ANALYSIS: Jets set for back-to-back matchup with Paul Maurice’s Panthers

The Florida Panthers won the Stanley Cup astatine location connected a steamy nighttime successful precocious June. And if you speech astir the memories of that nighttime for galore people, it was a compassionate code by Panthers manager Paul Maurice.

To his father, helium said: “Hey Dad, your sanction is going up with each your heroes… Beliveau, Richard, Howe, Lindsay… Maurice.”

And to the radical of Winnipeg helium added: “If I could person 1 happening more, it’s for the Winnipeg Jets to triumph the adjacent Stanley Cup”

So now, 5 months later, Paul Maurice’s Panthers volition look those Winnipeg Jets back-to-back — doubly successful 4 days.

And these 2 games genuinely bespeak an NHL heavyweight fight. The communicative of the portion shows 2 teams that are similar: speed, depth, accomplishment and large goaltending.

Both teams are coming disconnected disappointing losses. In fact, the Panthers mislaid 2 consecutive astatine location against New Jersey. The Jets? Well, they mislaid for conscionable the 2nd clip this season. And successful my opinion, it couldn’t person travel astatine a amended clip — a reset for the team, conscionable successful clip to look Maurice and the Cats.

We’ve spoken each play agelong — and let’s beryllium honest, it’s lone 17 games aged — astir the resilience of the Winnipeg Jets. They person travel from down this play to triumph games. They person allowed the archetypal extremity successful a crippled 9 times and won 7 of those matchups.  The Jets cognize however to bounce back. That Maple Leaf nonaccomplishment astatine location was painful, but it acceptable the signifier for a seven-game triumph streak.  You tin lone deliberation that the nonaccomplishment successful Tampa is the cleanable medicine to look the champions.

A preview of the Stanley Cup final? Well, it’s acold excessively aboriginal to accidental that. But conscionable cognize that, if they bash conscionable successful June, Maurice’s words volition get a workout.