Thoughts on the Winnipeg Jets, Manitoba Moose, and the National Hockey League
Mitch Kasprick is now the “Westdale curmudgeon”
Odds and Ends, Thoughts and Questions, from this past week in hockey –
Just so there’s no confusion when I’m spewing my bias, I am a fan of the Winnipeg Jets, Arizona Coyotes, Manitoba Moose, Winnipeg Ice, and all Team Canada Hockey teams.
I am NOT a fan of Gary Bettman or as I call him, Count Chocula. I am a big believer in the 7Ps. You’ve been warned.
1. Jets: The Pierre-Luc Dubois drama is settled for the time being as he accepted the Jets qualifying offer of $6,000,000 although it still doesn’t settle the big picture. It will be very interesting and probably be very frustrating watching this play out. [Read more…]
Mitch Kasprick is the “Motown Curmudgeon” aka “Motown Mitch”
Just so there’s no confusion when I’m spewing my bias, I am a fan of the Winnipeg Jets, Arizona Coyotes, Manitoba Moose, Winnipeg Ice, and all Team Canada Hockey teams.
I am NOT a fan of Gary Bettman or as I call him, Count Chocula. I am a big believer in the 7Ps. You’ve been warned.
1. Jets: I’m feeling lazy this week so I’m borrowing a lot of my thoughts from Twitter.
The Winnipeg Jets need to start the retool now and not in the off-season-
In a year that has gone off the rails, it makes sense to me to start the retooling right now.
Retool ~ Verb
1. equip with new or adapted tools.
2. adapt or alter to make them more useful or suitable.
Winnipeg Jets grades for the defencemen and goaltenders –
At this time last season, the Winnipeg Jets defensive corp was well below league average in my opinion but Kevin Cheveldayoff added a couple of solid mid-range defencemen that have vastly improved the Winnipeg Jets back end. This season this corp is far better moving the puck in transition but the defensive system seems to still struggle even with an overall better defensive corp. The system is flawed at times and still allows too many high-danger chances. The goaltending is still way better than average but the special teams are an embarrassment considering the personnel this team employs. [Read more…]
