Considering the opponents the Jets are facing this week (Vegas and home and home with Colorado), they will need to continue playing the style of game that wouldn’t be described as entertaining.
“We don’t want to go out there and just kind of exchange chances and give up lots and try to get lots,” said Barron.
“I think there’s teams that play that run-and-gun style, but for me we want to build a style that we think can be successful in the regular season and the playoffs, and I thought that lined up very well with what we did (Tuesday) night.”
Winnipeg has three teams in front of them that they will have to leapfrog in order to achieve their goal of making the playoffs. Seattle is in Tampa Bay; Nashville is hosting New Jersey and Los Angeles is in Vancouver.
“Obviously, there’s been a lot of times where we’re playing a big game, we seem to drop the two points and then everyone else seems to lose as well. I mean if you look at the schedules, I think there’s a lot of those teams in the race begin to play each other, so that’s not going to happen as much, we know that,” said Barron.
“So yeah, you try not to get too concerned with it. Obviously when you drop points and everyone else drops points, I guess it’s good, because you don’t lose ground. But at the same time, it was an opportunity to gain ground.”
The Jets have now collected points in their last four home games, with all four games coming against Western Conference opponents and three against Central Division opponents. Winnipeg has outscored their opponents by a combined score of 13-7 over their current home point streak. Winnipeg beat the Avalanche last time 3-1 when Colorado was here less than two weeks ago.
“Yeah. They’re a great team, so we’re going to need our ‘A’ game to beat them,” said Brad Lambert.
“But I think we’ve shown that we can do it.”
