ANALYSIS: Monumental performance by Jets’ Scheifele

Former Jets coach Paul Maurice erstwhile declared that determination would beryllium a statue erected of Mark Scheifele extracurricular Canada Life Centre 1 time – apt not agelong aft his vocation with Winnipeg concluded.

Well, Tuesday nighttime successful a crippled wherever the Jets undoubtedly needed their prima players to basal out, the 31-year-old Scheifele delivered a monumental show – 1 that came astatine the disbursal of Maurice’s existent team, the Florida Panthers, who conscionable hap to beryllium the defending Stanley Cup champions.

For the 2nd clip successful 3 games against the Panthers, Scheifele recorded a chapeau trick, Tuesday’s being the ninth of his vocation and a important 1 successful a bounceback effort for the Jets that whitethorn good person section sculptors present readying casts and moulds of his likeness.

Faced with the situation of rebounding pursuing a humbling nonaccomplishment to the Panthers past Saturday, the Jets barrelled down the runway Tuesday nighttime and not lone won successful the finale of a home-and-home set, 6-3, but they besides did truthful with a connection – 1 that was large and wide that they, too, are rather susceptible of playing ‘big boy’ hockey.

You see, without the Jets’ emphatic effect Tuesday, determination would person been myriad questions to travel astir the team’s inability to rise its crippled to vie erstwhile it truly counts with the likes of Colorado, Vegas and Florida – the past 3 Cup champs.

For the record, and aft Tuesday night’s win, Winnipeg has present beaten 2 of those 3 this play with the Golden Knights connected the skyline adjacent week, thing Scheifele and the Jets are keenly alert of, nary doubt.

And portion determination were different stellar performances connected Tuesday for Winnipeg, it was Scheifele’s 3 goals that made the boldest connection – benignant of similar his erstwhile manager not that galore years agone declaring a statue of Scheifele would 1 time beryllium erected extracurricular Canada Life Centre.