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Struggling squad focuses on defensive zone, effort

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Jets stress importance of work

MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES

LAS VEGAS — Somewhere along the line, the Winnipeg Jets left their workboots either at home or at a jobsite far, far away.

Wednesday’s debacle in Denver showed in living colour all the talk of keeping it simple, sticking to systems and playing a full 60 is cheaper than dirt if the “try” factor isn’t the primary part of the equation.

A few players acknowledged Thursday the “something missing” in their game has been effort, plain and simple.