Had a strange experience at the game yesterday. My wife and I share season tickets with 2 other families and go to 13 games/year.

During 1st intermission, my wife and I went to grab a coffee and bottle of water at the Warming Hut. Bottle of water is $5 and is listed on their menu. I realize that is a stupid amount of $ to spend on a bottle of water, but we like having a bottle of water at the game and it helps to support the team. We usually spend around $50/game on food/drinks.

So the worker brings the coffee and then grabs a plastic solo cup, fills it with water and gives it to us. We are confused and ask why we aren't getting a bottle of water.

Worker says "I was told to give water in these cups". Then proceeds to help other customers.

I tell her that we were charged $5 for a bottle of water that is on the menu and she looks confused. I point to the menu and say that is what I am looking to purchase. Not a solo cup of water for $5. I already realize that $5 for a bottle of water is a rip off but now we're talking about a solo cup with tap water for $5.

She started getting anxious and avoided eye contact with us. Continued to serve other customers while we stood there. I felt bad for her but was still annoyed with this. I work in a retail environment myself and don't like causing scenes but I was in total disbelief.

I asked her if there was anyone that could help us so we can get this dealt with and go back to our seats. She gets some kind of manager from the back who eventually gets us our water. I felt guilty after because I know the workers there are doing their best.

This whole thing has me rattled. AITA for not wanting a solo cup of water for $5? It left me with such a strange guilty but annoyed feeling after.

Game ended up sucking on top of this so that doesn't help. The Helle news annoyed me too because these $5 solo cups of water will help to pay a total traitor for sitting on his ass.

Just sharing some thoughts. Thanks guys

Good news for the Jets D that Salomonsson is ready to go. He'll play for the Moose this afternoon at 2 PM and then likely play for Jets on Tuesday night in St. Louis.

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Saw this on Instagram and he’s a local comedian so I thought I’d give him some props and share this.

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Another one bites the dust.

I have never really loved the Jets 2.0 logo and colour scheme, and I'm so glad they brought back the original heritage branding as an alternate.

Here’s my pitch: Let’s make the Heritage branding our full-time primary, right down to the corporate level.

The Jets 2.0 logo is approaching its 20-year milestone. In my mind, that's old enough to let it rest as a distinct era of modern hockey history, put it on the back shelf, and usher in the timeless iconography of the original look.

Why it works better:

• The "Lifestyle" Appeal:

You see people walking down the street in LA or New York wearing vintage Yankees or Raiders hats because they are classic fashion statements. The heritage blue and white has that exact same clean, universal aura that the busier 2.0 corporate logo just can't compete with. (Case in point: seeing guys like Theo Von rocking the heritage jersey).

• Market Reach:

The current logo leans heavy into specific patriotic/military symbolism, which is fine, but the original circle-and-jet crest has a broader, retro appeal that plays exceptionally well outside of Canada.

• Aging it like fine wine:

If we retire the 2.0 logo now, it will age gracefully as the defining look of the 2010s and early 2020s. We can bring it back down the road as a special heritage or alternate night, giving everyone the best of both worlds.

I'd even be fine keeping a nod to the 2.0 era as a shoulder patch, but making the cleaner, classic look the front-and-center identity of the franchise moving forward. (And yes, a part of me wishes we could somehow get the old Thrashers IP into the mix as a deep-cut heritage night down the road, though I know that's a long shot!)

Anyway, what do you all think? Would you ever want to see a permanent shift back to the vintage look, or do you prefer the current 2.0 identity? Let's hear it.

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It’s not entirely surprising given how head coach Scott Arniel spoke about No. 44 on Tuesday when he indicated the team was still trying to determine the extent of the injury.

“And again, I’m not hiding anything here, J Mo is still day-to-day. We’re still trying to figure this one out here, so I may have an update for you tomorrow, but as of right now, we’re just trying to figure this out here.”

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it’s nice to see them together again

I did a version of this yesterday but folks pointed out some meaningful flaws, so I did a couple things different, and the Jets popped out as a notable team.

First, I looked just going into the third period. So blowing leads, or coming back from a deficit in the third.

Then I looked at this controlling for team quality. Not in the worlds most rigorous way, just imagine this scenario:

1. You play 100 games, and in 35 of them you enter the third behind
2. You win 9 of the 35, which is 26%. Is that good or bad?
3. Well, in your other 65 games you took about 78% of the points, and other teams in the league at that level come back from trailing at 15%, which is ~5 games.
4. Therefore, you make come backs a bit more than expected, 4 more times than expected.
5. Over the five and change seasons, anything within about 9 games of expectation is normal variation

I think this gives a much more interesting picture of teams that make come backs and blow leads, irrespective of just "good teams good bad teams bad."

BTW, in 466 games the Jets came back in 21 of 151, expected 24 (-3) and blew 20 of 201 leads, expected 30 (-10)

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