Posted at 12:30 PM EST

OT included. Michael Hutchison was a great goaltender when he first came up to the Jets and now his head is spinning. Connor Hellebucyk was also a great goaltender when he first came up and now his head is spinning too. Andrej Pavelec’s head isn’t spinning because the Jets are paying him four million a year to play minor league hockey.

Winnipeg has dropped four in a row and five of six. They have allowed 19 goals against in their last four losses. Coach Paul Maurice is blaming weak goaltending on his teams’ woes. Don’t blame Michael Hutchison and don’t blame Connor Hellebucyk. Blame the Jets’ idiot coach for not sticking with one guy for an extended period of time instead of alternating them whenever one had a bad game. Getting constantly yanked and/or benched ruins one’s confidence. Without confidence, you cannot succeed in pro sports. Now Maurice has two mentally damaged goaltenders on his hands. Instead of picking one or the other, Maurice summoned for Andrej Pavelec, a goaltender that he did the same thing to. Pavelec will now play in his first NHL game since last April. Pavelec’s numbers were horrible last year and he’ll now come in and try and save Winnipeg’s season under heavy media and fan scrutiny. The Jets return home from a three-game trip through Arizona, Los Angeles and San Jose to face the Coyotes in front of their “tired of waiting” fans. Paul Maurice has ruined this team and the players aren’t responding to him anyway. The Jets are wasting a ton of talent and while it would be damn foolish to think they can’t win here, we’ll gladly take our chances because Winnipeg is fragile and on the verge of a coaching change.

Arizona is fragile too but in a different way. The Coyotes don’t have the talent that the Jets have so they struggle to win games and that plays on their minds. However, they have a great coach, they’re on the right track and they’re playing better as of late without the results. Arizona has held five of its last seven opponents to 27, 23, 28, 24 and 24 shots on net. The Coyotes have picked up points in three of its last five games. Arizona’s talented defense and its work ethic make them very worthy of a bet in certain situations and this is one of them. The bet here is a fade against Winnipeg, who cannot be favored in this range. Damn straight the ‘Yotes can win here.          

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