The hype turned out to be tripe.
Oh, there was a smattering of taunts for Evander Kane in his return to Winnipeg, but those certainly wouldn’t qualify among the MTS faithful’s top five.
And when it came to actual sniping, the visiting Buffalo Sabres were just simply better than the home team or their fans, putting a 4-2 victory on the Jets on Sunday afternoon.
The Sabres halted a six-game losing streak in which they had scored just eight goals. They also scored two first-period goals for the first time since Oct. 29, all of that just another example of an opponent taking advantage of the Jets as one of the NHL’s poorer defensive sides.