Jets not taking games at the start of the season lightly

By: Tim Campbell Posted: 2:51 PM CDT Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015

Their longest homestand of the season continues on Friday night when the Tampa Bay Lightning visit but being at home is not the same as taking a breather for the Winnipeg Jets.

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Their longest homestand of the season continues on Friday night when the Tampa Bay Lightning visit but being at home is not the same as taking a breather for the Winnipeg Jets.

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Their longest homestand of the season continues on Friday night when the Tampa Bay Lightning visit but being at home is not the same as taking a breather for the Winnipeg Jets.

The homestand of six games includes five opponents that made the playoffs last spring. The other is the 2014 Stanley Cup champions, the L.A. Kings, who were nosed out for a post-season spot in the final week of the 2014-15 regular season.

The stretch of games also includes three games against Central Division opponents.

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'No matter who we’re playing or what they’ve done in the past, we need to bring it for every game,' Tyler Myers said after practice at the MTS IcePlex today. — Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press 'No matter who we’re playing or what they’ve done in the past, we need to bring it for every game,' Tyler Myers said after practice at the MTS IcePlex today.

The first of those was last Sunday’s 4-2 loss to St. Louis. The next one up is Sunday afternoon against the Minnesota Wild.

“Yeah, we’re going to have that all year long,” Jets defenceman Tyler Myers said today about the demanding stretch of games. “We have some pretty big divisional games here in this homestand and they’re certainly important.

“Every game in this league is so important. We learned that from last year, how hard we had to battle at the end to make the push for that spot.

“It makes you realize more and more every year that the games here at the start are just as important. No matter who we’re playing or what they’ve done in the past, we need to bring it for every game.”

The Jets are out to a 4-2-0 start through six games. Central Division teams have already combined for 27 wins this season, more than any other division.

The Jets were on the ice at the MTS Iceplex today. They’re back downtown at the MTS Centre for practice on Thursday, before Friday’s game.

The next time the team has games five days apart — like this week — will be over Christmas.

tim.campbell@freepress.mb.ca