The Winnipeg Jets: Three Things that Went Wrong Last Season

The Winnipeg Jets had an improbable run into the Western Conference Finals this past season, and for that, a lot of things had to break right. Some things, however, broke wrong.

The Winnipeg Jets had a great season, and we went into a few of the reasons why, and hey, those were good reasons. You don’t get to 114 points without good fortune. No team, however, is immune from bad luck.

You just gotta try to mitigate it and have that depth to cover the bad breaks. The Winnipeg Jets definitely had that depth. But what went wrong?

The Presumed Starting Goalie

Steve Mason was signed to a two year, $8.2MM contract. That’s not backup money. The Jets expected Mason to handle most of the work between the…