Jets Sun Tsaya Zuwa Gasar Ƙasashen Duniya Bayan Fafatawa da ‘Yan Tsibirin
WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Kungiyar Winnipeg Jets na shirin fuskantar kungiyar New York Islanders a yau Juma’a, kafin su tafi hutun kwanaki 14 domin gasar 4 Nations Face-Off.
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Jets din, wadanda ke kan gagarumin nasara ta wasanni bakwai a jere, sun doke Carolina Hurricanes da ci 3-0 a ranar Talata. Duk da gasar 4 Nations da ke karatowa, Kyle Connor, wanda zai buga wasa a Amurka, ya ce ba zai sami matsala ba wajen mayar da hankali kan Islanders a yau.
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“Ina ganin kowa ya fuskanci haka a baya, ko hutu na zuwa, hutun Kirsimeti, hutun taurari a baya. A bayyane yake, wannan dabba ce daban da 4 Nations tare da jin dadi da tsammanin da ke gina zuwa gare ta,” in ji Connor. “Amma a lokaci guda hankalinmu yana nan. Ko da kuna da wannan hayaniyar ta waje kuma kuna mu’amala da jadawalin, jirage da sandunanku, wando, ƙoƙarin amfani da sababbin abubuwa, sabbin safar hannu. Amma a lokaci guda, ina tsammanin dukkanmu muna da kyau wajen shiga ciki da kuma mai da hankali kan aikin da ke hannunmu.”
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Jets din a halin yanzu suna kan gaba a taron yamma saboda jerin nasarar wasanni bakwai da suka yi a yanzu, wanda shine jerin nasarar su ta bakwai a wannan kakar.
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“Babban abu a gare ni shine kashe wasan da ya gabata duk abin da ya faru. Nasara a bayyane take ta sa ya bambanta, amma dole ne ku ci gaba zuwa ga abokin hamayya na gaba. Samari sun yi aiki mai ban mamaki, wani lokacin ya dogara ne da adadin wasannin da za mu buga a cikin gajeren lokaci, amma samari sun yi aiki mai kyau wajen manta da wasan jiya,” in ji babban koci Scott Arniel.
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“Muna kallon wani bidiyo ko kuma mu yi magana akai a takaice sannan mu ci gaba zuwa ga abokin hamayya na gaba kuma mu shirya. Wani lokaci dole ne ku buga salo daban-daban, wasanni daban-daban. Zuwa daga wasan Carolina zuwa wannan wasan? Madaidaicin akasin haka, don haka muna sake saita kanmu kuma muna shirya don wasa na gaba.”
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Islanders za su zo a daren yau a matsayin wani bangare na cunkoson kungiyoyi a taron gabashin da ke kokarin shiga daya daga cikin wuraren katin daji guda biyu. New York ta samu maki hudu a bayan Detroit don matsayi na biyu na katin daji kuma tana da 8-2-0 a wasanni goma da suka gabata duk da cewa Ryan Pulock, Noah Dobson da Matthew Barzal ba su nan.
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“Ee. Kuna ba (kocin Islanders) Patrick (Roy) mai yawa… Kuna daga masa hula. Sun yi abubuwa masu kyau da yawa a can kamar yadda kuka ambata ta cikin dukkan waɗannan raunin. Sun kawo wasu ‘yan wasan NHL, ko ta hanyar watsi ko (Tony) DeAngelo, suna dawo da shi daga Rasha, sun kawo wasu ‘yan wasan NHL waɗanda tabbas suka taimaka musu,” in ji Arniel. “Lokacin da kuka ga ƙungiyoyi suna yin hakan, kun san tabbas suna buga wasan hockey mai tsari sosai. Kuma wannan shine kawai kallon da na samu wajen kallon Islanders. Abin da kuke gani kenan.”
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Winnipeg ta yi babban aiki na daidaitawa da duk abin da abokin hamayyarsu ke jefa musu a wannan kakar. Kamar dai wasannin da suka yi da Carolina da Los Angeles, dole ne Jets su ci gaba da hakuri.
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“Ina jin kamar ƙungiya ce da za ta iya jira ku a wani ma’ana. Dole ne ku yakar da hakan ta hanyar rashin takaici da yin abin da kuka fi yi kuma ba ku canza ainihin ku ko dai, saboda suna iya fahimtar hakan lokacin da wani ke jin takaici kuma a lokacin ne suke kai hari,” in ji Mason Appleton. “Su ƙungiya ce mai tsari sosai kuma suna yin abubuwa da yawa daidai. Suna kusan kokarin, saboda rashin mafi kyawun kalma, buga wasa mai ban sha’awa wani lokaci. Kuma suna da tasiri sosai a hakan. Dole ne mu sarrafa wasanmu kuma mu buga wasa da sauri.”
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Akwai sauye-sauye guda biyu ga jerin gwano a daren yau, Brad Lambert zai shiga Parker Ford kuma zai buga wa David Gustafsson da Alex Iafello layi na hudu. Connor Hellebuyck ya fara a raga, Hellebuyck ya taimaka wa Jets samun maki a cikin 20 na farawar 22 da ya gabata (18-2-2) kuma ya hana abokin hamayyar zura kwallaye biyu ko ƙasa da haka a cikin wasanni 10 da ya gabata.
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A daya bangaren kuma New York Islanders (25-21-7) za su ziyarci Winnipeg Jets (38-14-3) a farkon rabin jerin wasanninsu a jere. Patrick Roy, kocin Islanders ya jaddada mahimmancin farawa mai karfi da kuma kalubale mai kyau ga kungiyarsa.
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“Ina son gaskiyar cewa muna kan hanya, ina tsammanin yana da sauƙi mu mai da hankali kuma a kan baya-baya, ba za mu sami lokaci mai yawa don tunani ba,” in ji Roy. “Muna da wani abu mai kyau a yanzu. Muna so mu yi tunani na ɗan gajeren lokaci, ba mu tunani sosai a gaba kuma mu mai da hankali kan wannan lokacin na farko da Winnipeg.”
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Jets dai sun samu nasara a wasanni bakwai a jere a ranar Talata da daddare lokacin da suka yi nasarar doke Carolina Hurricanes da ci 3-0. Nino Niederreiter, Neal Pionk da Rasmus Kupari ne suka zura kwallo a ragar Winnipeg, yayin da Eric Comrie ya ceci duk hotuna 29 da aka harba masa. A kakar wasan da ta gabata dai Isles da Jets sun raba gari 1-1-0. Isles din sun lashe takwas daga cikin wasanni tara da suka yi da Jets, ciki har da hudu cikin biyar a Manitoba.
