Winnipeg's finish to the regular season wasn't ideal. As SportsnetSpec writes, the Jets need to turn the switch on if they stand any chance in Round 1 against the Blues.
Where a year ago the Jets were having more fun than any team in hockey, winning 11 or their final 12 games prior to the playoffs and walking in as the league’s No. 2-ranked team with an amazing 114 points, this season the Jets are coming in on a 2-4-1 jag. They are the 18th best team in the NHL since Christmas.
“I’m not sure how we finished last year, I think we won eight or nine of our last 10. So, yeah, it’s a bit different but I think it’s a clean slate. It’s a new year, it’s a different kind of hockey coming out.” • Byfuglien is the best Jets defenceman, but in the five games he’s played since returning from an ankle injury, he has neither found his game nor his way back on to the Jets power play.
• The lines have been in a blender, as Maurice tries to shake the team out of a run that has seen them go .500 since Feb. 1. Much of that was played without their top two defencemen, but you know what they say: There’s no room on the score card for a story.
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