Round 1: Game 2-Wild

[BigBlueFanatic]

Tremendous follow up performance by the Jets!  Hellebuyck gonna need to keep smelling salts next to his water bottle, because most of the game happened at the other end of the rink...

Edited April 14, 2018 by BigBlueFanatic
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[BigBlueFanatic]

41 minutes ago, iHeart said:

and yet another fight....I wish I saved all of frosty's photos but the jets paper is no longer available I wish I saved the shall we dance meme as well

 

and the Jets win, that was  an ugly well earned win...and with Bettman in the building. So who wants to volunteer to post the game 3 thread?

 

Nothing ugly about that win - it was way more dominating than the game 1 win! Jets were patient in applying pressure and tirelessly delivering pain at every turn.  They were smarter on offense and didn’t look like they over-thought chances like they did early in game 1.

 

Can’t wait to see how our boys handle the Minnesota home crowd on Sunday!

[iHeart]

okay fine I fixed it

[Mark F]

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Brandon Mileski‏ @BMileskiKFAN 25m25 minutes ago

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#mnwild have been outshot 35-7 combined in 3rd periods in this series. Yikes.

 

 

[Mark F]

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Michael Russo‏Verified account @RussoHockey 16m16 minutes ago

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Koivu on being Big Buffed: You’re trying to score and you’re around the net and you know he’s somewhere, but you can't really think at that point. ... He got me there. But I thought it was a clean hit." #mnwild

 

The Buff effect.

Edited April 14, 2018 by Mark F

[JCon]

Foot on throat, slowly pressing harder and harder. 

 

Jets are so much better than the Wild. So, so much better. At every part. Maybe goaltending is a toss up but I'll take the Buycky, the Winter Soldier, any night. 

Edited April 14, 2018 by JCon

[The Unknown Poster]

Embarrassing 

 

[The Unknown Poster]

Sounds like they’re getting a huge snow storm this weekend in Minnesota. 

 

[iHeart]

I guess the Jets fans that are traveling down there are taking the white out with them

[Goalie]

9 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Sounds like they’re getting a huge snow storm this weekend in Minnesota. 

 

Mother Nature a Jets fan

[iHeart]

well then I hope she cools it a bit so that both teams make it to Excel center alive

[mbrg]

That third goal brought me so much hockey joy.  Minnesota had the puck on their sticks for 20 seconds trying to move it out of their zone.  Little cut them off, then Roslovic, then Copp, and then each of them did it again.  Finally all that pressure created a turnover, and two passes later the puck is in the net.  That goal was earned thru high-level grinding and maximum effort forechecking.  I cheered for all the goals but that was the one where I literally jumped out of my seat.

[BomberBall]

11 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Embarrassing 

 

Wow, that really is embarrassing.  Get a clue.

[TrueBlue4ever]

Going back to the regular season, Jets now have 11 straight home wins, 7 straight wins overall and 13 of their last 14, and are on a 17-3-1 run. Also 15 straight April wins, and 22-4 since 2014 (the 4 losses being the Anaheim sweep).

[Mark F]

1 hour ago, mbrg said:

maximum effort forechecking. 

They are the best forechecking team right now. They've all turned in to Wheeler.

There are different options on the Wheeler prototype, degree of speed, shot making, lethal bodychecking, shot blocking,  but they  all play with maximum effort and fearlessness,  just like Wheeler has been doing all along.

The Wild kept up pretty well first two periods of game one, but after that.... it's over Johnny.

Based on last night's game I'd say the Wild are  intimidated by the Jets, in a few ways. 

 

Edited April 14, 2018 by Mark F

[kelownabomberfan]

13 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Embarrassing 

 

several times Romanuk has gotten Jets names wrong.  The Canadian mainstream sports media has so little interest in any team outside of Ontario that doesn't rhyme with Beefs.  It's pathetic.  I also hate it when he and Garry Galley have to say for the twentieth time "you may be just getting to know this team as you probably haven't seen any of their games".    Like come on.  I am a hockey fan.  If it was Calgary, Edmonton or Montreal playing, I would know most of the players.  Canadian hockey fans aren't that dumb Paul.  Not as dumb as you anyway.

[kelownabomberfan]

12 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Sounds like they’re getting a huge snow storm this weekend in Minnesota. 

 

oh no, April snow storm this late in that neck of the woods.  Floods again for Manitoba??

[Atomic]

"My name's Blake"

[bustamente]

Jets landed in Duluth where the plane was diverted to, Mpls is a mess today.

[iHeart]

oh good they landed safely

[The Unknown Poster]

Probably going to keep a lot of jets fans away. 

[The Unknown Poster]

2 hours ago, Mark F said:

They are the best forechecking team right now. They've all turned in to Wheeler.

There are different options on the Wheeler prototype, degree of speed, shot making, lethal bodychecking, shot blocking,  but they  all play with maximum effort and fearlessness,  just like Wheeler has been doing all along.

The Wild kept up pretty well first two periods of game one, but after that.... it's over Johnny.

Based on last night's game I'd say the Wild are  intimidated by the Jets, in a few ways. 

 

There were many times the Wild players were turning away or pulling up early. They were shying away from hits even when jets weren’t hitting. 

Key thing is win game 3 so you don’t make wild think they’re in this. 

[Goalie]

6 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Probably going to keep a lot of jets fans away. 

Nope. Rumors are about 5 k will be there. Tix already bought. 

Edited April 15, 2018 by Goalie

[The Unknown Poster]

1 hour ago, Goalie said:

Nope. Rumors are about 5 k will be there. Tix already bought. 

I don’t doubt they bought tickets. But storm is awful. Hopefully they drive safe. I imagine many people planning to go today are going tomorrow instead.