Winnipeg Jets Lead NHL's Western Conference Showdown

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00:00of course the winnipeg jets best record most points this year in the national hockey league

00:04they are the top seed in the western conference they won the president's trophy we'll talk about

00:08the curse in just a moment but a hefty favorite against the st louis blues vegas golden knights

00:14a favorite against the minnesota wild the colorado avalanche and a really great opening round set

00:19against the dallas stars and can connor mcdavid and leon dry sidle and the edmonton oilers finally

00:26get over the mountaintop they have a really good opening round set against the la kings chris as

00:31you look at our four opening round playoff series that we have out west to you what is the most

00:37competitive series that we are going to see oh my goodness i think i have to go with colorado and

00:43dallas i think the last time i joined you guys it was really just all over both of those teams i

00:48really liked what the abs did at the deadline of course they've made a lot of trades it's it's

00:52pretty rare to see a team you know trade for a new goalie in fact two goalies they traded for this

00:57year they traded a superstar miko rant in a way they get martin natchez back to get some depth down

01:02the middle and brock nelson as well as charlie coyle who's played in the playoffs every year of

01:06his career so i think that they're set up to have a lot of success and i as much as i like this dallas

01:11stars squad uh unfortunately jason robertson suffered an injury in the last game of the season

01:16for the stars his status is unknown and looking more at their numbers like this is a team

01:21offensively that can bring it with anybody they got great goaltending but their five and five play

01:25over the last two months since the four nations face off has not been great in fact they've allowed

01:29the most shots on goal uh they have the highest expected goals against right at five and five per

01:3460 and the abs don't give up a whole lot and they're second over that span in shots on goal but i do

01:40believe that's going to be a series that goes seven the stars have been knocking on the door over the

01:44past couple years in the western conference finals in each of the last two years i think that is the

01:47most competitive of the four but my goodness those four series that you brought up even the blues

01:52as a wildcard team you mentioned president's trophy and that's a team that i think could upset st louis

01:59could go on a run they only have four regulation losses since february 22nd that's the best mark in

02:04the league

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