Altitude Check: Tuesday January 31, 2012 Winnipeg Jets Headlines
by TJCAPS on Jan 31, 2012 12:00 PM EST
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Hey all! Here is our feature running Monday through Friday 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, January 31, 2012:
Previewing tonight's game vs. Philadelphia. [NHL.com]
Our SB Nation pals over at Broad Street Hockey offer more from a Flyers perspective. [BSH]
The Jets will again be without the services of Dustin Byfuglien, Alexander Burmistrov, Evander Kane Ed: and Tim Stapleton as they are still shelved by injuries. Aaron Gagnon and Spencer Machacek have been recalled from St. John's for tonight's game. [WFP]
Winnipeg's post-season window is narrowing and it's now time to show whether they are a contender or a pretender. [Winnipeg Sun]
Our very own Ben Wendorf brought this up last week, but SB Nation's Fear the Fin crunches playoff probabilities with the use of fancy stats. Intriguingly, the Jets still have a 35.2% chance at only their second playoff birth in franchise history. [FTF]
As previously noted by our loyal community, the Winnipeg Jets traded F Akim Aliu to the Calgary Flames in exchange for D John Negrin. This comes on the heels of Winnipeg loaning Aliu to the Abbotsford Heat (CGY) of the AHL in December. In 26 games played with the Heat, Negrin has registered 1 assist and 12 PIM. [TSN]
A 2008 article originally published in the Calgary Herald discussing the upside and potential to John Negrin's game. [Canada.com]
The AHL hosted their 2012 All-Star Game last night in Atlantic City, NJ where Team West staged a third period comeback to defeat Team East 8-7. St. John's IceCaps Paul Postma and Zach Redmond were both held pointless with matching -1 +/- ratings for Team East. The game MVP was given to Peoria Rivermen goaltender Ben Bishop (trade stock soaring!) [AHL.com]
Meant to touch on this yesterday, but the Vancouver Canucks have donated $50,000.00 to help finance a new website offering resource material for those looking for mental help. The website was created in honor of former Canuck/Moose/Jet Rick Rypien who lost his life this summer. Very encouraged to see so much media attention over the past few years on a debilitating disease which is often shrugged off by the general public. [Mind|Check]
Finally, Arctic Ice Hockey will be unveiling another interview later this week featuring input from Justin Bourne. Justin currently blogs/podcasts for The Score's Backhand Shelf and we are thrilled to be able to talk puck with a former pro. Stay tuned! [Backhand Shelf]
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LInking to a 4 year old article on Negrin really has no impact on the kind of player he is NOW. As in TODAY. Not 4 years ago but TODAY. At best he’ll be a marginal bottom pair d-man in the NHL or a 7th man/healthy scratch type. I’m not saying that it wasn’t worthwhile to get him for Aliu as Aliu may just be too much of a head case and problem child to play even one NHL shift but this is hardly the kind of “get back gold for garbage” deal that some Jets fans seem to think. I said it yesterday and I’m sticking with it that the Jets already have better prospects in the system, namely Kulda and probably Postma too. Calgary traded him because they basically gave up on him and they figured they can gamble on Aliu because in the past he has responded somewhat favorably to a change of scenery and his upside is a lot more than Negrin’s.
Here’s a link to an easy peasy way to check NHL playoff chances at any moment. http://www.sportsclubstats.com/NHL.html
The more favorable “50/50” view puts the Jets at about 21% right now. I’ve seen teams come back from worse but it’s uncommon.
They seem to like the the Habs chances on that site.
My understanding is that injuries really derailed Negrin. A broken wrist and two surguries for a broken knee are a lot to overcome. It will be interesting to see if he can ever put it all together.
Aliu has potential, but I don’t think anybody believe he will become anything more than a 3rd or 4th line player any more. We have a number of players who fill that same role.
re: Negrin
I agree, I linked the article to as it references the style of game that he plays (article states similarities to Karl Alzner w/ lesser skill set). Just wanted to give Jets fans a perspective on what Negrin is all about. This was a minor league move after all, but Negrin is still only a 22 year old player. He still has time to round out into a solid AHL contributor and maybe more (albeit unlikely) down the road.
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that people were pretty high on him in the past, but I’m hoping this is more about nudging somebody up from St. John’s defence corps.
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by Bettman's Nightmare on Jan 31, 2012 1:35 PM EST up reply actions
there was a little back and forth on this yesterday
But this could very well be stockpiling pieces for the upcoming trade deadline. If they are content with Postma/Kulda and Flood and believe they are long term options on the blue line then it could be a very active February 28th.
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by TJCAPS on Jan 31, 2012 2:00 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
It has to be about the Ice Caps and maybe depth.
There is no way he will supplant Kulda, Postma, Jones, Flood, Festerling and Redmond to factor in on the Jets so unless we lose one of them and the full starting six he won’t be in the NHL this year.
Short term, he could simply be filling in for Meech on the Caps.
Long term, Oduya will be gone, plus Meech, Jones and Flood are UFAs
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