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Traction, not progress and certainly not contending, has been the main issue for the Winnipeg Jets in the NHL season’s first half.
Arriving at the midway point of the schedule at .500, 19-19-3, is not the unmitigated disaster some believe it to be, because the Jets are still part of the playoff conversation.
When so much was expected after the team’s first playoff qualification in the new era, the opening 41 games saw a good start followed by a November driven mostly on a bald set of tires.
Most problematic was the first half saw not a single winning streak (that’s at least three games, by accepted definition, for those who throw the phrase around too liberally) and that’s no way to get traction, especially in the uber-competitive Central Division.