Posted at 1:00 PM EST. 

Regulation only. Which version of the Jets are we going to see tonight? Will it be the one that went into St. Louis and Chicago last week and won both games or will it be the version that blew a 3-1 lead against the Red Wings in its last start? The Jets have been this Jekyll and Hyde team for three years running. At some point, some stability, consistency and/or commitment to winning is bound to kick in because the Jets are too talented to be losing this many games. A team this deep and talented should never be watching the playoffs from the rail.  In any case, there is a good chance that one of the NHL’s best players, Mark Schiefiele returns tonight after missing three games but regardless of that, Winnipeg on their worst day is still very capable of beating the Rangers on New York’s best day.

The Rangers are coming off a 4-2 loss to the Islanders. Their last three victories occurred against the Hurricanes twice and the Flyers once. In those three victories, the Rags amassed 23, 21 and 23 shots on net while allowing 42, 28 and 28 respectively. The Rangers scored 10 goals on 64 shots on net over their last three victories. That is unsustainable but this market actually thinks the Rangers are among the better teams in the league. That is false. New York has some very decent forwards but so does every team in the NHL. What the Rags have more than most teams is a bunch of dead weight and the inability to dominate games or keep the puck out of their own end. The only thing remarkable about the Rags is that they have won more games than they’ve lost but don’t expect that to be the case after 82 games. This is a weak team with big regression on the horizon. That they’re evenly priced on the road in Winnipeg is just another example of the market’s completely incorrect perception of them. 

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