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Team Canada’s WJC Achilles’ Heel?

January 8, 2017 by Riley Malinowski

A look back at a decade of Team Canada U20 WJC Goalies –

Author’s Note: I just want to preface this by saying that I don’t in any way think it was the goalie’s fault that Team Canada lost the 2016-17 WJC U20 “Gold Medal Game” against the Americans. I thought that Carter Hart played a solid game. He was also great in the shootout while his teammates didn’t give him any support. Overall, he didn’t play well enough to steal the game but he also didn’t play poorly enough to cost Canada the game. He was just kind of … there.

Winnipeg Jets Mid-Term Report Card: Defence, Goal, And Special Teams

January 7, 2017 by Mitch Kasprick

Winnipeg Jets grades for the defencemen, goalies, special teams and coaches –

The first half of the regular season saw the Winnipeg Jets play some absolutely terrific hockey mixed in with some of the most frustrating hockey you have every seen. This team is the poster child for inconsistency. When you look up the word inconsistent in the dictionary there is a team picture of our beloved Winnipeg Jets. You get the picture, it’s been quite the rollercoaster ride. At the halfway point in the season, the Jets record is 19-19-3. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Featured, Report Cards Tagged With: Ben Chiarot, Connor Hellebuyck, Dustin Byfuglien, Jacob Trouba, Josh Morrissey, Paul Maurice, Paul Postma, Toby Enstrom, Tyler Myers

Winnipeg Jets Mid-Term Report Card: Forwards

January 5, 2017 by Mitch Kasprick

Winnipeg Jets grades for the forwards –

Filed Under: Featured, Report Cards Tagged With: Blake Wheeler, Bryan Little, Mark Scheifele, Nikolaj Ehlers, Patrik Laine

Winnipeg Jets: 2016-17 Segment 4 Update

January 4, 2017 by Mitch Kasprick

The Winnipeg Jets 4th ten game segment –

How many points will it take for the Winnipeg Jets to secure a playoff berth?

A minimum of eleven points each segment gets you to eighty-eight points plus there is games eighty-one and eighty-two to get a couple extra points. This should put you in the eighty-eight to ninety-two point range and close to or in the playoffs.

In 2013-14 the Dallas Starts needed 91 points to secure the last wildcard position.
In 2014-15 the Calgary Flames needed 97 points to secure the last wildcard position.
In 2015-16 the Minnesota Wild need 87 points to secure the last wildcard position.

WHT Podcast 068: The Burmi Era Is Over

January 3, 2017 by Mitch Kasprick

The Winnipeg Jets are 17-19-3 after 39 games –

WHT Editor Mitch Kasprick and co-host Darryl Manchulenko discuss the Winnipeg Jets after 39 games, Alex Burmistrov being claimed on waivers by the Arizona Coyotes, Connor Hellebuyck, Michael Hutchinson, and Paul Maurice. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Featured, WHT Podcasts Tagged With: Alexander Burmistrov, Connor Hellebuyck, Michael Hutchinson, Paul Maurice