Liberty Blue Conversations: The Winnipeg Jets Renaissance featuring Alyssa Houde

The Winnipeg Jets were at a crossroads last season, as a team exiting in the first round, losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights, it would've been feasible for the Jets to take a step back. Instead, in year two under head coach Rick Bowness, the Jets have surged towards the top of the league and are amongst the best teams so far through the 2023-2024 season. Alyssa Houde of the Can't Teach Size Podcast joins the show to unpack the Jets Renaissance this season and everything that's gone into the team's emergence as a bonafide Stanley Cup Contender 00:58 A general How are the Jets Doing? 3:52 How have the Jets grown since last season? 5:32: What's wrong with the Jets' power play? 7:44 Who's taken a step as a player? 9:44 How have the Jets maximized Connor Hellebuyck? 11:56: Depth over star power? 13:39 Direction of the franchise? 16:35 Revisiting the Pierre Luc Dubois Trade 21:55 Is Cole Perfetti a guy? 24:46 Vladislav Namestnikov finds a permanent home 27:34 Nino Niederreiter too 31:03 A real checking line 35:59 Is Ville Heinola ever going to be an NHL regular? 40:03 Sean Monahan trade one month in 43:13 What is the ideal Jets deadline? 46:58 Noah Hanifin, hypothetically speaking 49:13 Was Nashville Winnipeg 2018 Round 2 peak hockey? 50:54 Winnipeg as a market and season tickets 55:42: Dealer's choice, what Alyssa wants to talk about *This Episode Was recorded Wednesday February 28th, prior to Chris Tanev's trade to Dallas* Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on your favorite platform: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3AgDKKg Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Ex5ZGW Google Play: https://bit.ly/3Ebnyv1