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arafay

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Forum: Armchair-GMNov 14 at 4:11
Thread: What changes do you suggest
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MisstheWhalers</b></div><div>Idk how much you watch of the Jets but their PK is bad because of the strategy/system it is and not so much who is on it, what the coaches want them to do just doesn't work, you could take the statistically best PK'rs in the league and put them on the Jets PK and I'm sure their PK stats would decline, forwards and dmen.

Also I do think the Jets could stand to add some physicality, really not sure they can withstand the playoff style game the way they're presently built.</div></div>

About the PK, that’s exactly what I’m trying to say. It’s a work in progress. While I would hesitate to call it a system that doesn’t work because it has in the past, it’s very much a work in progress. The personnel are not the issue. Hence adding a PK specialist is not “the way”. They will get better with reps. The PK has come a long way since the beginning of the season, there’s no denying that.

I think so too, but I like the makeup of the current team. I think they could add some physicality on that 4th line though. Hence I brought in Staal (who is a beast in the playoffs in my opinion). I also like Hartman but the wild are probably making the playoffs
Forum: Armchair-GMNov 14 at 2:27
Thread: What changes do you suggest
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>exo2769</b></div><div>There are plenty of PK specialists you can get for cheap. The Hawks Carpenter is $1M cap hit and their leading PKer. DET's Sam Gagner leads their PK and has a cap hit of $850k. They're not scoring a ton of points, but send a 5th rounder and whatever it takes for the cap to work out. Beaulieu? Just thinking out loud.</div></div>

Well, nash is a PK specialist. The problem isn’t the penalty killers. They are fine individually. The jets as a whole are still figuring out the PK since they lost most of theirs over the summer. It’s more a matter of reteaching. The jets’ best PKers are Copp and Lowry, and watching them on the PK is a delight to watch. We just need the other guys to catch up. The jets just need time in that case. It’s the same deal with the turnovers, the jets make a lot of turnovers cause of the new defence, but they will get better. Just a matter of waiting. This team is not ready for playoffs in terms of structure in any way. It still needs work. There’s no debating it. But the tools are there
Forum: Armchair-GMNov 14 at 2:19
Thread: Next year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>tsyls</b></div><div>Copp being over a PPG 14 games in definitely warrants this type of deal. I though he’d maybe slow in production but he’s been steady Eddie. Starting to see that playing on that shutdown line was hindering his offensive production more than we thought. Him and scheifele have undeniable chemistry and hopefully they can continue to play with Ehlers.

I think DeMelo will be the cap sacrifice this off-season. He’s been good in his time as a jet but probably the one to go as the jets can’t afford 3 million on the 3rd pair. I like putting Perfetti with Dubois and Connor.

My only concern again is goaltending.</div></div>

But the BIRDMAN!?!?!? All jokes aside though, goaltending would be a question mark but nothing a small trade can’t fix.

I agree everywhere else. Though I don’t think that shutdown role was “hindering” copp. He simply did not have this offensive flair before last year, he’s more grown into that role.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov 14 at 2:18
Thread: What changes do you suggest
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>exo2769</b></div><div>I'm not sure if this is over simplifying anything, but WPGs PK...3rd worst in the entire NHL...that's very bad. Especially if you're going to have to go up against EDM. I think WPG has a very good team, but Stastny has zero business being on the PK. Some teams add physicality like a Reaves...WPG doesn't need to worry about that. I would worry about what WPG is bad at right now. Make sure you address it 100% before hoping things get better. WPG is a true dark horse to win it all this year IMO.</div></div>

I agree the PK still needs work, but it has gotten miles better since day 1. Most of their terrible PK numbers are still being weighed down by the terrible start. They still need work on the PK, but they look like a “middle of the pack” team rn on the PK. Which is a huge improvement. I agree though, they need to replace stastny on the PK with someone else (though keep in mind that the stastny spot likely goes to schiefele now).
Forum: Armchair-GMNov 14 at 2:12
Thread: What changes do you suggest
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MisstheWhalers</b></div><div>How'd the 4th line look? They had some good shifts in the SJ game, Vesalainen is smart and makes some nice plays just unfortunate that the nice plays he's making aren't making it into the back of the net, that spin backhand pass he made to Toninato against the Sharks was sweet, too bad Toninato couldn't convert on that.

I really don't mind Toninato, he's a pretty solid 4th liner and is smart enough to make plays and not just throw the puck away, goes to the net and seems defensively aware, Nash has been better lately but gotta wonder if that line wouldn't be doing better if it had someone else centering it.</div></div>

I agree with al you said. Vesalainen once again looked good but he not doing enough to earn a bump up tbh. We all know maurice is waiting for the day vesalainen pumps one in to bump him up but he needs to get some more confidence. He’ll get there, it’s just taking some time

Toninato is alright. Perfect 4th line player tbh. Replacing nash would do wonders. Not because nash is playing terrible, but he’s much more limited than a potential upgrade and as a result that line is limited.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov 14 at 12:49
Thread: What changes do you suggest
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MisstheWhalers</b></div><div>I didn't watch, how'd they play?</div></div>

Absolutely got bottled up. The kings played a great game and killed anything the jets tried to do throughout the 2nd and 3rd periods using excellent 5 man defence. The only line creating chances (but still couldn’t get a shot) was the dubois line.

Scheifele looks like there’s something off with him but he did get the proverbial monkey off his back, but I still think he’s missing something. Somethings off. Maurice took svechnikov off the dubois line and replaced him with wheeler. I absolutely hate that, but as a result maurice put copp-scheifele-ehlers together so I’m okay with it (since it’s the less of 2 evils) Hopefully we see what I have when stastny comes back.

Overall though, the jets didn’t play bad in my opinion. The kings just played very good defence. Eventually the dam broke though (good thing for the jets). All in all, the kings deserved to win but it’s not like the jets played terrible. The jets were just deeper, hence they won.

Overall though, I still don’t have much negatives to take away from the game, even though they didn’t play too well.