I sometimes wonder why we often lead with Connor and Scheifele; they're excellent scorers largely due to their smarts and playmaking; they're not really lights out talent 1-on-1. Sometimes I'd like to see us throw some others out first.
Honestly, though, that game was so well played and tight, it feels like a let-down for it to end in a shootout. Felt like playoffs and OT should just give them another 20 minutes to go for it.
I've never seen a puck bounce as far back off the post as Morrisey's did. Wild.
Well, he called Greenland "Iceland" 4 times in a meandering, somewhat incoherent ramble of a speech.
I know! Hard to believe!
I'm really loving watching the 2nd line these days. The chemistry continues to grow and it really feels like the first two lines are capable offensively now. The 4th line is doing well at being a 4th line too. Biggest issue is 3rd line feels like its under-performing, but I think that it's going to take the season for Lowry to really recover from his hip surgery.
Rather poetic less than 24 hours after Trump paraded out a map with American flags over Canada, Greenland, and Venezuela.
I mean, I understand this is all reductive, but I think as a CEO the concept of "commercial viability" is kind of an important one since you need money to pay your employees. And players have always had the power; just don't buy slop you don't like. Buy stuff you do like. Sheesh.
Seems like suspension without pay would be reasonable. That said, I have no idea what Gimil’s charter or laws or like. Probably a part of civics I should brush up on.
Projected Lineup (Updated @ 9:30AM):
Forwards
Kyle Connor - Mark Scheifele - Alex Iafallo
Cole Perfetti - Jonathan Toews - Gabriel Vilardi
Nino Niederreiter - Adam Lowry - Vladislav Namestnikov
Cole Koepke - Morgan Barron - Tanner Pearson
Defence
Josh Morrissey - Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg - Elias Salomonsson
Logan Stanley - Luke Schenn
Goalies
Connor Hellebuyck (starting)
Eric Comrie
Jonathan Toews on facing the Blackhawks in Chicago as a visitor for the first time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yur-jsw6e7o
7-day suspension with pay…so he, like, gets a paid vacation for having terrible conduct?
Jets win! Final score 6–2.
Goals for the Jets:
Jonathan Toews (Vilardi, Scheifele)
Tanner Pearson (Barron, DeMelo)
Josh Morrissey (Scheifele, Toews)
Logan Stanley
Gabriel Vilardi (Morrissey, Scheifele)
Mark Scheifele (Iafallo, Connor)
Goals for Minnesota:
Danial Yurov (Middleton, Tarasenko)
Marcus Johansson (Boldy, Hartman)
I didn’t get a chance to watch tonight, but seems like the Jets are finding their footing after the Christmas break. Points for players all over the place these days.
I’m particularly happy for Toews finally starting to find his groove. He might end up becoming a critical piece I think a lot were hoping he would.
Jets ain't great this year. Though I feel games like this really show the dead weight that needs to be traded away.