He did not record a point and was a minus-4 in the series, despite averaging 18:11 of ice time per game. He had 14 shot attempts and eight shots on goal.
David Gustafsson — C
The Gus Bus played in three games and was pretty decent in limited minutes. He wound up a plus-2 for the series, while putting up no points in 8:48 of average ice time.

Morgan Barron — C
The Red Barron — he was bloodied by a gruesome cut that required 75 stitches in Game 1 — was just OK for the rest of the series. He did not record a point, and had a minus-6 rating in 13 minutes of average ice time. Barron did have 20 hits, 19 shot attempts and 13 shots on goal, so he was at least impactful, but the Jets needed him to show some scoring touch in this series.
Dylan Samberg — C-
He had the terrible break in Game 3 when his pass, intended to go up the boards to a waiting teammate, went off a Vegas player and right into the slot, leading to the game-winning goal in double overtime for the Golden Knights. That did not define the series for Samberg however. In his first full season and first playoff appearance, Samberg fared OK, though he didn’t record any points and finished with a minus-3 rating. He played an average of 15:38, lowest among defencemen who were in every game, and tied for the team lead with four minor penalties. He also blocked eight shots but was credited with only three hits in the series.
Nikolaj Ehlers — C-
Ehlers only played one playoff game because of an upper-body injury he suffered in the second last game of the regular season. He played more than 21 minutes in Game 5 and had two shot blocks, one of which sent him to the ice in pain. The most glaring stat for Ehlers? He had eight shot attempts but not a single shot on goal.
Kyle Connor — C-
Connor had three goals and an assist in the series, led all skaters in shot attempts and shots on goal and was second in expected goals at 2.6. In short, he was the team’s biggest threat to score, and yet he wasn’t really there when the Jets needed him most. Connor had four giveaways and a shooting percentage of just 11.5. Even though he scored a late goal in Game 5, he was mostly invisible in the last two games of the series. He did score the Jets first goal in Games 1 and 3 and had eight shots on goal in Game 2, but especially with Morrissey and Mark Scheifele out, the Jets needed more from Connor.
Pierre-Luc Dubois — D
Dubois was one of the poster boys for the Jets’ struggles at even strength. He was on the ice for four Winnipeg goals at 5-on-5 and nine against. He was absolutely invisible in Game 5, when the Jets needed him most, appearing to be more interested in where he’ll be playing next year than what he needed to do on that night. He did play well in Games 1 and 3, had two goals and two assists in the series, and generated 23 shot attempts, fourth most on the team. He also took four minor penalties, including two in overtime in Game 3. When Rick Bowness talked about the Golden Knights’ best players being better than the Jets best players in this series, Dubois would be front and centre in his mind.
Connor Hellebuyck had a 1-4 record, an .886 save percentage and a 3.44 goals against average in the series. PHOTO BY STEPHEN R. SYLVANIE /USA TODAY Sports
Connor Hellebuyck — D
Hellebuyck went 1-4 with an .886 save percentage and a 3.44 goals against average in the series. It was hardly a performance worthy of a Vezina Trophy winner and 2022-23 candidate. He was outplayed by Laurent Brossoit of the Golden Knights and was one of the worst goalies in the playoffs. In a key and telling analytic called “goals saved above expected” Hellebuyck ranked 20th amongst all goalies in the playoffs.
Mark Scheifele — D
Scheifele, the Jets leading scorer with 42 goals during the regular season, was largely a non-factor in the playoffs. He scored one power-play goal and was a minus-1, before exiting the series with an upper-body injury early in Game 4. Scheifele had 0.8 expected goals, only five hits and just one shot block in the series. He led all forwards with five giveaways and had 17 shot attempts, with 10 getting through to the net. If that was Scheifele’s last stand in Winnipeg, he sure went out with a whimper.
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Forum: Winnipeg JetsApr. 28, 2023 at 5:39 p.m.
Thread: 2023 Winnipeg Jet's Out of Playoff Final Stats Dump on April 28, 2023
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Forum: Winnipeg JetsApr. 28, 2023 at 5:23 p.m.
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