The NHLJets have a tough challenge ahead to remain competitive with the players they decide to keep after blowing their window where they can win with everyone. (SportsnetSpec)
was trying to explain what, exactly, it was that had slotted this year’s Jets into a season-long chase to catch up to the standard set by last year’s Winnipeg Jets.
“ it felt like there was a 60-minute buy-in every night,” Wheeler began. “This year, even when we were winning, even when we were rolling … it just didn’t feel the same. It didn’t feel like the game was as dominant as it was the year before. Honestly, that’s probably just a product of learning how to be a good team.
“From a mental standpoint … you get used to beating teams 4-1, having them leave your building, and then the next team comes in and you do the same thing. Then, all of a sudden, this is a destination where teams are bringing their ‘A’ game now, and that might just not be the way it works anymore.It makes sense to his coach, Paul Maurice, who says the same thing, only more succinctly.
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