After going 1-2 in early pre-season with losses to Washington and Ottawa and a win against the still-hated Edmonton Oilers, the Jets finished up their NHL's pre-season with a 1-4-3 record after a 5-0 shutout loss last night against the Boston Bruins in Saskatoon.
A rematch loss to the Oilers and back-to-back losses to the rival Minnesota Wild put the Jets at 1-5 after six games and even though this is just the pre-season and not all games (including split-squad games) have the full lineup with all guns firing and mostly rookies and minor-leaguers, a team of Winnipeg consisting of Evander Kane, Dustin Bufuglien, Andrew Ladd, Bryan Little and most of their full squad losing to a Minnesota team minus Mikko Koivu, Zach Parise and Ryan Suter is disconcerting.
Back-to-back losses to the Bruins completed the dismal pre-season record, although losing to the Boston Bruins is no reason for shame, with teams just trying out rookies and line combinations, it would have been nice to have a couple of more wins after waiting all summer.
Both Mark Scheifele and Jacob Trouba look ready to start the season with the Winnipeg Jets.
