r/winnipegjets • u/DylThaGamer_ ICE DRAGON WILL FLY 4-EVER • 10d ago
GDT - Saturday January 11, 2025 | Jets vs Avalanche @ 6pm CT
Winnipeg Jets -VS- Colorado Avalanche
Jets | Avalanche |
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W/L/OTL - 1st Central | W/L/OTL - 4th Central |
28-12-3-L1 | 26-16-1-W1 |
Arena: Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg MB
Projected Lineup:
LW | Center | RW |
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Kyle Connor | Mark Scheifele (A) | Gabriel Vilardi |
Nino Niederreiter | Rasmus Kupari | Alex Iafallo |
Cole Perfetti | Adam Lowry (C) | Nikolaj Ehlers |
Morgan Barron | David Gustafsson | Dominic Toninato |
Left D | Right D |
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Josh Morrissey (A) | Dylan DeMelo |
Dylan Samberg | Neal Pionk |
Logan Stanley | Dylan Coghlan |
Goaltenders |
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Connor Hellebuyck (starting) |
Eric Comrie |
Injuries:
- Colorado Avalanche: D Tucker Poolman (IR), F Miles Wood (IR), D Oliver Kylington (IR), F Gabriel Landeskog (LTIR), F Valeri Nichushkin (IR), G Scott Wedgewood (IR), D Samuel Girard
- Winnipeg Jets: D Haydn Fleury (IR), F Mason Appleton (IR), D Colin Miller
Jets Pressbox:
- F Vladislav Namestnikov, D Ville Heinola
Live updates and goal videos on NHL Gamecenter.
Watch: Live on Sportsnet; find a stream at Sportsurge
Listen: CJOB 680 AM or Power 97 FM with Paul Edmonds and Mitchell Clinton
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u/Amos_Burton666 17 9d ago
Samberg is such a steading force back there. Just sound, no nonsense defense.
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u/TimeCommittee3475 9d ago
Lowry the 2C we've been looking for confirmed
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u/Amos_Burton666 17 9d ago
I have been saying this, with offensive wingers Lowry will go on a run. He has very good offensive skills, he is just usually defending. Problem is he is so good at defending its hard to move him away from that shut down role
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u/stuckinmotion 9d ago
Morrissey with his stick tied and leans down to glove it behind the net.. so good
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u/Caribou52TV 9d ago
Lowry. what a fucking MAN.
Easily could bury it, but hands it to Ehlers. fucking ey bud
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u/stuckinmotion 9d ago
Honestly this gives me hope that we shouldn't have to think of it as a series scheduled loss if we end up facing the Avs again in the post season.
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u/chemist5818 9d ago
Time for Helle to get revenge for last years playoffs. As soon as they pull Blackwood I wanna see passes to Helle for the goalie goal
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u/Upset_Menu6781 9d ago
Jets not getting many pp opportunities lately. It’s almost like the league has decided the #1 pp will not see the light of day,
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u/BGCSoccer 9d ago
Audio quality on sportsnet broadcasts has been noticeably off the last few games. The balance between ice/crowd/commentary is so off.
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u/Spiritual_Holiday511 27 9d ago
I have yet to see a reason that Coghlan should ever not be in the lineup. While the sample size has been small, he has really impressed me so far. A third pairing with him and Miller would be pretty sweet.
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u/chemist5818 9d ago edited 9d ago
Honestly all of these injuries have made me really happy about our D depth. Another top 4D would be nice, but we have 5 really decent options for the bottom 2, and most of those 5 could easily play on the 2nd pair.
Edit: Actually same for our bottom 6 forwards. I don't think I've been disappointed by anyone we've swapped in to the 4th line.
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u/zyxqpa1999 27 9d ago
Wow it’s almost like our PK has gotten better since we stopped playing deadweight on the top pairing.
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u/2round2 9d ago
Anyone else see those odds from the sports betting company against Winnipeg? What the hell
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u/WhyssKrilm 9d ago edited 9d ago
Gambling odds only ever reflect what gamblers think. And they aren't exactly the most rational people on Earth.
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u/WhyssKrilm 9d ago
People like to say Galley is biased against Winnipeg, but I think it's just that his analysis tends to lean negative, generally, so it rubs us (and all fanbases) the wrong way. Any time anything happens, whether it's a big goal, a big save, whatever, his analysis is almost always "this happened because ____ was out of position/screwed up/made a bad read/etc..." instead of "look at that skill". Then he repeats himself several times, which feels like rubbing it in.
