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ROCKIES NOT SURPRISED BY JETS’ SUCCESS
Denver
GM Mike Smith took to the podium to discuss his team through the first half of the regular season. He spoke to some individual success as well as the overall play of the team. The Rockies are usually ahead of their expansion cousin Winnipeg Jets by the end of the year. While it’s probably going to be the same this season, the Jets have been on absolute fire lately and have leapfrogged Colorado in the standings.
Smith said, “Corky is a vet GM who loves a good slow play. He managed to find some significant earnings in a couple trades with some GMs last year. I tip my cap to him. That roster has always been loaded over there to be honest. I wouldn’t say that I’ve feared them but I’ve always felt they were one big swing away from being neck and neck with our franchise as the absolute best in the league. Cups or not. We dominate. Those boys are riding a heck of a streak. Would be nice to get a chance to knock them back down a peg”.
Colorado and Winnipeg still have three games remaining in their 4-game series. The Jets took home the victory in the first match up 3-1. Smith finished, “Winnipeg has always been looked at as the Rockies little brother. Or “expansion cousin”. They are the real deal. They are a legitimate threat in the Campbell Conference and we need to be prepared to go seven with a team of that caliber. First round or further. It’s the reality”. |