Four hours after Monday’s trade deadline ended, Winnipeg played perhaps its worst game of the season against the worst team in its division.
“Get the list of things that happen in a hockey game,” head coach Paul Maurice said on Monday night. “We weren’t very good and the coach is at the top. That’s all I’ve got for you, how about that?”
Then he promised an improved performance by all parties in Wednesday’s rematch.
The Jets said all of the right things at Tuesday’s practice and at Wednesday’s morning skate but then, just over a minute into the first period of Wednesday’s game, Derek Forbort got beat by Colin White on the way to an easy-looking two-on-zero goal by
