A last-second comeback can’t disguise the fact that the Winnipeg Jets enter the 2025-26 campaign with a pressing need to do more when it counts.

No team in the league has won as many games as the Jets’ 108 during the past two seasons, and Winnipeg took the Presidents’ Trophy with 116 points last year.

However, if not for a frantic Game 7 comeback that saw the squad score twice in the final two minutes of regulation time against the St. Louis Blues — before claiming a double-OT victory on a goal by Adam Lowry — the Jets would have endured a third straight first-round exit last spring. As it stands, the Jets were bounced by the Dallas Stars in Round 2.

A structured, disciplined team that’s mastered regular-season hockey clearly needs to figure something out when it comes to the playoffs.

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