night’s 4-2 win over the sinking Vancouver Canucks in Brooklyn. To add to the good vibes was Jason Chimera and Andrew Ladd finally getting off the snide and scoring their first goals of the 2016-17 campaign, a campaign that last week looked to match the drama and unrest of the presidential one unfolding before a divided and confused nation that hopefully comes to an end today. New York now sits with a 5-6-2 record for 12 points after 13 games played, as they picked up their first two point game in over a week (October 30 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs). Last year, at the same juncture, they were 7-3-3 for 17 points. So, even though the team has been struggling mightily in almost all facets of their game, and sit third from the bottom in the NHL in possession, here they are, only five points off pace of last year. And that was getting zero production, prior to last night, out of Ladd and Chimera, who combine to take up almost $8.000 million dollars in salary. Ladd, in fact, skated on a modified fourth line with Casey Cizikas and Nikolay Kulemin and being honest, the trio looked real good together. Sharp and smart with the puck, they combined for five shots and 11 attempts. This was more a ‘feel good’ win for the team, who needed to get ‘I will survive’ playing again in a locker room that last week resembled a morgue more than anything. The play on the ice, through the first two periods, especially, was not jaw dropping or inspiring. It was not crisp and clean, rather…
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…