Presidents’ Trophy & O’Brien Cup 2024/25 Champions
Winnipeg, Manitoba The Winnipeg Jets have earned the top spot in the NHL this season and are endeavoring to play past the early rounds of the playoffs for the first time in over 20 seasons.
Former Buffalo Sabres former Left Wing from the late 1980s and Assistant Coach in the early 2000’s, Scot Arniel has earned his position as Head Coach evidenced by the best regular season record in this franchise’s history in his first season as Head Coach of the Winnipeg Jets.
Much ado is made of the fact that the Jets goaltender plays spectacularly in the regular season but not so much in the playoffs as the Jets exited the playoffs in the first round the past two years ultimately costing Winnepeg’s HC Bowness his job.
Winnipeg appears poised and ready to make a deep run into this season’s playoffs if not capturing the Cup itself, I am confident the Jets can win it all this year, but there are a few other teams that I have considered just as capable in their abilities to win the Cup.
Six o’clock tonight the 2024/25 Stanley Cup playoffs begin with two games, the Presidents’ Trophy winners Winnipeg Jets versus the Western Conference second wild card seeded St. Louis Blues.
In the second game tonight at 8:30 pm, the Dallas Stars host the Colorado Avalanche in a Western Division rivalry between two teams that are closely matched record wise as the Stars and Avalanche curiously have identical 277 goals scored total this season.
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