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\t\t\t\t\tLet\u2019s examine where the Winnipeg Jets have come from over the past several months. Before the Olympics, they were 11 points out of a playoff spot, floundering and, frankly, left for dead.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n
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In fact, as you might expect, they went into the break talking about being better on the other side. They came out of it determined to prove they could be. And the results \u2013 simply \u2013 have been impressive.<\/p>\n
Following Tuesday\u2019s overtime victory in Chicago<\/a>, the Jets are now one point out of a playoff spot in the NHL\u2019s<\/a> Western Conference. It\u2019s a remarkable pivot that has seen the team rally from seven games below NHL .500 to two games above.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n It\u2019s the type of comeback that struggling teams and their fan bases whimsically dream about, but rarely experience.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you’ll never miss the day’s top stories.<\/p>\n For Winnipeg, their performance over the last 18 games has mirrored the type of hockey they played for most of last season: inspired, gritty, skilled and determined.<\/p>\n They\u2019ve amassed 10 wins and produced points in another four of those 18 games to close the distance on a wild-card berth that, if they fell short of securing now, would only add to the frustration of what\u2019s been a curious season.<\/p>\n But what\u2019s also impressive about this surge has been who\u2019s leading the charge.<\/p>\n Players like Mark Scheifele and Gabe Vilardi are enjoying career offensive seasons and their efforts, along with other stars, have guided the group on a nightly basis, but the healthy sprinkling of organizational youth in the lineup has helped make Winnipeg faster, quicker and much more competitive.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore on Sports Remember, the Jets were sellers at the trade deadline, not buyers.<\/p>\n Now let\u2019s be clear, sitting one back of a playoff spot isn\u2019t sitting in a playoff spot.<\/p>\n But when you examine where the Jets have come from over the last several months, they may have been left for dead in early February, but fortunately for them, the rest of the NHL didn\u2019t read them their last rites.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n \n\t\t© 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size Let\u2019s examine where the Winnipeg Jets have come from over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5121],"tags":[5,78,4,43,77,18,387,5288],"class_list":{"0":"post-535031","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-winnipeg-jets","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-jets","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-winnipeg","13":"tag-winnipeg-jets","14":"tag-winnipeg-sports","15":"tag-winnipegjets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116330489222937518","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Get](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/national.jpg\")
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