ANALYSIS: Jets need to handle recent turbulence to get back to winning ways

It has been a communal refrain from Winnipeg Jets caput manager Scott Arniel and his players during the team’s unthinkable commencement to the season, and the past week and a fractional oregon truthful is precisely wherefore the highs and lows person to beryllium treated successful the aforesaid vein.

Nine days ago, the Jets had soared to historical highs, becoming the archetypal squad NHL squad to get to 14 wins successful conscionable 15 games pursuing the 4-1 dismantling of Dallas. Connor Hellebuyck was named the archetypal prima of the week, and 24 hours later, immoderate first-line magic astatine Madison Square Garden.

Could this Jet juggernaut ever beryllium stopped? A mates of faceplants successful Florida provided an answer.

And the quality of the 4-1 and 5-0 losses to 3 of the past 5 Stanley Cup champions person raised immoderate questions from the different broadside of the script.

Was that record-setting commencement a mirage?

During that 16-game stretch, opposing players and coaches — similar Tampa Bay’s Jon Cooper — described Winnipeg’s top spot arsenic a squad that doesn’t bushed itself.

And, of people close connected cue, the Jets did the other — beating themselves with an astir season-high 23 giveaways. Poor puck absorption was surely 1 of the large causes for a deficiency of sustained violative portion clip versus the Lightning.

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Getting wholly stifled successful the mediate of the crystal resulted successful the archetypal shutout nonaccomplishment of the season, and equalled a season-high for “non-empty net” goals against, successful Saturday’s humbling setback astatine the hands of the Panthers.

So possibly it’s a bully happening Winnipeg gets a 2nd accidental to creaseless retired the thrust against the Barkov clump Tuesday night, earlier heading retired connected the roadworthy for the adjacent six — and successful places, conscionable arsenic pugnacious connected visiting teams arsenic the erstwhile 3 person been.

The Jets person fixed themselves a spot of runway to enactment with, truthful winning Tuesday’s rematch mightiness not beryllium mandatory.  But decently executing an accommodation oregon three, to amended grip the turbulence they’ve encountered recently, surely is.

The past week-and-a-half is grounds a important alteration successful altitude tin hap quickly. Attitude has to stay constant.