from Chris Johnston of Sportsnet,
A special spring can turn sour in a moment’s notice. Six days after leading the Western Conference final 1-0, the Winnipeg Jets are dealing with the reality that they’ll be watching an expansion team play for the Stanley Cup.
It could have been them.
“Pretty empty,” said Blake Wheeler. “Emotionless.”
“It’s hard to believe it’s all over,” said Mathieu Perreault. “We really thought we were going to do it this year.”
“[I feel like] [expletive], pretty much,” said Patrik Laine....
“It was their time,” said Wheeler. “They’re playing really well and you have to give them all the credit. Typically in a seven-game series the better teams wins. Coming into it, I thought we had the best team – obviously I’m a little bit biased standing in this room. Felt we had a great opportunity and that team, you know, it was their time.
“They made it really tough for us, we had to work for everything we got and even when we broke them down we couldn’t seem to ever gain the type of momentum we needed to get this thing on our terms.”
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