Winnipeg Jets: Is Ondrej Pavelec the Franchise Goalie of the Jets?

August 8th, 2013 by Anthony Capocci Leave a reply »

When you look at the Winnipeg Jets roster, you see a lot of young, core players that are expected to carry the Jets into the playoffs.

Arguably the most important position that every team needs to play well, at least if they want to make it to the playoffs, is the goalie. Are the Jets sure they have a franchise netminder?

The more I look at the Jets goaltender situation, the more I start to doubt whether or not Ondrej Pavelec is the franchise goalie for the Jets.

Two years. That’s my timetable for Pavelec to improve his performance.

This year will be a key year for Pavelec. He has to give the fans some hope, something to be happy about going forward. Certainly, making the playoffs would achieve that, but at the least, Pavelec has to have a much better year than his past two.

Pavelec has four years left on his contract so my two-year timetable doesn't seem too harsh.

His best statistical season came in 2010-11, the final year of th ...

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