The Winnipeg Jets were one of the hottest teams in the NHL from the time they hired Paul Maurice to be their new head coach up until around the NHL trade deadline, shortly after the Olympic break ended. They weren’t just winning games, but they were beating good teams.
The Jets won two huge games directly following the Olympic break. The first was against the Phoenix Coyotes, the second against the Nashville Predators. The Jets were still competitive, still winning games and beating good teams at this point.
It was the following game, the night before the trade deadline, against one of the NHL’s worst teams in the entire league, which is considered the turning point of the Jets season. The Jets lost to the New York Islanders on home ice in overtime, but were dominated the entire game, lucky to even come away with one point.
After the Islanders game, the Jets went on to lose seven of their next nine games. They were losing very winnable games to teams that, you can argue, are inferior to them. They were losing these games on home ice as well—a woe that has yet to be fixed.
And this is where the Jets currently stand. T ...
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