Lots of talk about Huberdeau's season this year...but in the last 15 games he is tied for the team lead with 10 points at 5v5 (T-21st in the NHL) and leads the team with 72% goals for at 5v5 down the stretch (13 GF, 5 GA).
Some big plays in key games too.
Coaching staff still needs go figure out how to build the top PP unit around him and Lindholm...but he's figuring it out at 5v5.
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So, the Flames need what? A lot of help? Some help? No help at all to make the dance?
I figured they lost control of their fate last night.
Really not here to be a Debbie downer but this feels like lipstick on a pig hanging off the rack in the slaughter house.
The flames have 3 games left, and need to earn more points than the Jets do in their 4 games left.
So, if Calgary goes 3-0, Winnipeg needs to go 3-1 to beat us. Winnipeg has road games against Minny and Colorado.
We aren’t in the drivers seat, but it’s completely reasonable for us to make the playoffs, we have to win all 3 though, maybe 2-0-1 will work, 2-1 likely doesn’t get us in.
Had we lost in regulation today, it was about a 1% chance of us getting in, now it’s perhaps 25-30%
Hawks pulled a miracle, let's put out the Flames.
End it tonight!
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WHEN DARKNESS TURNS TO LIGHT IT ENDS TONIGHT
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I feel bad because we’ve been on the receiving end of this before but I hope we completely extinguish any Calgary hope tomorrow
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Remember the dirty play in round? Lets put a nail in their coffin.
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We are gonna ###### slap those Globo Gym bastards!
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Not to mention, third game in 4 nights.
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cheer for the flames, that'll help kill their playoff dreams
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It’s a titanic tussle! It’s the showdown of the century! The push for the playoffs! The big battle! The calamitous contest! The dynamic duel!
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We need to win and pit Calgary out of their misery
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I think we will be able to tell what we have in this team based off tonights game. Your season hinges on one game, you have had rest and practice and facing a team that has to be deflated and tired. This has to be our best effort of the season.
Convincing win and I will have some hope heading into playffoffs.
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Flames are fragile. Score early and we can put them away
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Win or Lose, I predict the Jets play well. Only way I see them losing is if they get goalied or both teams come to play and Jets lose a close one.
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these Flames are S-A-W-F-T
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Anyone catch Calgary last night..............kadri OMG, talk about mailing it in, then the body language. I would just give Kadri the puck tonite he is definetly booked early tee time and does not want to miss them.
Just the body language after both giveaways, like oh well. Then his comments.........Jets should take advantage.
BONES you watching..................MATCH up Dubois on Kadris line........kadri will want no part.
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Did the Flames make it in before the storm?
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They probably didn't get to the hotel until at least 2:30. Gotta capitalize.
Summoning Shakespeare
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Those parts of Calgary that the hockey world's eye doth view
Match closely the sounds that hotdog-bloated guts can send;
And Sutter, who presides over these Ass Souls, reaches for his due,
Grunting out some colon-borne words, even so as foes commend.
Jets scoring refreshed thus with more goals are crown'd;
And Markstrom may forget to strap in and stumble - the clown
Offence delivered in other accents which Kadri will confound
Seeing no farther than an Alberta Bovine eye hath shown.
Jets, enact upon the beauty of a D zone activated mind,
And that, no less, lead to fewer shots against and happy deeds;
Backcheck you first liners, and render your shots too unkind,
To thy fair flower wade among the Flame’s rank smell of weeds:
And now show us why thy Flamed odour matcheth not their show,
The solve is this, all four lines must create uncommon flow.
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Game preview delivered by William Shakesman by way of GPT4:
In fair Manitoba, where frosty air doth bite, a fierce and icy battle stirs 'twixt Jets of Winnipeg and villainous Flames of Calgary, as they prepare to dance upon the frozen stage.
Fortunes favour the noble Jets at -130, whilst Flames, the cunning underdogs, doth lurk at +110. As the Eastern eve doth fall, half past the seventh hour shall mark the grand event.
Winnipeg, with prideful hearts, bears a record of 43-31-3. The wicked Flames, with cunning guile, hold a record of 36-26-15. On this fateful eve, their third encounter this season, let it not be forgot that the Flames, in villainous conquest, seized victory last, with a score of 3-2.
In the spotlight of our grand tale, heroes and villains emerge. For the valiant Jets, gallant Kyle Connor doth claim 30 goals and 48 assists, while Ehlers, steadfast and true, hath struck six goals and aided twice in the past 10 games. The Flames, led by their villainous mastermind Tyler Toffoli, boast 33 goals and 38 assists, and Jonathan Huberdeau, his loyal henchman, hath scored once and aided seven times in the last 10 games.
But alas, cruel fate hath cast its shadow upon the Jets: gallant Sam Gagner, lost for the season, and brave Cole Perfetti, struck with injury. The Flames, in turn, find themselves bereft of Oliver Kylington, who attends to matters of a personal nature.
