{"id":462330,"date":"2026-02-18T18:50:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/462330\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T18:50:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:50:26","slug":"analysis-winnipeg-jets-dont-plan-to-ease-back-into-post-olympic-schedule-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/462330\/","title":{"rendered":"ANALYSIS: Winnipeg Jets don\u2019t plan to ease back into post-Olympic schedule – Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\t\t\tLeading up to the Olympic break, Winnipeg Jets head coach Scott Arniel was already plotting what his team\u2019s return to the ice would look like after 12 days off.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n

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So, when they assembled on Tuesday afternoon for the first time since a Feb. 4 loss to Montreal \u2013 save for the four players still at the Winter Games \u2013 everyone knew what was coming this week.<\/p>\n

Which is to say a format similar to training camp, although as defenceman Dylan DeMelo put it, \u201cwith different weather.\u201d<\/p>\n

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And judging by the way the skate was conducted, which included a practice plan with high-paced flow drills and rushes up and down the ice and concluded with a three-on-three game between the blue lines, the intent was to get the RPMs back up and redlining as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

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Moreover, Arniel also mentioned that as the week progresses into the weekend, they\u2019ll tailor their workouts to defensive and offensive zone coverage and finish with a special teams focus before their next game \u2014 a week from Wednesday in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a strategy of preparation the Jets coaching staff hopes will allow the team to hear the starter\u2019s pistol and begin a sprint to the finish with 26 games in 51 days and an 11-point deficit to make up in a desperate playoff push.<\/p>\n

Or as Arniel said more succinctly after Tuesday\u2019s skate, \u201cwe\u2019re not working our way into the 26 games; we have to be up and running at full speed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Olympics this year and previously the 4 Nations Face-Off last February have created an oddity in NHL<\/a> scheduling, as the 20-day break between games for the Jets will attest.<\/p>\n

But as they look to burst out of the blocks next week in full pursuit of making up some serious ground, perhaps this mid-season training camp will indeed help the Jets come out of the Olympic break better than the way they went into it.<\/p>\n

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