Numbers don't lie.
The Jets are one of the worst five on five teams in hockey, guessing because they spend too much time in their own zone.
They get absolutely owned in literally all shot and chance split categories, and it takes a special group to manage to finish in dead last and behind the Red Wings in xGF%. Not sure how we can live in an advanced stats age and have pundits pick this team to do anything. You literally have to be the most superficial analyst of all time do so.
Will they still be that team? Guessing yeah, given their blueline and how that likely is the biggest reason they are spending too much time chasing the puck. The big factor is their goaltender and whether or not he can continue to put lipstick on a pig.
The other side? A truly middling hockey team that is exactly what they should be ... 16th, a bubble team. Add into that a higher risk of a face plant because of how the team's core mailed it in last year.
Are they mentally strong enough to do the things they need to do to win? Because last year we saw even Giordano abandoning his game and backing in on goaltenders creating chaos.
Two broken teams.
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