As the curtain rises and the mighty clash begins, let us raise our voices and spirits high in support of the noble Jets. For their valour and skill shall be on display, as they strive to vanquish the villainous Flames and claim victory for their fair city of Winnipeg. Stand fast, Jets, as your loyal fans do cheer thee on! With every swift glide upon the ice and every well-aimed strike, may your courage and determination bring forth triumph. For in the annals of hockey's history, this epic battle shall be remembered, and may the Jets of Winnipeg emerge as the shining beacon of victory!
All Hail the Colonel
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Sportsnet goes into an actual KFC commercial, lol
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KFC Bucket lister
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Why don't they have a Kyle Connor KFC commercial yet
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KFC commercial. Well played sportsnet
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KFC ad was saved for the right moment.
Eat Bread ties the game
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....#### you, SN for saying the S word IN THE FIRST INTERMISSION
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#### you Sportsnet
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Haha like wtf was that closing piece... just talk how Jets might blow it and Flames have a chance... this is our home broadcast.
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Jets get burnt big time
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f*** OFF
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Cringe
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How embarrassing, Scheif and Dubois. Should have been automatic, and it comes back to bite us.
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Goddamnit!!! Odd man rush works out for them but not the Jets
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We suck. As soon as any adversity comes, we roll over and die. When Calgary went down early, they stuck to it. When the goal was taken away, they stuck to it. Jets just give up.
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A whole scrum happened and these clowns replaying the goal? Holy sports net is trash
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The Flames must have a #### head quota. Lucic, Kadri and Mangione
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Wow a team actually finishing on a 2 on 1 amazing.
Walk a DURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!
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Stick off the ####ing ice if you’re in your own crease Schmidt!!!!!!! Tie up their sticks don’t go for the puck!
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Cue the greasy Calgary goal.
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55 peeling away from body contact - at that's where it all started - garbage
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Schm#### totally useless, sit him and play tree already!
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55 giving zero f***s at the blue line
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Did Bones not tell them this was a must win?
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Classic jets. #### the bed when it matters most
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This game has me really craving playoff hockey but I’m quite nervous that we might not make it now.
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Dillon playing literally zero ####ing defense holy #### lay out
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Yeah. He played that bad. He takes away the pass and Helle has the shooter. Too bad PLD and Scheiff didnt finish on the other end
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I hate the Flames with a passion. Their fans are ever worse.
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No hooking call through two zones, and then Dillon can't even cover his man to take away the pass when he's given the guy 20 feet to the net.
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Flames are an unsavory lot. Like if you accidently helped yourself to a forkful of chicken curry that someone pulled out of the garbage.
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Schmidt having another less than stellar effort
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The fact the Jets didn’t come out of this game flying after two days off with a great opportunity to take it to a tired team that came off a demoralizing loss with a chance to pretty much end their season really speaks volume about this team and we’re they’re at mentally.
Looch Complaints
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Wouldn't be surprised if the Flames tried to goon it up
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Lucic is such a ####ing ####.
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Lucic is such a neanderthal
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Lucic thinks this is fencing
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Lucic knew what he was doing
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Lucic is a meathead
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Blows my mind lucic is still in the league. He is an actual caveman cretin and he’s not even got the skill to back it up anymore
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Lurch should just PK
Zadorov with some insurance
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Going to be tough to come back from that one
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And there we go..
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Game over
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Ugh beat him clean. Dang
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It looks like the Jets played last night and traveled, stop skating after the first and are now chasing the game
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####....sigh...
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Classic Jets. Just completely braindead
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God damn we lost to this trash ass team
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The Jets don't seem to step up in rough and tumble games. Lowry, Dillon and PLD do. But not much response from others. Ehlers, I should have included Ehlers, except he isn't smart about it. He'll take on guys 2 weight classes above him.
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They choked. Book your tee times boys.
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Guess they remembered it’s about to be golf season
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All I can do is just shake my head....for ####s sake...smh...
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This team has a disease and there is no doctor in charge to diagnose and cure it.
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Schieffle gets another minus.... Surprise surprise lol
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Demelo that’s just stupid
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Glad we showed up for this big game!
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Typical now that we're down 2 with 5 minutes to go only Morrissey is engaged. All that's missing is the Wheeler penalty in the final 3 minutes.
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I don't think you can blame the Jets cause they're on the 2nd half of a back to back after a heartbreaking loss to Chicago last night.
OH WAIT THAT'S CALGARY I THINK I MADE ME POINT
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That was horrible. Chicago can beat them and the Jets can't even get close.
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We honestly deserve to lose and miss the playoffs. That's the only thing initiating the fix to this team!
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Stick a fork in us, we're done...
