Nobody should get "rolled" in this series, as it's a matchup of two teams playing pretty mediocre hockey.
Both flawed hockey teams.
5 on 5 the Jets are terrible with a great goaltender, they were 31st in the league in xGF% at 43.57%. That's brutal!
Calgary was 16th, very much the bubble team they are.
Now are they still these teams? How do they start after a 100 day lay off? That's out the window.
You can shorten things to when Bill Peters moved on, but that doesn't change anything either ... Calgary 16th, Winnipeg 30th.
Really it's the Oilers early ... terrible five on five team with a good powerplay getting bailed out by their goaltender ... against team average or team bubble.
If you want a silver lining for Calgary it's the high danger splits since Ward took over, they're ranked 7th to Winnipeg's 31st.
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