The Winnipeg Jets Are Everything The New York Jets Dreamed They Could Be
Jared Silber. Getty Images.This was supposed to be the year. The hype and expectations. Aspirations of competing for a championship. On paper, they had the roster to do it. And after a few early season wins, folks were starting to wonder if maybe this is the year the Jets go out and do the damn thing.
The only issue is they didn't specify which Jets. Because it turns out the New York Jets are total dog shit at football. Really they are dog shit at being a professional sports organization that allowed themselves to get held hostage by a 40-year-old dipshit quarterback who is addicted to drugs and spreading misinformation. But mainly they are terrible at football.
The Winnipeg Jets on the other hand? Well this team is a full blown wagooooooooon in every sense of the word.
The Jets are absolute shit kickers. They're so damn good that they're just playing with their food at this point. The New York Rangers are a pretty solid hockey team. They were 2 wins away from playing in the Stanley Cup Final last year. And here come the Winnipeg Jets crashing into Madison Square Garden and putting Igor Shesterkin in a $12 million blender.
15-1 to start the season. Kyle Connor is top 10 in the league in points and goals. Josh Morrissey and Neal Pionk are #2 and #3 in points among defensemen in the league, only trailing behind Cale Makar. Connor Hellebuyck is the best goalie on the planet right now, which is a fact the fans in Winnipeg were sure to drill into Jake Oettinger's head when they played Dallas a few nights ago.
Elite offense. Elite defense. Elite goaltending. I guess you can't get to 15-1 to start the season by accident. I know you can't win a Stanley Cup in November, but the only way I see this season getting derailed for the Jets is if Kyle Connor goes off on an ayahuasca retreat, excommunicates his entire family, and starts to spend the majority of his time going on podcasts. Other than that series of unfortunate events, it's the Jets Year.