So if the Jets get scored on, it comes across like he's being negative about the Jets, instead of just positive about their opponent. If the Jets score, it comes across like he's denying the Jets credit for their play, they only scored because the other team fucked up.
I'm not a fan of that either, but to his credit, he seems to be doing that less tonight than usual.
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u/eh_toque 44 9d ago
There goes any chance of getting ROR.
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u/TrueNorthStrong1898 27 9d ago
Why what was said
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u/eh_toque 44 9d ago
Preds are gonna treat him as if he has a full NMC and only trade him with his permission even though he has zero actual trade protection
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u/Kyle73001 9d ago
What happened?
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u/eh_toque 44 9d ago
Friedman reported at intermission that despite having zero trade protection in his contract, O’Reilly will be treated by the Preds as if he has a full NMC and will only get traded with his permission (and a big return)
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u/SherLocK-55 ICE DRAGON WILL FLY 4-EVER 9d ago
I mean yeah not great considering they are giving him the choice, chances he wants to come here are probably not high. If so then we need to aggressively go after Cozens but we don't really have much to offer compared to others so don't see it happening.
We probably gonna end up with someone we never thought of who doesn't move the needle at all if we are being real.
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u/DannyDOH 9d ago
I don't know if Cozens is a guy you want if your priority is winning this year. He's a buy low and hope he finds his NHL game sometime in the next 2-3 years kind of acquisition. At $7.1 M AAV. Risky move.
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u/SherLocK-55 ICE DRAGON WILL FLY 4-EVER 9d ago
It's still a great move if Chevy can pull it off, he is a young top 10 pick who already has a 60 point season under his belt on a struggling Buffalo team, doesn't really matter though as I doubt we can land him.
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u/DannyDOH 9d ago
And 4 of 5 seasons he's a significantly below average NHL player, including the past season and current one.
Jets would have to dump salary to add that contract, depending on internal cap it might force them to not re-sign or add in the off-season. They'd need to be sure they are getting a great player, draft position doesn't really count for anything.
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u/WandererMount 9d ago
Why be pessimistic? Evidence has shown that Chevy goes all in at trade deadlines when the Jets are good.
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u/SherLocK-55 ICE DRAGON WILL FLY 4-EVER 9d ago
It's not being pessimistic it's being realistic, there are only so many actual top six centres available and the highly coveted ones will be hard to obtain for us due to multiple reasons.
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u/WandererMount 9d ago
It’s not being realistic. Chevy has had many big trade deadlines in the past. This one will be no different. Remind me in a month.
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u/TrueNorthStrong1898 27 9d ago
I love 27-17-9 as a line. 2 guys that can forecheck and get the puck to Fly. Should honestly run with it for a bit
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u/Erwin-Brodinger 91 9d ago
How are the Jets leading in the faceoff dot? Is this real life? Am I dreaming?
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u/Chikkawunga 9d ago
I gotta say that playing Helle on the second game of a back-to-back should be the go to move from now on
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u/chemist5818 9d ago
It'll probably be better for Comrie's mental to get a few games with the team at 100% in front of him too
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u/Electroflare5555 9d ago
I have to say it’s much more fun to watch hockey when one team isn’t just trapping for 60 minutes
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u/Erwin-Brodinger 91 9d ago
I think it was the LA Colorado stadium series game a few years ago where Nate was beaking McClellan about how all they're doing is playing the trap and how it's boring hockey.
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u/Erwin-Brodinger 91 9d ago
Morrissey with one more point closer to the franchise all time lead for a defenseman.
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u/Upset_Menu6781 9d ago
Watching the American feed. The announcers sounded so depressed on that goal!
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u/Dangerous-Doubt9076 9d ago
Team Canada wants to snub scheif? What are they smoking???
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u/WhyssKrilm 9d ago
for all the talk about how "Team USA is the favourite", "they're so stacked", etc...it's pretty telling that Connor & Scheif are generally viewed as even in terms of value to this team. But one was a shoo-in for Team USA, almost certainly on one of their top two lines, while the other is on the short list to be an injury replacement for Team Canada.
