from Eric Engels of Sportsnet,

The Winnipeg Jets are down 3-1 in the playoffs, they’re facing elimination in five games, and it all feels so shockingly familiar.

They meekly tucked tail and bowed out without a fight against the Vegas Golden Knights a year ago, and they appear to be doing it again now against the Colorado Avalanche.

Last spring, the Jets lost in four straight after winning Game 1, leaving head coach Rick Bowness disgusted.

“We have to push back,” he said once the Jets were eliminated. “There has to be a push back. There has to be pride. You have to be able to push back when things aren’t going your way. We had no push back. Their better players were so much better than ours tonight. They deserved to win. They were the better team in the regular season, they were the better team in this series.”

It feels like we’re a game away from hearing Bowness repeat himself.

It wasn’t supposed to be this way this time around — with the Jets proving to be a 52-win juggernaut in the regular season and entering the playoffs on an eight-game winning streak — but here we are again.

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