Five takes the morning after watching the Winnipeg Jets crash and burn in Wednesday’s 4-1 loss to the Flames in Calgary:
1. We now return to your regularly-scheduled Jets programming...
A couple of nights after thoroughly dominating the Vancouver Canucks in B.C., the Jets started well in Calgary before being blow-torched later in the first and dropping to a Flames squad that entered the game with the exact same record and the exact same dominant season storyline of disappointment after last season’s playoff push.
The result, coupled with Edmonton’s 6-4 win over St. Louis, left the Jets tied with the Oilers for second last in the National Hockey League with 63 points (Edmonton has played three more games).