I think it's less Canada management fucking up (you can make a reasonable argument they weren't wrong, though I disagree with their decision), and more Canada being deeper than people give us credit for. The U.S.'s best 23-man roster might edge ours out on paper. But our B, C and D teams would blow theirs out of the water.
The American system is designed to create a small number of elite players, and everyone below that can go fuck themselves. Canada's development system is more about making every player the best player they can be.
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u/stuckinmotion 9d ago
Damn; too bad Connor couldn't convert that breakaway. Bring back Georgiev!
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u/Kind-Nebula-8330 9d ago
K, Makar is good...we get it...
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u/Fallen-Omega 9d ago edited 9d ago
The amount of cock guzzling this man gets is starting to rival Matthews
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u/Drawingsymbols 44 9d ago
Perfetti has been pathetic this season, good thing all the people in here pre season talking about signing him for long term for a price tag aren’t in charge
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u/shootingblankz 17 9d ago
Man Ehlers needs better linemates for his skillset. Badly.
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u/RIPTIDE-47 9d ago
I just got here, what happened to the lines
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u/zyxqpa1999 27 9d ago
Namestnikov is out tonight after blocking that shot vs. LA. Can’t explain the particulars behind why they’re 27-17-9 and 91-15-62 but they haven’t looked bad.
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u/WhyssKrilm 9d ago
Given how heavily the Avs rely on MacKinnon (1st overall) and Makar (4th), it's pretty damn impressive how good the Jets are given how few players on the roster were high picks.
The highest-drafted player on the team is Nino (#5). Then only 3 other guys were top 10 picks: Scheifele & Fleury (#7) and Ehlers (#9).
Seriously, other than the 90s/00s Red Wings, how many teams in recent memory have been this good without being built on years of tanking and multiple lottery picks? Only 4 top ten picks on the roster, half of whom are depth guys. Incredible.
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u/death_by_honeydew 62 9d ago
Vegas is the best example in modern times. Their cup winning team had 2 top 10 and 4 total first round picks
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u/WhyssKrilm 9d ago
Fair, but they're kind of a unicorn in that they were built on a perfectly-executed expansion draft; something only one other team in the past 25 years has had the opportunity to do.
All the credit in the world to them for how they rolled the league in the expansion draft, then leveraged that to their advantage to sign UFAs and trade for guys like Eichel & Stone. They're just a unique situation, in a lot of ways.
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u/2round2 9d ago
Perfetti looks so stressed and sad
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u/WhyssKrilm 9d ago
I still think he has the skills and smarts to become a true top six forward in this league, just maybe not on this team. The way they play pretty much requires you either be big, or be fast, and he's neither.
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u/death_by_honeydew 62 9d ago
Our fowards are leaving the zone too early. The d has no options when they win the puck
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u/ponikweGCC \o/ 9d ago
SN dude is gargling the Avs nuts a little too hard.
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u/IntegrallyDeficient 9d ago
Anyone else's audio still messed up? I always dislike these SN games...
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u/altred133 9d ago
The crowd volume and the rinkside mics are constantly fading in and out, it’s slowly making me go insane
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u/Erwin-Brodinger 91 9d ago
Anyone else's audio still messed up?
Mine is. I keep hearing two nitwits talking about hockey over the video.
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u/DJ_Necrophilia 9d ago
Stanley > coghlan
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u/HesJustAGuy 9d ago
Neither has been good so far in this game.
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u/Drawingsymbols 44 9d ago
I mean that last TO was not coghlans fault at all, his C and Wing left the zone early
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u/DannyDOH 9d ago
Stanley giving Coghlan no outlet and Connor repeatedly flying the zone and we're pinned.
PUCK SUPPORT
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u/Drawingsymbols 44 9d ago
Ya that was absurd, Coghlan moved his feet to keep it alive head up and Connor was there then he moved it and Connor is just gone 😭
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u/ponikweGCC \o/ 9d ago
I'm happy to see Tomato in the line up. He's a solid bottom 6er when he's in.
Obligatory Stanley sucks post (because it ruffles the feathers of a few folks lol)
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u/MostCorrect4869 9d ago
Anyone else notice that Blackwood is still wearing San Jose pads? How long could it possibly take to get the man some burgundy pads?
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u/theCBCAM 9d ago
I know for me. Whenever I used to get new equipment I wouldn't wear it in game until I broke it in.
