At some point during Wednesday’s game between the Winnipeg Jets and the St. Louis Blues, I bet the Jets were thinking to themselves, “can we get that other guy in net, please?”
The answer was no. If the big and bad bullies of the North were going to go through St. Louis, the little engine that won’t quit, they’d have to deal with Jordan Binnington, the 25-year-old goaltending phenom who could go from minor league prisoner to Calder Trophy owner in six months.
The Jets tried their best to phase the kid, who was already dealing with some off-the-ice bullshit that I won’t even dig into here because the writer doesn’t deserve clicks.