Benny and the Jets
Entries with the tag: Columbus Blue Jackets
Fashion faux-pas - Jets make Jackets look good
by BMS on 11/13/11 at 06:47 PM ET
Comments (2)
When the NHL came back to Winnipeg, piles of hockey fans dropped their adopted favourite team and got behind the Jets. I have no problem with that - it’s an exciting thing, after all, to have the NHL back after fifteen years away - but for me there’s not been much to get very excited about when it comes to this Winnipeg Jets team.
Last night’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets - the worst team in the league, points-wise - only reaffirmed my intense skepticism about the Jets, as they absolutely stunk up the Nationwide Arena in a 2-1 loss. In fact, the two minutes of overtime in the Montreal-Nashville game that CBC cut to following the Jets’ loss was better hockey than anything I saw from either team in the Jets-Jackets game. (If you didn’t see Pacioretty’s goal, check this out.)
Based on some calls I heard to TSN Radio 1290’s post-game call in show last night, the masses are certainly not happy with the Jets as of late. Most of us didn’t expect this team to contend for a playoff spot this year, but these Jets seem to be getting worse as the season progresses. Jets fans certainly aren’t going to abandon this team en masse anytime soon, but there’s not a lot to be positive about right now.
Filed in: Winnipeg Jets, | Benny and the Jets | Permalink
Tags: columbus+blue+jackets,
tampa+bay+lightning
Jets mail it in
by BMS on 11/11/11 at 02:59 AM ET
Comments (0)
On the day that Canada Post unveiled a few Winnipeg Jets commemorative stamps - yeah, they still make stamps and apparently we should care - the Jets absolutely mailed it in tonight in a 5-2 loss to the Florida Panthers where they looked listless at best and sloppy at worst.
Oh, before I go any further, allow me to take a second to say how completely classless I thought it was that TSN Jets cut away during the moment of silence in memory of Canadians lost/engaged in combat. I don’t know if it the same thing happened on Shaw or Bell, but the MTS feed cut away to an ad for some damn thing called a No No (I think it’s a hair remover for ladies) instead of observing the moment of silence at the rink. I don’t know who was responsible, but it was totally bush league and classless. Whatever you do, don’t tell Don Cherry.
Filed in: Winnipeg Jets, | Benny and the Jets | Permalink
Tags: columbus+blue+jackets,
florida+panthers,
tampa+bay+lightning
Don’t be sad - ‘cause 8 out of 14 ain’t bad
by BMS on 11/10/11 at 02:20 PM ET
Comments (2)
The Winnipeg Jets return home from their longest road trip this year a little bruised, but with a respectable 8 of 14 points in the proverbial bag - as good or if not better than most pundits would have wagered.
If the last three games showed anything (and apologies for not updating after each of ‘em - work/family stuff got in the way), it’s that the Jets still don’t really seem to have an established identity. A near-comeback against the New Jersey Devils, then a goose egg against the New York Rangers, and then another overtime loss against the Buffalo Sabres in a game that was nearly as wild as the opening road game against the Philadelphia Flyers only showed (at least to me) that the Jets remain a mystery wrapped in an enigma throughout their first 15 games.
Filed in: Winnipeg Jets, | Benny and the Jets | Permalink
Tags: buffalo+sabres,
columbus+blue+jackets,
florida+panthers,
new+jersey+devils,
philadelphia+flyers,
winnipeg+jets
Mark - my word.
by BMS on 09/21/11 at 01:10 PM ET
Comments (0)
The Winnipeg Jets lost 5-1 last night against the Columbus Blue Jackets, with Evander Kane getting the franchise’s first goal in front of a meagre crowd of 8,855.
But the people of Winnipeg aren’t interested in talking about that game – in fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if many of the 15,004 on hand for last night’s pre-season home opener at the MTS Centre didn’t know there was another Winnipeg Jets game going on.
Filed in: Winnipeg Jets, | Benny and the Jets | Permalink
Tags: andrew+ladd,
ben+maxwell,
columbus+blue+jackets,
david+aebischer,
dustin+byfuglien,
evander+kane,
mark+scheifele,
ondrej+pavelec,
paul+postma,
robin+festerling
JUST DROP THE PUCK ALREADY!
by BMS on 09/19/11 at 02:20 PM ET
Comments (0)
It all becomes real tomorrow - for the first time, the Winnipeg Jets will take to the ice. While it’s not the full roster, it ain’t just the rookies and prospects and it ain’t in Penticton. And while there’s incredible excitement about the Jets’ home opener at the MTS Centre tomorrow night against the Columbus Blue Jackets, it will actually be in Columbus’ Nationwide Arena that the team (at least part of it) will first hit the ice, a full 90 minutes earlier than when the puck drops in Winnipeg. Half of the Jets’ roster is in Ohio to take on half of the Blue Jackets in a 6:00 PM game that will surely have far less fanfare than the 7:30 affair in Winnipeg.
Filed in: | Benny and the Jets | Permalink
Tags: columbus+blue+jackets,
montreal+canadiens
