ANALYSIS: Jets can continue winning ways despite mediocre homestand

When you looked astatine the docket for the Winnipeg Jets astatine the opening of the season, you saw an eight-game homestand that lasted the amended portion of 3 weeks to footwear disconnected the period January.

And possibly 1 connection came to mind, astatine slightest successful my head, and it was this — opportunity.

Now that it has passed, and the Jets person embarked connected a two-game roadworthy travel done Utah and Colorado, we tin look backmost astatine the 8 games and springiness the Jets a missive people connected the season-long enactment astatine Canada Life Centre.

I’m not definite you could spell past a C+. … possibly conscionable a C, successful fact.

Going 4-2-2 implicit the 8 games and lone capable to propulsion successful 10 of a imaginable 16 points wasn’t the “taking things over” infinitesimal the Jets were hoping.

Well, what tin they instrumentality distant from it? In my mind, a fewer cardinal lessons:

You can’t instrumentality immoderate squad for granted. While I’m definite the Jets’ coaching unit and its players ne'er downplay oregon underestimate an opponent, the acquisition is inactive warranted.

Each team, each night, with the unthinkable parity successful the NHL, tin bushed you. Another lesson: the Jets inactive person tons to learn.

Saturday’s game, a 3-1 nonaccomplishment to Calgary, portion a fantastic effort (in my mind) for Winnipeg, inactive presented a infinitesimal that whitethorn conscionable contiguous itself successful the playoffs — a hopeless squad taking distant the Jets’ breadstuff and butter, forcing them to find a caller mode to bushed them.

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It besides taught them January hockey is tougher than October and November.

The Jets besides should person learned from “best-so-far” performances against Colorado and Vancouver that they’re a darn bully hockey team.

So, portion the homestand whitethorn beryllium a C+ astatine most, the notes successful the margins mightiness pb to an A oregon an A+ erstwhile the Jets extremity their regular play successful April.