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The Winnipeg Jets scored six times in a season-opening win, but the offense has nearly disappeared during the clubs current three- game losing streak. The Jets hope to get back to scoring on Sunday when they welcome the Calgary Flames to MTS Centre. You can listen to the game live on TSN Radio 1290 Winnipeg starting at 5pm CT/6pm ET. Winnipeg recorded a 6-2 win at Arizona to begin the season, but has been outscored by a combined 9-1 margin in losing its next three tilts. The Jets were shut out for the second time in three games on Friday, losing their home opener against Nashville by a 2-0 score. The Jets outshot the Predators 31-27, but had nothing to show for it on the scoreboard. Pekka Rinne made 31 saves to post the shutout for Nashville, while James Neal and Mike Ribeiro scored the goals. Ondrej Pavelec made 25 saves for the Jets, who ranked 15th in the NHL in scoring last season with an average of 2.67 goals per game. After Fridays loss, Winnipeg head coach Paul Maurice suggested his team needs to take a kitchen sink approach to scoring until the offense gets untracked. The simple answer is weve got to put more of the basic stuff to the net so that we can find a way to bang some ugly ones in until the offensive guys get that good feeling around the net, said Maurice. Bryan Little and Blake Wheeler have accounted for five of Winnipegs seven goals this season, with Little leading the way with three markers. The Jets are playing the second part of a five-game homestand tonight. They have only hosted Calgary once in Winnipeg since relocating from Atlanta prior to the 2011-12 campaign, dropping a 5-4 shootout decision against the Flames on Nov. 18 of last season. However, the Jets won the next two meetings in Calgary to take the season series with a 2-0-1 record. Calgary, which relocated from Atlanta after the 1979-80 campaign, had won four straight against the Jets before losing two meetings to end last seasons series. The Flames played Friday night in Columbus and had a two-game winning streak snapped after dropping a 3-2 decision. Calgary did fight hard to get back in the game, scoring twice in the third period after falling behind 3-0 in the early going. Matt Calvert gave the Blue Jackets a three-goal cushion less than eight minutes into the second period, but Mason Raymond and Josh Jooris, making his NHL debut, scored in the third period for the Flames. Calgarys Mark Giordano hit the post with less than two minutes remaining, but the Flames couldnt get the equalizer. We put on quite an effort, but we just couldnt get that tying goal, said Flames head coach Bob Hartley. Karri Ramo gave up three goals on 26 shots for the Flames, who are 2-2-0 on a five-game road trip that ends tonight. Jooris, an undrafted free agent, was recalled Thursday from Adirondack of the American Hockey League and he scored in his first foray into the NHL. Giordano hit Jooris with a stretch pass and the 24-year-old beat Columbus goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky on a breakaway. Hes a good young man. He wants to learn. He brings a lot. Hes responsible defensively and he gave us a big goal, Hartley said of Jooris. Meanwhile, a much more heralded Flames rookie is still looking for his first point of the season. Johnny Gaudreau, the 2013-14 Hobey Baker Award winner as the NCAAs top mens hockey player, has failed to reach the scoresheet in five games this season and was a healthy scratch on Friday when he was replaced in the lineup by Jooris. Gaudreau, a 21-year-old Boston College product, did record a goal in his only NHL game last season, scoring against Vancouver in Calgarys final tilt of 2013-14. 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Chelsea at present time boasts a league-best 21 goals against, six goals better than the next best team defensively; giving good reason they are currently atop the table. Jose Mourinho continues to be praised as a tactical genius, getting the most out of his inherited squad of millionaires. The woe, is me, little horse approach by Mourinho is comical. Chelsea remains among the worlds top spenders with virtually unlimited resources. Mourinho deploys a stifling, boring, and ultra-conservative approach because its his way of controlling a match, giving what he believes the best chance to win the battle and the war. Thankfully for Jose, the talent of the likes of Hazard and Oscar mask what often times is negative football. Other managers do not get equal acclaim as the Special One. Thats unfortunate. There is more than one way to win in football. In fact, in a higher tempo, physically demanding and end-to-end nature of the Premier League, goals-for has proven a more decisive determinant to league glory than defensive record. The team with the most goals scored has won the league all but twice in the last decade. If we want to operate in the world of clichés, than perhaps a good offence is the best defence. While the Mourinho defensive model has merit, more attractive attacking football wins as well. At the end of the day, fans want victories. They want titles. All things being equal, managers with bravery to open things up and go for it in an expansive brand of football is the ultimate combination. Queue Liverpool Football Club, 2013-14. A team without the resources of Chelsea are keeping pace in the Premier League, not through a boring, grinding and grating brand of football. Under Brendan Rodgers, purposeful ball possession and decisive attack rules the day. In less than two years under his watch, Liverpool has gone from a team struggling to build from the back, failing to play the ball on the ground and void of identity not labeled hard-working. This team has morphed into the most exciting, ruthless team in front of goal in the BPL. Dreadful defensively, it has not mattered. Liverpool is fourth in the table and is more likely to challenge for the title rather than fall out of the top four. Only Newcastle has a worse defensive record in the top 11. While a dip in form has been projected by most, there is no such demise in sight. Liverpool has scored an incredible league best 70 goals in 27 games; 21 better