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Just not enough pride on this team when you get out worked by a team on a back to back at home
Blocker PAUNCH!
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####ing Markstrom blocker punching every chance he gets
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And they played Markstrom last night, who shafted us a bit if memory serves me correctly..
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Markstrom has only played both games of a back to back twice this year. The first time the 2nd game of the back to back was his statistically best game of the season a 40 save shutout win. The second time it happened was tonight and it resulted in his statistically 2nd best game of the year.
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Everyone knows Markstrom gets better when he is tired.
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I hope Dubois runs Markstrom over. I dont even care about a penalty
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Markstrom is the king of the rink rat dinks
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I see Markstrom's horse shoe has not fallen out yet
The Dinosaur
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Sutter looks like he should be prowling a swamp in the Yucatan peninsula about 65 million years ago
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Watch what you say about the flames.
SUTTER CAN HEAR YOU. HE CAN HEAR YOUR FEARS AND DREAMS.
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With those ears he probably just heard me fart too
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Dinosaur coach, hey a 6 on 5 scum is fair
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Sutter can't hurt us here. This is Sutter Safe Space TM
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Reporter: Have you heard of X? Sutter: Yes. I hear everything.
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####. Sutter has huge ears.
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And no chin
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Does Sutter really not know how penalties work? You'd think he would have heard about them by now.
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I hear Sutter has a cabin by Lake Eary
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This is the crap hockey the Flames need to play. lots of penalties, crap after every whistle, slow it down, no flow…
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Shut up Sutter, you troll.
Ya Had ONE JOB
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Winnipeg fans don't even realize the trouble they are in now
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They still control their own destiny but needless to say that was a massive f***up. Even if they go to OT they still basically end Calgary's season.
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Jets are just pathetic. Hide your heads in shame. 1 goal scored at home in a must W game.
This actually stated in the Flamers broadcast:
Hrudey: "Flames are so good going into Winnipeg and getting the regulation result against a REDHOT Jets club"
I mean WTF. Jets record is worst in league in the running in the back half of season. They have been horrible. Flamers broadcasts always bringing the fiction.
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Haha jets blowing it. No helly in the playoffs is a plus I guess.
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You're losing to a team that willingly deploys Lucic, Winnipeg. Have some f***ing pride.
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Hahahaha that's it Jets. Get f***ed.
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Christ Winnipeg
Could care less about the Jets but put a fkn nail in Calgary.
Someone
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Epic choke Winnipeg. Chicago does you a solid last night and the schedule tees this up. And you f***ing choke.
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Junks are going to regret letting the flukes run their show tonight when they get in by a point or whatever with the baby #### soft schedule the flukes have in comparison
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Not dead yet! No point in hoping for a high draft pick anymore. The Flames season will have one of two outcomes: make the playoffs or miss and draft 14th-16th. So come on Flames, keep going and make the dance!
I hope that the difference between making it and not isn't the tie breaker criteria. That would just be too much to bear.
I don't like wins being the first tie breaker either. I wish they used goal differential as the first criteria, then wins. It would promote scoring, especially down the stretch in these kinds of races. Winnipeg would still likely win the tie break (currently 16 vs. 8), but it would still make it more interesting in general and give teams a fighting chance instead of just knowing there is no hope to win the tie break at this point. Of course making up 8 goals with 3 games to their 4 would still be extremely unlikely, it wouldn't be impossible.
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I don't even understand when opposing fans are always calling us dirty and complaining about Lucic.
We're outside of the top 10 in PIM and Zadorov (most PIM) is only 24th in the league. Lucic throws some big hits if he can actually catch someone, but the hits are rarely dirty, and he barely fights.
Like, where is this coming from??
It feels like it stems back to when Maurice accused Chucky of trying to murder Schiefle, but he's not even on the team anymore! (Side note, I wonder if Chucky ever confronted Maurice about that garbage).
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Lost in the craziness of the past 24 hours.. Backlund has hit a new career high in points in a season with 54 in his 15th season as a Flame. Congratulations Mikael!
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Lost in the craziness of the past 24 hours.. Backlund has hit a new career high in points in a season with 54 in his 15th season as a Flame. Congratulations Mikael!
He's been great... the pass to Mangiapane in coverage on the first goal was unexpected but it worked!
Don't see anyone complaining about Rasmus Andersson on the ATL. Just the dorks in attendance I guess.
To think if we beat the Hawks and finish the season 3 - 0, that would have meant the Jets would have needed to go 4 - 0 to finish the season to overtake us. Makes last night that much more frustrating.
Surprised they won tonight, I thought the towel was going to be thrown in. I didn't watch most of the game but sounds like it was a battle and Markstrom played great.
Need a lot to go our way but hopefully Preds get beat tomorrow and in one last ditch effort to make it, beat the Jets Saturday.
