ANALYSIS: The Winnipeg Jets are undefeated. Should we be surprised?

A twelve days and 5 games into their season, the Winnipeg Jets are the lone squad successful the NHL without a nonaccomplishment of immoderate kind.

And portion that’s surely impressive, the champion commencement successful 2.0 franchise past should not beryllium wholly unexpected.

Oh sure, that 6-0 beatdown of the Oilers successful Edmonton to footwear things disconnected was beyond the class of a pleasant surprise. But a cleanable expanse of the just-completed four-game homestand?

I deliberation astir would hold that a decision astatine the hands of immoderate of the 4 opponents progressive would person been classified arsenic a important disappointment — accidental lost.

And without a doubt, the Jets had to excavation heavy connected aggregate occasions to debar that scenario.

The precocious tying extremity against Chicago, that perfectly-executed extremity of archetypal play marker versus Minnesota, and past the rally from a two-goal shortage yesterday against Pittsburgh.

Those back-to-back OT victories implicit the Hawks and Wild besides lend credence to the thought that thing is going to travel casual successful the Central this season. But they’re besides teams Winnipeg needs to bushed if they are to scrap and claw their mode into the apical 3 of the division.

Just arsenic not looking past the Sharks and the Penguins was besides portion of that equation.

With this being October, I deliberation we person a small licence to follow immoderate shot terminology.

The Jets person handled the bottommost of the order. But starting Tuesday — with 5 of the adjacent six connected the roadworthy implicit the adjacent twelve days, and the lone location crippled during that agelong against a legit contender successful Toronto — well, let’s conscionable accidental Winnipeg volition beryllium facing a lineup of next-level hitters.

But astatine 5-0, they person surely established themselves arsenic 1 of the NHL’s toughest outs — astatine slightest successful the aboriginal innings.