Leading to the important Wednesday match in their series against the Blues of St. Louis, Winnipeg jets Head coach Scott Arniel was not shy to know where his team must be better. He isolated three zones, pointing out goalkeepers, his star players and “our grinders; Our meat and potato guys ”.
This brings us to an interesting starting point in Winnipeg, with a tie 2-2 with the Blues in the first round series, possibly find the victory column for the first time in three games, because this group of jets at mine-lunch requires more of everyone.
Yes, Connor Hellebuyck is the number one priority for a rebound, although I would suggest that the criticism he assured is a bit severe – unless you believe that the stolen door destroys and the deviations of the back -end of your defender should be routine stops.
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And, of course, unless your best players are your best players, winning in the Stanley Cup qualifiers is almost impossible. So, without a doubt, Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor and Josh Morrissey need to stimulate the offensive game so that Winnipeg succeeds.
But Arniel’s separate mention on Ham-And-Egg’s guys from her club is not discriminating, because at four games from the series and 10 goals in total, the group before composed of Nino Niederreiter, Mason Appleton, Vladislav Nametnikov, Morgan Barron and Adam Lowry represented only one goal, an empty netter, in the first game of the series.
And at the rear, the defensive body has only amazed two assists, although Neal Pionk scored one of the team’s three goals in Saint-Louis last weekend.
This kind of production is not enough to pass the jets beyond the finish line, or as Dylan Demelo said on Tuesday, “A Head Start” to win this series now of the best three.
Thus, although this week’s focal point was goalkeepers and high -level production, the hard truth is that everyone must be better, especially guys from meat and potato.
And if they can deliver heat to protein and carbohydrates on Wednesday evening, it could also be the sauce at the top of the jets serving a timely victory.
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