{"id":2706,"date":"2016-10-23T15:57:10","date_gmt":"2016-10-23T19:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=2706"},"modified":"2016-10-23T15:57:10","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T19:57:10","slug":"just-what-kind-of-team-are-the-winnipeg-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2016\/10\/23\/just-what-kind-of-team-are-the-winnipeg-jets\/","title":{"rendered":"Just What Kind Of Team Are The Winnipeg Jets?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rewind back to the 2015-16 season, a year in which not a single Canadian\u00a0NHL<\/strong> team\u00a0made the playoffs. We all knew they were going to get better. Just a matter of when and the timing being just right. This dilemma sums up the Winnipeg Jets<\/strong> more then most. Just what kind of team are they?<\/p>\n

The team with the loudest building in the league may just have another season of heartbreak.<\/p>\n

As it stands the Jets are 2-2, if you want to get really particular they sit in the second wild card spot. There are more obvious signs of things getting better; that’ll happen when you have Patrik Laine<\/a><\/strong> on your team. Though the young talent doesn’t stop there, as\u00a0Kyle Connor<\/a><\/strong>, Nikolaj Ehlers<\/a><\/strong>, and Connor Hellebuyck<\/a><\/strong> to name a few are still growing into their game. The Jets even switched out their resident “tough guy” in Anthony Peluso<\/a><\/strong> for a more skilled bottom-six player,\u00a0Joel Armia<\/a><\/strong>. You could honestly have a five-part mini series just talking about Winnipeg’s younger core.<\/p>\n

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Laine with the hat trick to beat the Maple Leafs in OT. Just as the script was written. Great performance.<\/p>\n

— Jeff Marek (@JeffMarek) October 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n