When it was suggested that his team had yet another slow start to a game, falling behind 0-2 less than six minutes into the first period, head coach Paul Maurice seemed almost defiant. It was maybe the strongest defensive stance anyone with the Winnipeg Jets took the entire night.
One of the Winnipeg Jets biggest issues so far in the 2019-20 season has been the Jets Penalty Kill. Lots of theories have been floated about why the Jets penalty kill is currently tied for 29th in the NHL at 73.3%. In this piece, I will dive into the numbers behind the Jets penalty kill…
It’s finally Christmas. With families around the globe opening presents and enjoying time together, it’s a great time of year. There are many traditions that fall in line with Christmas and one of them is opening gifts. Almost everyone has written a wish list to Santa at one time or another with a list of…
Yesterday after Winnipeg Jets finished up practice, head coach Paul Maurice used a little bit of his media availability to touch on the topic of his future with the Jets.
Welcome to In the Cockpit! This is a new quarterly segment where we examine some of the numbers behind the game. While we have taken looks at advanced stats before, this will provide a quarterly look to see how the team is trending. While wins and losses are the most important stat, it’s also important…
Here’s a question that at the start of this season, and really through much of this past summer, I didn’t think I’d still be asking in November of 2019… Why is Sami Niku still in the AHL?
With the stage being a large one and a national audience watching, last weekend with the Winnipeg Jets playing in Regina, Sportsnet couldn’t help but to ask Kevin Cheveldayoff and then Paul Maurice about Dustin Byfuglien and his status with the Jets.
At the end of the game against the Anaheim Ducks, both Dennis Beyak and Kevin Sawyer lamented how many shots the Winnipeg Jets had in the game and especially in the last two periods, and that Ducks goalie John Gibson was “brilliant” in a game where his save percentage for the game (.900) was below…
Back in September of 2017, the Winnipeg Jets announced that both General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff and Head Coach Paul Maurice had agreed to “multi-year” contract extensions. At that time we didn’t know how many years those extensions covered, but this past weekend thanks to hockey insider Elliotte Friedman during a segment on Sportsnet’s Hockey Night,…
I asked for your hottest Jets (or hockey) related takes and while you didn’t send any scorching comments our way, there were a couple that caused a raised eyebrow or two… So here we’ll share a some of the takes you hit us with and then I’ll share my thoughts and hit you with a…
In hindsight, the Winnipeg Jets going out and claiming defenseman Luca Sbisa from the Anaheim Ducks was quite predictable. Both the Jets and AHL Manitoba Moose are dealing with multiple injuries on an already thin defense and with the club heading out on the road for the next four games it’s probably a wise move…
After their game against the Arizona Coyotes, Jets head coach Paul Maurice tersely mentioned that the team only had four blocked shots in the game which led meany to believe that he was unhappy with what seemed to be in his opinion a low number. The comments raised a few eyebrows as there has been…
