After 116 points and 56 victories, it was really difficult to imagine that the Winnipeg jets“The season was at a last stand. At home, yes. But a last stand.
Resilience, the depth, the goalkeeper who made this team the winner of the presidents’ trophy had not been able to sail in the stars of Dallas of coach Peter Deboer for the first four games of their second round series. In many ways, it was confusing and frustrating. And to be clear, in the other games, a Dallas star, Mikko Rantanen, had been the best player – and goalkeeper Jake Oettinger had exceeded Connor Hellebuyck.
The 4-0 victory on Thursday evening on the starsWho narrowed the Dallas series led to 3-2, was match 94 for the Jets of Scott Arniel-82 in the regular season, 12 in post-season. It was not the prettiest game. Far from it. But, the most tense? Maybe. It was a game that sometimes had little or no flow, because Dallas and Winnipeg were waiting for the other team to make a mistake. It was hardly a work of art.
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But the last time I checked, the ugly victories have the same thing as the pretty victories.
Until October, this team showed something special. And fans knew it. Thanks to the adversity of the series of first rounds of St. Louis, this team again showed something special. Of course, fans knew it.
The victory was in their DNA all season. You could say it in the opening game, this team was not ready to be finished. And as Thursday evening has evolved, once again, they proved that this team was different. They were engaged. And they played for each other. You could see him in Mark Scheifele and Luke Schenn and Neal Pionk.
This Thursday evening, it would take the desire to win, the will to survive. And up to 15,225 were there to attend a jet victory, something was different. This edition of the jets gave all the ounces of energy to entertain this city and this province. And fans shared the success and exuberance of the team’s victories. The team gave everything.
Frankly, after these 116 points, 56 victories and a fantastic season, the team was nothing more like fans – they had to. And yes, they reward each other. Resilience was there, the depth was there, and yes, the goalkeeper was there.
Now let’s see if they can make their way to another match 7.
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