than leaders Chelsea and almost double that of fifth place Tottenham (36). The Reds have scored 19 goals in their last six games. Luis Suarez who leads the league in goals (23) has only scored once in that span. Daniel Sturridge has been a revelation, automatic in front of goal with 18 in 19 games. Much credit goes to SAS. But in fairness, a team approach with superior movement on and off the ball has created an incredible number of chances. Only Manchester City has created more chances than Liverpools 352. They have the most assists and are top five in virtually every passing category. Theres no quantifiable statistic to gauge team belief. But every time Liverpool is in and around the area, there is a genuine threat they are going to score. Manchester City gets the plaudits for their attacking approach. Liverpool hardly have the superstar talent outside of Suarez, but are every bit the attacking powerhouse. The triangles across the field, movement and vision on how to use the space are Rodgers greatest influence. Stout defensive play is a work in progress. They have more defensive errors than any team in the Premier League. Rodgers is adamant its the players and not the system to blame for defensive frailties. "The problem is it is not coaching. Some of the things we concede goals in, you cant coach that. Theres a feel when you are in the game of how to defend and you have to use your experience to defend properly," explained Rodgers. And hes absolutely right. First choice wing-backs Glen Johnson and Luis Enrique have missed long stretches through injury, but neither are reliable defensively. Daniel Agger and Martin Skrtel are both inconsistent and have been linked to moves elsewhere for quite some time. Kolo Toure is a turrtle.dddddddddddd And the rest fail to provide any confidence in front of goalkeeper Simon Mignolet. Rodgers has tried everything to cover up the deficiencies. Formations featuring 3, 4, or 5 at the back have been deployed, all to varying levels of success and failure. The system has been less important than the consistency in approach. Through the misgivings, there is an understanding how the team is going to play. And the insistence on getting up the field down the wings, with Steven Gerrard playing a deeper role, sitting on top of the back four has been important for shape. The team will continue to evolve as Rodgers finds suitable defenders. It will be critical this summer to find replacements. Important for Liverpool is the direction is clear with team style and approach already determined. A strong has offence is equally important as stingy defence in all sport. League leaders in Germany, France, Italy and Spain have all scored the most goals. In the NFL, the Broncos number one offence got to the Super Bowl, only to come up short against the Seahawks number one defence. Heading in, the offence was favoured. The Boston Red Sox led Major League Baseball in offense last year and won the World Series. Liverpool is four points out with 11 to go. The three teams above them are all competing in other competitions. Liverpool can stay fresh with no distraction. It would be truly a fairy tale story if they can pull this off. And could go down as the team with the weakest defence to ever win a Premier League title. Its all about the goals. Other Musings - In a matter of days the focus at Old Trafford has gone from Wayne Rooneys new £300,000 per week contract back to David Moyes under fire. While a new lucrative, record setting contract for Rooney was a no-brainer, what to do about Moyes is more difficult. Moyes was handed a six-year contract to be successor, hand-picked by Sir Alex Ferguson. The former manager regularly speaks out against rash managerial changes in the game. Ferguson preaches patience and consistency, much like the treatment he was given at United. That doesnt mean Moyes wasnt a mistake, or doesnt give any assurance he will be a success. United continues to fail to perform under Moyes. The product is not good enough. Other managers have had instant success with their new teams: Mourinho, Manuel Pellegrini, Carlo Ancelotti, and Pep Guardiola to name a few, managing teams in the same conversation as giants Manchester United. The excuse mongering for Moyes, whether it be the players or approach doesnt hold water. There are challenges for any new manager. It seems Moyes was ill prepared or ill equipped to deal with the task at hand. It seems Manchester United are ready to make it rain, splashing cash to compete with their fellow big boys in European football. But should Moyes be trusted to spend the war chest wisely? What experience does he have in doing so? And how much rope will he be given if next season starts poorly? Its a massive risk rolling with Moyes. Remaining loyal and committed to a manager is an honourable trait. But it only works when you have the right man. There has been nothing to suggest Moyes is the right fit other than the word of Sir Alex. A stubborn, bullish approach on Moyes isnt whats needed. Can Ferguson admit he potentially made a critical error in judgment on his successor? - Panic over poor English results in the first leg of the round of 16 in the Champions League have the knives out already. Its a referendum every year about what league is the best in the world, which is nonsense. There is no shame for Manchester City losing to Barcelona, and Arsenal to Bayern Munich, home or away. Both were beat by superior sides. Much plays into success and failure in the Champions League. Domestic schedule and form, fitness, proper officiating and a bit of luck are all needed in required in Europe. Only Manchester United can be seen as a disappointment after their first leg display. And funny enough, its United, along with Chelsea with the best chances of advancing. Its all about the match-up, not which domestic league is superior. - Southamptons Luke Shaw is deserved of his call-up to England for next weeks friendly against Denmark. The 18-year old has been superior to Leighton Baines, Ashley Cole and Kieran Gibbs at left back this campaign. The future is now for England. Age should not matter. Shaw at Brazil 2014 would be a step in the right direction. ' ' '