The Winnipeg Jets had a great season, and we went into a few of the reasons why, and hey, those were good reasons. You don’t get to 114 points without good fortune. No team, however, is immune from bad luck.
You just gotta try to mitigate it and have that depth to cover the bad breaks. The Winnipeg Jets definitely had that depth. But what went wrong?
The Presumed Starting Goalie
Steve Mason was signed to a two year, $8.2MM contract. That’s not backup money. The Jets expected Mason to handle most of the work between the pipes while grooming Connor Hellebuyck to (hopefully) take over afterwards.