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1. Jets: The Winnipeg Jets went 2-1-0 this past week in what was probably one of their toughest weeks, with Vegas and a home-and-home versus Colorado on their dance card. Their record currently sits at 31-30-12. The boys are 3 points out of the playoffs with 9 games remaining in the regular season and still kicking at the cat, but they’re running out of games.
2. Jets: It took all year, but Adam Lowry looks like himself again.
3. Things that make me go hmmm #1 🤔: The Jets are a tidy 9-4-4 since the Olympic break, that is, points in 13 out of 17 games, and I can’t help but wonder how this current roster, even with its flaws, would have done if they were together the whole season.
4. Jets: With his 2 goals on Thursday night, Mark Scheifele tied and passed his career high in points with 88 and still counting. Scheif has been very consistent since becoming the Jets’ #1 center, basically a point per game player.
5. Pet Peeve: The Winnipeg Jets have this annoying habit of overpassing and not shooting when they get a “Grade A” chance in the slot. I don’t know why you would work that hard to get in that position and not take advantage of it.
6. Jets: I would like to see a little more of Danil Zhilkin down the stretch, but with NHL wingers. I’ve seen enough of Parker Ford to last me a lifetime.
7. Jets: If the Jets’ intentions concerning Ville Heinola weren’t completely clear before, the writing must certainly be on the wall now.
8. Jets: Question for Scott Arniel: With the way your powerplay is struggling, have you even considered switching the personnel around instead of watching the same shit-show every night?
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9. Things that make me go hmmm #2 🤔: I wonder what Kyle Connor could fetch on the trade market, or is he considered persona non grata after TWO uninspired international events and/or an 8-year, $96,000,000 contract that starts next season?
10. Things that make me go hmmm #3 🤔: The Jets have been looking for a 2C for what seems like a decade now, and they drafted Cole Perfetti as a center, but have not given him an opportunity to give it a try. Perfetti isn’t the biggest guy, and he isn’t the fastest guy, but he has great vision, good hockey sense, and he is a very good passer, all the things that make a center. It’s just a thought. What am I missing here?
11. Jets: Special Teams: Rule of thumb.
Have the power play and penalty kill (PK and PP) numbers total at least 100% when added (as your minimum).
- PP: 27th at 17.20% (net 24th at 15.70%)
- PK: 22nd at 78.30% (net 20th at 81.30%)
- FO: 13th at 50.80%
12. Jets: Goaltending:
- Connor Hellebuyck: 19-20-11 … 2.80 GAA … .899 SV%
- Eric Comrie: 12-9-1 … 2.85 GAA … .897 SV%
13. Jets: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly this past week.
- Good: The determination of Connor Hellebuyck in all 3 games last week.
- Bad: In a 3-2 loss to Colorado, where the powerplay could have been a difference maker, it went 0-4.
- Ugly: The Jets’ zone entries on the powerplay are ugly
14. Jets: Tidbits and FYIs:
- Mark Scheifele is now the Jets’ all-time games played leader at 951, passing Thomas Steen.
- On Tuesday night versus Vegas, Mark Scheifele had his fourth “Gordie Howe” hat trick.
- Yesterday (Sunday), Captain Adam Lowry turned 33 years young.
- Cole Perfetti scored his 4th GWG Saturday vs Colorado. Not bad for a guy with only 11 goals.
- Gabe Vilardi’s 28th goal of the season on Saturday is a career high, and he has 9 more games to add to it.
15. WHT on X: These were from the two games vs Colorado.
Thursday:
Maybe the tv guys should mention the Josh Morrissey turnover before critiquing Elias Salomonsson’s small error … for some reason, they really pissed me off.
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Saturday:
Its games like this that make me despise KC … 12 mil for his constant disappearing act … Yes he can score but still not enough to make up for his frequent no-shows.
— Winnipeg Hockey Talk (@WpgHockTalk) March 29, 2026
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