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We've Found It He Doesn't Know Exactly When Epiphany Occurred, but Wheeler Knew Jets Had Found Winning Elixir Winnipeg Free Press https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/captain-epiphany-saw-the-light- 481869753.html Eureka! We've found it He doesn't know exactly when epiphany occurred, but Wheeler knew Jets had found winning elixir By: Jason Bell NASHVILLE — Maybe it was that night in late October in downtown Winnipeg when the Jets roasted the Stanley Cup-champion Pittsburgh Penguins 7-1. And, the captain himself led the way with a hat-trick. Maybe it was New Year’s Eve when five different players hit the mark and goalie Connor Hellebuyck posted his third shutout of December in a 5-0 triumph over the Edmonton Oilers. Perhaps, it was late February when Winnipeg posted consecutive road wins over two division rivals, the Dallas Stars and St. Louis Blues, and then GM Kevin Cheveldayoff acquired veteran centre Paul Stastny from the Blues just days later. Or, it might have been the third week of March when rookie rifleman Kyle Connor scored overtime winners in back-to-back duels with the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks. Blake Wheeler honestly doesn’t remember precisely when it happened — only that there was that moment of enlightenment. "I can’t remember anything specifically. But it definitely happened at some point when I knew that we had a legitimate team," said Wheeler, in conversation Sunday morning before the Jets soared out of Nashville just one victory away from advancing to the NHL’s Western Conference final. "Obviously, once we traded for (Stastny), that solidified it and made you think that we had a pretty special group. But that being said, you go into the playoffs with the second-best record in the league, it doesn’t mean anything. Clean slate, you start over. All we were excited about was we had an opportunity, we were in the mix and it gave us a chance." The chance to clinch the best-of-seven, second-round playoff series and finally rid themselves of the mighty Predators comes tonight at Bell MTS Place. Game time is 8:30 p.m. After an off-key first period, the Jets hit all the right notes Saturday night in Music City, scoring four second-period goals in a 6-2 beat-down of the Predators. Wheeler, who tied for the league lead in regular-season assists (68), set up three goals, including the first two post-season goals of Connor’s career. Jets head coach Paul Maurice reunited Connor with Wheeler and centre Mark Scheifele, and the unit combined for eight points. He had skated with Stastny and Patrik Laine for parts of Game 3 and all of Game 4, a 2-1 loss in Winnipeg last Thursday. After a period dominated by the Predators, Stastny sparked the Jets with his fourth of the playoffs to open the scoring at 7:44 of the second period. Dustin Byfuglien wired his fourth from the point, Scheifele added his team-leading ninth and Mathieu Perreault, who returned to the lineup after injurying his shoulder in Game 1 of Round 1 against the Minnesota Wild, chipped in with his first. Hellebuyck’s brilliant play through 20 minutes prevented Nashville from getting the early jump and allowed his teammates to find their legs. He finished with 38 saves, lowering his post- season goals-against average to 2.29 and upping his save percentage to .925. Blessed with a healthy squad, Maurice utilized a full complement of four solid lines and three reliable defensive pairing, generously spreading the minutes around, while Preds coach Peter Laviolette was compelled to shorten his bench once the Jets built a 4-2 lead through 40 minutes. That well-balanced, win-by-committee approach is the hallmark of a Jets squad meticulously constructed since 2011, beginning with a few integral parts like Wheeler, Dustin Byfuglien and Bryan Little and slowly bolstered by way of the NHL Draft to become a legitimate championship contender. It was Wheeler, most will recall, who had set the bar for the team before training even began, had proclaiming it was ‘playoffs or bust.’ Now, it sounds like Wheeler recognized, perhaps, he’d underestimated the results the club could generate. "You never want to get too far ahead of yourself. We started having some success, and when it’s a little bit new to your group you don’t know if it’s real, if it’s a one-off or if it’s sustainable. We started having sustainable success and guys were playing really well. We were starting to put together some pretty good runs," he said. "We knew that we had a real group, that our team was real, that we weren’t just a flash in the pan or we were going to have a good month and then go away. That’s what gave us confidence." Wisely, Wheeler offered no guarantee against a dangerous Nashville lineup, but said the Jets are full value for positioning themselves to advance. "We’re expecting their best game of the season," he said of the desperate Predators, who lost the 2017 final to the Penguins but stormed back to post a league-best 53-18-11 regular-season record and capture the Presidents’ Trophy. "But we haven’t worried about the other team all year. We’re not starting to worry about the other team now. "We’re extremely excited about our opportunity. Like I said, we’re full-on expecting to play our best game of the season." https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/coach-confident-jets-can-tough-it-out-in-game-6- against-preds-481872283.html Coach confident Jets can tough it out in Game 6 against Preds By: Jason Bell NASHVILLE — Neither the Winnipeg Jets nor Nashville Predators has won consecutive games in the series, so the probability of a Game 7 back in Tennessee is high. Nashville has looked fallible during crucial stages of the series, but still boasts a deep pool of skilled, strong forwards and the NHL's premier top-four blue-line corps. All-world goalie Pekka Rinne has had a disappointing series, but will have a shot at redemption. Simply put, this will be a tough team to put on ice Monday night. "There’s no uncontested ice. So, when they’re playing their game and we’re playing ours it’s almost identical in terms of attitude without the puck. You don’t move the puck easily, so frustration then for both teams is built right into the style of play," Jets head coach Paul Maurice said Sunday morning. "That’s how both teams had the seasons that they did. They didn’t give any ice, they’re hard to play against." Winnipeg leads the best-of-seven NHL playoff series 3-2. Game 6 goes tonight at 8:30 p.m. at Bell MTS Place, while a Game 7, if necessary, would be held Thursday at the home of the Preds, Bridgestone Arena. Maurice, who has 20 years of NHL head coaching experience and led the Carolina Hurricanes to the 2002 Stanley Cup final before losing to the powerhouse Detroit Red Wings, has every confidence the Jets can endure. It's the most gifted and capable club he's ever guided, he maintains. "I’ve been fortunate to coach some teams that I thought had pretty good men. We got pretty good men here, too. But the talent level on this team wouldn’t be close to anything I’ve coached." It would aid the Jets' cause if Nikolaj Ehlers could catch fire like Kyle Connor did with a tremendous two-goal performance Saturday night. Ehlers still hasn't scored in nine playoff games, while Patrik Laine has just one tally against the Preds in the second-round series. While the young Europeans work through the ups and downs of the playoff grind, they need only look to their centre to catch a glimpse of a guy making a major difference. The Paul Stastny deadline deal cost the Jets a first-round draft pick — which keeps getting later and longer the Jets survive in the playoffs — forward prospect Erik Foley and a fourth-round pick. But Stastny is showing he's worth his weight in gold. He's been a model of consistency and and offensive catalyst, scoring four goals and adding seven assists in 10 playoff games. He said while agreeing to wave his no-trade clause was difficult, adapting to the Jets way of doing things has been comfortable. "You have these hopes, but at the same time you don't want the exact opposite to happen. You're nervous, at first, but excited. It's a mixed bag of emotions. And the last thing I wanted to do was step on toes or mess up the chemistry that was already on this team," Stastny said. "Lucky for me, the team has such a strong chemistry that no one person can disrupt anything. "Starting with (Blake Wheeler) and (Dustin Byfuglien) and the coaching staff, they made it easy for me, made it a smooth transition for me." Expect the madness at Bell MTS Place to rise to a whole new level Monday night. With a spot in the NHL's 'final four' on the line, Jets fans will be ready to blow the roof off the downtown rink. "I don’t know if they can yell louder. I don’t know what the cap is on that, we all have a threshold. But there can be more right?" said Maurice. "The most enjoyable piece is before the game starts, we got video feeds in the coach’s offices, you get the view of the crowd outside and you drive to the rink and back and there’s the flags and people wearing sweaters.
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