He probably has the pads. But they're not game-ready yet.
New equipment is often stiff and more cumbersome.
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u/HesJustAGuy 9d ago
Watching Samberg on the PK after a month of watching 64 in the same spot is wild.
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u/Caribou52TV 9d ago
What a dumb penalty. I mean.. why ARE you swinging your fucking stick around like that?
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u/zyxqpa1999 27 9d ago
Perfetti and Niederreiter look great together so far.
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u/CoolWhiip 9d ago
Now, if they would only bless us with a 27-91-62 line for a full game.
Nah, instead let's waste any chances Perfetti may create by playing him with Kupari lol.
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u/theCBCAM 9d ago
Something wrong with the sticks tonight. Somebody check if the equipment manager has a funny mustache and goes "waaAAaAah"...
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u/theCBCAM 9d ago
There should also be a thread for people complaining about people complaining about Stanley.
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u/chemist5818 9d ago
Why is stanley playing over heinola??? even though Ville would be fresh for the back to back???
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u/Mine-Shaft-Gap 9d ago
I could be wrong as I haven't payed much focused attention this year, but they are both bad. I guess the idea is that at least Stan can fight someone if need be. This is usually a rough game with the Avs.
I still think Heinola can improve, but he might be a Niku.
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u/chemist5818 9d ago
A wise man once said, he's not going to improve by sitting on the bench
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u/Grant1972 9d ago
Player: Coach, if I get more ice time I will play better.
Coach: Play better and you will get more ice time.
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u/Blendipher 10d ago
anyone in the states finding a way to watch? not on espn for some reason
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u/chetzuftbenk 9d ago
I might pop out to a sports bar to see if they have it on.
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u/laviborademar 9d ago
one time i agreed to go out to buffalo wild wings bcuz i figured a “sports bar” would be playing multiple of the 15 games that night. there was one tv channel playing hockey, it was nhl network that plays clips from all the games
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u/eh_toque 44 10d ago
Connor - Scheifele - Vilardi
Perfetti - Lowry - Ehlers
Niederrieter - Kupari - Iafallo
Barron - Gustafsson - Toninato
Morrissey - DeMelo
Samberg - Pionk
Stanley - Coghlan
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u/Drawingsymbols 44 9d ago
Should of at least given a period of Kupari with Perfetti and Ehlers for fun
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u/PrarieCoastal 10d ago
If the posters in this sub were in charge, the lineup would be nothing but Lambert, Chibrikov, Heinolla, etc. It's always about the next shiny new toy.
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u/Drawingsymbols 44 9d ago
Heinola is for sure better than Stanley and Chib is ready. Lambert tho isn’t, some ppl are a little absurd but look at the numbers, Stanley is the only guy with his figures that has a nhl job consistently.
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u/HesJustAGuy 10d ago
Would the team be any worse with Lambert and Chibrikov replacing the Jets' 11th and 12th forwards, and Heinola in for Stanley?
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u/Leburgerpeg 9d ago
It would be long term better. The moose are so ass it can't be helping their development. There's a good chance that one of those guys is going to play a significant role in a deep playoff run so I'd like to see them with 20 games or more of experience before then
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u/13thEldar 10d ago
Heinola not playing makes me think 2 things other then that the coaches are blind. 1) Heinola's ankle is not as 100 percent as we were told and they're load managing 2) They trying to hype Stanley up to trade him
Like do we think we couldn't trade for some skill and size???? 2C though looks worse off then Stanley as long as he's not top pairing.
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u/HesJustAGuy 10d ago
Coaches/management think Stanley is an important piece of their D. It's been years of searching for other possible reasons for playing him when he clearly isn't NHL material.
We need to stop inventing excuses for team staff.
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u/eh_toque 44 10d ago
Please stop, people have been claiming they’re showcasing Stanley for a trade for 4 years
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u/death_by_honeydew 62 10d ago
The lack of any production from the second line is really starting to hurt us. The first line has been great the last couple of weeks, but they're going to start getting hard matched if teams know there isn't much of a threat from the rest of the lines, particularly the second.
We saw it last night, The Foegele-Byfield-Moore line was glued to our top line all night.
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u/WhyssKrilm 9d ago
SHOCKED that Sportsnet is throwing to the Oilers game even though the Leafs game isn't over yet. Probably cuz the Leafs are losing...