Winnipeg Jets will have to put the work in to achieve postseason liftoff over Blues Globe_Sports
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To Winnipeg fans, this must seem most improbable. The two teams met four times during the regular season and it was embarrassing … to the Blues. The Jets defeated the Blues 5-1 in their first encounter, giving St. Louis its worst opening night home loss in franchise history. The Jets, however, are not necessarily the Jets that sputtered down the stretch, failed to hold onto their No. 1 spot in the conference and barely held onto home-ice advantage in the opening round.
Fans more familiar with the team have come to see Morrissey, a 24-year-old Calgary native who was the team’s 13th overall pick in 2013, as blossoming into the team’s most gifted defender, an exquisite skater with extremely high hockey sense. Though he missed 29 games in this his third season, the young blueliner counted six goals and 31 points. He has become a power-play specialist and power-play success is required in the postseason.Morrissey knows there have been doubters this spring.
The playoffs, he says, are more passionate, more exciting, more draining. “When you’re used to playing 24 [minutes a game] and now 16 feels like that.”
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