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Didn’t think there was any sexual component to it. He was drunk after a team party and walked into the wrong house. Got beaten up by the husband with a vacuum cleaner hose for sitting on their couch and rambling incoherently. Plead guilty to misdemeanour trespass. But hasn’t been convicted for being a sexual predator, AFAIK.

I missed that. When was that?

But no one here was saying he should be kicked out of the league permanently either, which is how some have reacted to Kelly’s allegations. And many called it a “mistake”, not a crime, which it was. Or that more than a one game suspension was warranted and were content to have him come back and play while the charges still hung in the air.

For one possible answer, see the general (but not universal) difference in reaction to Andrew Harris’ failed drug test and the justification that it was a tainted sample/useless old school steroid no one would take/so minimal in reading it was effectively useless and the corresponding response to Leonard’s test refusal (and therefore unknown what if anything he was on) in Saskatchewan and all the PED Leonard comments.

They match up well against our style, and we have never beaten Jake Oettinger in regulation. Funny thing is Dallas can’t beat Colorado, who we have not lost to yet. Whoever gets first place in the division has a big advantage not having to play the other two in the first round (unless of course Edmonton slips back to the wildcard spot and becomes a super dangerous 7 seed). Best case scenario is Jets win the division and face Nashville or even better St. Louis, next best is face LA, third best is finish second in the Central but draw Colorado in Round 1 and hope Dallas gets upset by the wild card team.

Every once in a while, I like to gauge the intelligence level of the posters with an esoteric title to see how they respond. Thankfully, I won’t have to resort to knock knock jokes for the rest of the thread. Lol.

Think JFK and the location of his untimely demise.

Dallas and Philadelphia have been the two clubs that have beaten the Jets at their own game this year with aggressive forecheck, low danger chance defence, great goaltending, and just enough opportunistic offence. Those teams are the ones I’d want to avoid in the playoffs. Curious to see tonight how each team’s game has evolved since their last meeting in November

Chris Tanev sorting out immigration issues so not available tonight.

Jets projected lineup Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi Nikolaj Ehlers -- Sean Monahan -- Alex Iafallo Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton Morgan Barron -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Cole Perfetti Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo Brenden Dillon -- Neal Pionk Dylan Samberg -- Nate Schmidt Connor Hellebuyck Laurent Brossoit Scratched: Rasmus Kupari, Logan Stanley, David Gustafsson Injured: None Stars projected lineup Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski Mason Marchment -- Matt Duchene -- Sam Steel Jamie Benn -- Wyatt Johnston -- Logan Stankoven Ty Dellandrea -- Radek Faksa -- Craig Smith Thomas Harley -- Miro Heiskanen Ryan Suter -- Esa Lindell Derrick Pouliot -- Nils Lundkvist Jake Oettinger Scott Wedgewood Scratched: Joel Hanley Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (upper body), Evgenii Dadonov (lower-body fracture), Tyler Seguin (lower body)

Game time - 7:00 pm, TSN 3 At stake - outright first in Central by night’s end Side note - a Jets win and they will guarantee a better season record than the Blackhawks with 24 games still to go.

If you break down the clip, Whitney said it’s a player on a current playoff team, so it wouldn’t be Minny. Also, Biz asked “is this a team they could meet…” and Whitney answered “yes” before Biz finished with “in the first round” so it could be any current playoff team. Now, some more likely suspects arise, like Evander Kane in Edmonton (because I could see him running his mouth), or PLD in LA due to recent history with the club, but maybe it’s one of the Stars, since they have handled Winnipeg’s game well this year, or a Canuck after they arguably outplayed the Jets but lost last week and someone is bitter. But honestly the Jets seem OK playing a run and gun (like this past week where they have been scoring) or lock down defence (basically all of December and January) to win 2-1. And if healthy they can roll 4 lines and play either goalie with confidence, so I’d say they are well-built for the playoffs, and their special teams are now coming around with the addition of Monahan. But West is wide open this year, with any of 6 teams honestly not being a surprise if they make the Finals (and even LA has an outside shot of they re-discover their November swagger). Two very very good teams are going to get bounced in round one guaranteed based on the 2 vs 3 match-ups whatever they are.

IIRC he never seemed to have his head in the game when he was here. I seem to remember one game where he (I’m pretty sure it was him and not another receiver) caught a pass in the flat about 5 yards from the sideline and then “let his momentum” take it out of bounds uncontested to avoid taking a hit, when he had about 30 yards of real estate in front of him before he would have encountered any would-be tacklers had he simply turned it upfield which he should have easily been able to do had he just looked up. That play received more boos than any drop (and there were several of those too) as it showed where his mental game was at.

Ya done messed up, Ay-ay-ron. 🤣 Insubordinate…….and churlish.

Kyle Connor with his 3rd straight game winner, goals in 4 straight with 5 in his last 4.

Lockdown 3rd and the Jets move back into first on the Central, temporarily at least.

Quiet board tonight. Gangbusters first period, sleepy second (sounds familiar of late), but Iafallo snaps his slump to put the Jets up by 2 in the 3rd. That Monahan trade looks better every game.

Jones’ decision to walk was purely family related, according to her. Wants to be there for her daughters more.

I’d say this comment didn’t age well, but let’s face it, it was already dead on arrival.

Power play continues to be white hot. Connor with the one-timer and then Dancin’ Gabe Vilardi with the sick hands in tight. Jets up 3-1 after 20.

Remaining games: Home - 13 Road - 14 Total - 27 Vs. Playoff/Non-playoff teams: Home - 5/8 Road - 7/7 Total - 12/15 Vs. Cen/Pac/Met/Atl: Home - 3/8/1/1 Road - 5/2/6/1 Total - 8/10/7/2 Strength of remaining schedule: Home - .541 Road - .578 Total - .560 Current record: Home - 19-7-2 .714 Road - 16-8-3 .648 Overall - 35-15-5 .682

Season 2/3 done. Jets 5th in the NHL in winning percentage, 2nd in the Western Conference. 3 points behind Dallas for the division lead, tied with Colorado, 4 games in hand on each of them. Based on current win percentages, the wildcard playoff line in the West is set at 89 points, top 3 in the division is set at 91 points, second place at 104 points, and top spot in the division at 108 points. Top spot in the conference currently at a 112 point pace, and 114 for the President’s Trophy. Jets currently on pace for 112.

Special game start time: 5:00 pm, TSN 3 Projected line-up: Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi Iafallo-Monahan-Ehlers Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton Perfetti-Namestnikov-Barron Morrissey-DeMelo Dillon-Pionk Samberg-Schmidt Hellebuyck Brossoit

For how long? Until the court case is done? Remember that the team itself has been named as part of the lawsuit, so it’s not as simple as “until their internal investigation is done”, since they are part of their own investigation. Do you think they will rule against themselves and admit wrongdoing if they plan to contest the civil suit? And suppose they find Kelly did wrong in their investigation and then he is cleared civilly in the suit - does he then have a wrongful termination suit against them? Or vice versa, they find he did no wrong and he loses the civil suit, does the employee get extra damages in another defamation suit against the club? Or does the court get tainted by the club’s findings, one way or another? Too many folks here ready to tar and feather based on half the story only told so far from one side and not be patient enough to let the judicial process play out. Harmful to both sides.

You mean like Payton Manning in 2003 and winning the MVP and settling a sexual assault and defamation civil suit? Wait, you didn’t hear about it?