NHL Season Secrets: Uncover the Surprising Strengths, Hidden Weaknesses, and Game-Changing X Factors for Every Team
But even with those absences, the Jets can still deploy veterans Gustav Nyquist and Jonathan Toews on the second line alongside promising rookie Nikita Chibrikov. Knowing Lowry and Perfetti could both be in the lineup by November provides the Jets with different lineup possibilities for a team that’s expected to challenge in the West.
Biggest concern: If anything happens to Connor Hellebuyck. Just the eighth goalie in NHL history to win the Hart as league MVP — and one of only a handful to win three Vezinas as the best goaltender — has made Hellebuyck one of the best players on the planet, and one of the best of his generation. Hellebuyck is among those select few goaltenders in the current tandem landscape that can consistently play more than 60 games per season, which further emphasizes his importance to the Jets. A major injury to Hellebuyck, and the Jets would be left scrambling.
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