No more than two weeks ago, the Winnipeg Jets were being written off as choke-artists.
After losing to the Calgary Flames, 3-1, it looked like Winnipeg’s playoff spot was in serious jeopardy.through their first 50 games or so.Playoffs, but they’re now a fancied underdog in their Round 1 series against the Vegas Golden Knights.Or is this just a case of folks feeling the need to pick at least one upset in their brackets and landing on the Jets?The Golden Knights bounced back from missing the playoffs in 2021-22 with a division title in ’22-23.
The Knights came out of the blocks hot and were able to keep up their pace despite a laundry list of injury issues, especially in goal.Vegas was expected to go into this season with a tandem of Robin Lehner and Logan Thompson, but things were thrown into flux during the offseason when it was announced that Lehner would miss the whole campaign.
Adin Hill was brought in from San Jose to stabilize the position while Laurent Brossoit was rehabbing his injury in the minor leagues.Hill and Thompson both fought injury issues throughout the season, while Brossoit finally was able to join the team in the last quarter of the season. With very little consistency, the team would then go out and acquire Jonathan Quick from the Columbus Blue Jackets just a day after he was traded there from the Kings.That circus in goal has thrown a lot of cold water on the Knights as a lot of people are having a hard time getting around to a Brossoit-Quick tandem being good enough for a long playoff run.
The Michigan native posted a .920 save percentage and a +30.8 Goals Saved Above Expected in 64 appearances in 2022-23.
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