The Winnipeg Jets, despite their regular season success including a Presidents' Trophy win, face a major hurdle: their star goaltender's drastically reduced performance during away playoff games. His save percentage on the road plummeted to .809, raising serious concerns about their playoff potential.
The team's management might be content with the roster, but addressing this critical goaltending issue is paramount for future success.
The Winnipeg Jets might have an intractable problem.
The team's management group probably likes its roster, and it should. They just won the Presidents' Trophy, and the year before, they finished fourth in the league. Even if we're saying that having the best goalie alive is the biggest reason for that success, it's hard to get to that level if you're not well built from the net out.
However, the net seems to be where the biggest problem is for them; their All-World goaltender turns into a just-okay CHL goalie on the road in the playoffs (he allowed 26 goals on 136 shots away from home in this playoff, an .809 road save percentage). That is something you cannot work around. Some might argue you're dealing with an all-time, historic level of Playoff Loserdom, and it would be hard to push back
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