The Winnipeg Jets Have Been the Cardiac Jets in October
I’ve been recently thinking of the Winnipeg Jets as the New York Jets. I know it’s strange, but following both so closely, it’s only normal.
It does seem some kind of low-level fate that I’d end up writing about the Jets, a team I’d adored since I was young. Only, the Winnipeg Jets are not the New York Jets. I’ve taken it upon myself to draw some parallels, however.
Why are they called the Jets? Well, in New York, they’re called that because of their former proximity to LaGuardia Airport. I recently found out the Winnipeg Jets are so because of tradition.
But that tradition is pushed, apparently, but the old owner’s affinity for the New York version of the Jets. What an odd website by the way. Run for twenty years as a memorial to the original Jets, with no interest in the new Jets. Huh.
Either way, this year seemed to bring up some correlation. This season came with massive expectations for a young team. I understand that. I understand that development isn’t always linear.
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Winning a Stanley Cup is hard! Nobody would blame the Jets if they couldn’t do it this year. But the expectations are there after last season. They’re not going away any time soon.
And when the Jets looked like a lottery team in the first few games of the season, one thing came to mind: Same Old Jets. I don’t even have a link. If you don’t know, just Google it.
If not, it’s pretty easy to understand. The New York Jets keep finding ways to lose. Year after year, game after game. They figure out a way to screw things up. Winnipeg beat St. Louis in game one.
They didn’t look great after that. They seemed like they were righting the ship. And then Edmonton came to visit, and the Jets blew a 4-1 lead in the third. To..the…Oilers. Same old Jets, and it’s brand new.
But they’ve been grinding out wins. In the opener, they turned it on to take off in the third. They fought hard to keep barely ahead of Arizona, who isn’t very good. They turned it on in the third against Vancouver.
Last night, they rallied with the netminder pulled to tie it against the Blues. Bryan Little got the rebound and put it in. In overtime, they clearly had the advantage. They’re either struggling and managing to come through on talent, which bodes well for the future, or they’re lazing about until they have to, which is bad.
I am assuming it’s the former, but who knows? But they’ve managed to win some games that…well, they should’ve beaten those teams. It would’ve been games they let slip away.
They’ve been stealing wins while they aren’t playing well. Every NHL team is going to struggle. It’s a long season. The fact that Winnipeg has been winning while struggling is nice.
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The fact that they opened the season by struggling is not ideal, but hey, I’d rather they get it out of the way early. They went from Same Old Jets to Cardiac Jets pretty quickly. Something their NFL counterpart never really managed.