Posts About "Mark Scheifele"
Jets Nailing Every Contract, Except Trouba
July 25th, 2018 Jacob Trouba is a top-tier defenseman in the NHL. The evidence to support this has been piling up for years. Now the time has come to pay him like one and, for once, the Winnipeg Jets are getting it wrong on a contract. It's not very often those words are true of Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff. His list of re-signings is long...
Jets Scheifele Soars Past Couturier
June 16th, 2018 Even venerable broadcaster Gord Miller was shocked when Jets' general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff stood at at the podium during the 2011 NHL Entry Draft nearly seven years ago and selected Mark Scheifele. The first word out of his mouth was "wow." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tit0E-54rLw&t=92s "That's our first real jump...
Top 5 Jets Playoff Moments of 2018
May 27th, 2018 Even though the Winnipeg Jets' 2018 Stanley Cup Playoff run didn't end the way long-suffering 'Peggers wanted, it was nonetheless filled with memorable moments. It was a near-magical 39 days that ushered the oft-forgotten into the national spotlight, brought seas of white to city streets, and boosted levels of civic pride to an...
Jets' Lack of Desperation Spells the End
May 21st, 2018 The Winnipeg Jets came into Sunday afternoon's Game 5 knowing their backs were against the wall and they'd have to leave it all out there on the ice to extend their season. But they didn't play like they knew. The Jets launched a dud in their most important game of the season, losing 2-1 to the Vegas Golden Knights in an uninspired,...
Jets' Bottom-Six Bottled Up
May 19th, 2018 The Winnipeg Jets, like all other NHL teams, have four forward lines. Right now, though, only one line is producing. In the playoffs, that's a problem. The bottom-six forwards especially have been bottled up lately. Players not named Mark Scheifele — who's scoring at a ridiculous rate and chasing down a decades-old record — are...
Scheifele Sniping His Way Toward Leach's Record
May 17th, 2018 Some records stand for so long, you forget they even exist, let alone entertain the notion someone could actually break them. One of these mythical marks is Reggie Leach's record of 19 goals in a single playoffs, which he set 42 years ago while a member of the Philadelphia Flyers. However, Winnipeg Jets' superstar centre Mark...
