It was a dandy party, brief as it was. The joint was jammed and it was positively jumping.
And then just like that — POOF! — the Winnipeg Jets first appearance in the playoffs was over, seemingly just as soon as it had started.
It was back on April 22 in Game 4 of their first-round playoff match-up with the Anaheim Ducks that the Jets last formally gathered in these parts. And a day later there was anger and frustration — mixed with the revelation of a long injured list to key personnel — after being swept in a series in which they led in every game but exited still searching for their first postseason win.