Their captain is twisting in the wind and their fleeting playoff hopes fading by the day.
And so it’s not exactly all sunshine and lollipops around the Winnipeg Jets these days, especially as they head out on a two-game road trip to Dallas and Pittsburgh and with the uncertain status of Andrew Ladd in advance of Monday’s National Hockey League trade deadline still hovering overhead like the darkest of dark clouds.
It’s also an experience many Jets have already been through.
"There’s nothing worse than losing and being out of the playoffs," said Jets winger Drew Stafford, who spent the first 8-1/2 years of his career with the Buffalo Sabres before last season’s trade to Winnipeg.