Winnipeg Jets Case Study

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Maybe you think the Winnipeg Jets are garbage but listen here, listen good, and listen up. Pause your 21 savage, tell your boys to simmer down, and put down your phone. I’m going to explain to you why the Winnipeg Jets will be the most established team in the NHL in the next couple of years. The Winnipeg Jets are a great team because of the different skill sets of the players on the team.
You probably heard the Winnipeg Jets are straight up trash but please hear me out. The Jets currently have a record of 1-2-0, but they are still the best team in the NHL. The Jets are like a spaceship counting down for takeoff, three, two, one, blast off.
Do you know why the Winnipeg Jets are not looking like Kylie Jenner before “puberty” aka plastic surgery?
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Some of the common qualities both of these teams have are their skill set and the state of mind plus the dominance they had in their sport. Are the 2017-18 Winnipeg Jets the best team ever to skate in the NHL? No, but they soon will be. On paper, the Jets are the best team in the current NHL, but in the first couple of games, to start the off the year, the only problem the Jets are having is communication. On October, 9th the Jets beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-2, that was the game where I knew they were back on track. Why did the Winnipeg Jets look like a kid learning how to tie their shoes in the first two games? There is a simple explanation, The Jets are trying to make teams overlook them because once you overlook an opponent you already lost. In conclusion the Winnipeg Jets is the best team currently in the NHL because they are not trash, their communication skills increased by a large scale, and lastly, the Winnipeg Jets are comparable to the best team ever to step foot on the NBA court. So next time you are discussing with a friend about who will win Lord Stanley just think, Jets, Jets, Jets. So please stop thinking the Winnipeg Jets are trash because they are a well developed team with a bright future before

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