Altitude Check: Tuesday December 6, 2011 Winnipeg Jets Headlines
by TJCAPS on Dec 6, 2011 7:05 AM EST
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PrintHey all! This is a new daily feature that will bring you up to date on what's going on in the media pertaining to the Winnipeg Jets.
Here are your headlines for Tuesday December 6, 2011:
Earth-shattering news everyone! The NHL Board of Governors has approved a complete overhaul to their conference alignment. What you need to know: Four conferences in all. Top four teams from each conference qualify for the playoffs. The real kicker? You could see a Boston vs Pittsburgh Stanley Cup Final. Dogs and cats living together!? Mass hysteria! [CBC Sports]
So what does this mean for Winnipeg? [Toronto Sun]
Assessing travel mileage under new Four Conference format. Sorry Florida and Tampa Bay! [Puck Daddy]
More Puck Daddy: The potential downfall of overhauling the system. Hint: Playoff match-ups are going to get awful repetitive! [Puck Daddy]
Fan perspective of realignment: "The conferences should be Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr, Howe, give or take Richard. Although I'd prefer Smythe, Adams, Norris, Patrick." [Joe Churchill, via Twitter]
The Jets are on the verge of eclipsing .500? Well, not really, they are on the verge of possibly being 12-15. [Globe & Mail]
To do that though, they'll have to take down the NHL's most dominant team. Somehow I don't see that happening. [NESN]
Jackie MacMullan on the emergence of Tyler Seguin: "To no one's surprise, Seguin hasn't been a healthy scratch all season. He is on a line with Bergeron and Marchand that is electric, prolific. Tyler Seguin is almost 20, and he's exactly what he planned to be -- one of the top young talents in the game." [ESPN]
Despite a depleted roster, the St. Johns Ice Caps continue to win hockey games, playing dominant hockey on the road. [The Telegram]
Finally, it's not Jets related but still a fascinating read: Punched Out: The Life and Death of a Hockey Enforcer as authored by the New York Times John Branch. The story chronicles the life of NHL tough guy Derek Boogaard and is a riveting and masterful piece of writing. "[C.T.E] the degenerative disease was more advanced in Boogaard than it was in Bob Probert, a dominant enforcer of his generation, who played 16 N.H.L. seasons, struggled with alcohol and drug addictions and died of heart failure at age 45 in 2010." [Part 1, Part 2, Part 3]
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Welcome to the Norris!
…or whatever it ends up being called (though the old school names get my vote).
So, as a Preds fan I am really pleased with the move for several reasons and like the strength of the conference overall.
What is the feeling up there? Is this a good thing for the Jets?
Yes. A very good thing.
a) Get to play more games in our own time zone
b) Reduces travel to the Southeast
c) I prefer to play in our own timezone/region rather than just being lumped in with the other Western Canadian teams,
2012: The year we clip the Hawk.
by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Dec 6, 2011 10:06 AM EST up reply actions
The only thing I don't like is that you have to fight out of your own conference to get to the top 4.
I’m worried that we’ll end up seeing the same team come out of the same conferences often.
2012: The year we clip the Hawk.
by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Dec 6, 2011 10:09 AM EST up reply actions
I like the travel and time zone thing as well, not to mention guaranteed dates with every club.
I really like the idea of fighting for the top 4 spots, along with the prospect of truly earning a conference/divisional championship through the playoffs as opposed to just being awarded one for your regular season record. Should make for some good rivalries and I really think it will make the latter part of the post season special. It adds some microcosms to the equation for sure…
by Marcus Newman on Dec 6, 2011 10:22 AM EST up reply actions
I kinda figured they would stay in conference for the 1st round
Not the first two.
It will be interesting to see how it plays out.
One negative it the decrease in the number of “4 point games”
According to me we ARE a .500 team
26 out of a potential 52 points is 50%
In Canada our balls are bigger
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by canadian texan on Dec 6, 2011 11:51 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Both are correct.
Over time losses are still losses though. Until we clear the true .500 we wont be all that relevant in the playoff hunt. That has to be the next goal.
True...i blame the NHL
You play hockey for 60 minutes, 4 on 4 for 5 and then a shootout? It’s 3 different games within the game
In Canada our balls are bigger
Writer for Arctic Ice Hockey
by canadian texan on Dec 6, 2011 12:09 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
well
the realighnment is good for the team, we have teams in the same time-zone now. i will miss us playing in a conference in my time-zone though. we are a .500 in my mind. and once we get back some guys to help us on d, we will be ready to roll.
"it's not easy being green"-kermit the frog
"we the mets are an improved ball club, now we lose in extra innings"-casy stengel
i cant spell a nosebleed
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conference d has it the best though
look how little traveling they will have withen their division, the west is the wierdest and conferance c makes sense except for the teams in the deep south. didn’t think they would settle on something this drastic so soon
"it's not easy being green"-kermit the frog
"we the mets are an improved ball club, now we lose in extra innings"-casy stengel
i cant spell a nosebleed
The Official Seinfeld Gif-Man of GGN!!!!!!!!
i'm a moderator for GGN. I will accept tribute.
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