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Team facing extra pressure this season to take giant leap forward
The pressure has never been more intense and Paul Maurice’s hot seat has never been toastier.
From the upper echelons of management to the players scrapping for roles on the fourth line, the 2017-18 NHL season promises to be a defining one for the Winnipeg Jets.
The team oozes youthful promise but after years of middling success and missing the playoffs, there seems to be universal agreement the Jets need to take a quantum leap forward — into the NHL post-season and beyond.