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Originally Posted by troutman
I think the Jets are much worse than people realize. They were propped-up in a weak Eastern Conference last year. Now they will be exposed in the West.
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Yep Byfuglien and Ladd almost cost the Hawks the SC and did not play a prominent role at all. 4 years later at age 28 and 27 they are shadows of what they were in 2010.
Wheeler is a 27 year old 6-5 who is a drastic under achiever who only put in 36 goals and 105 pts in his 128 games in a Jet uniform.
Evander kane as a 22 year old only has 80 NHL goals.... playing a similar style to Iginla. Crap at that age Iginla already had 62 NHL goals... No chance of Kane getting any better.
Their best player is Bogosian.... He missed 1/4 of last season ... should write him off as injury prone.
They have lost Wellwood and Antropov and only replaced them with Setogughi who averages 20 goals/game for his 6 NHL seasons and Frolick who was barely top 9 with the best team in the NHL last year.
They are not adding any good young guys.... well only a Baertschi level prospect (Schiefle) whose name is as equally hard to spell and Trouba who we hope that Sieloff or Ramage develops to be in the next year or two.
They are playing in the powerful division with the Avs, Stars, Wild and predators..... 2 lottery teams from last year and 4 teams that have made the playoffs a total of 4 times amongst them in the last 4 years .
Avs 6 playoff games
Wild 5 playoff games
Stars 0
Preds 22 playoff games
How is this a tougher division than the Jets are used to?
The Jets are exactly where I am hoping the Flames will be in 2-3 years.