ANALYSIS: Clinching playoff spot can’t come soon enough for slumping Jets

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Seven teams have officially punched their tickets to the Stanley Cup playoffs. It's hard to believe the Winnipeg Jets are not part of that group.

calendar flips to April, seven teams have officially punched their tickets to the Stanley Cup playoffs. It’s hard to believe the

Just two weeks ago, the Jets were sitting atop the NHL Central — engaged in a terrific three-way battle for division supremacy with Dallas and Colorado.Ten games into a gruelling month of March that had them playing 16 times in 29 days, Winnipeg was 7-3 and coming off a benchmark 4-2 win over the Metro Division-leading New York Rangers, right in Madison Square Garden.

But we offer just a couple of examples to point out that what had been “safe places” for the hockey club can no longer be a given — at least until there’s a mental shift from every player to resist trying to do too much. A realization that stubbornly forcing plays or attempting “hope passes” will only prolong the frustration. That “grease” must be the word in front of the opposition net.Who knows.

 

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