Memo to Kyle Wellwood: Just because you play with a team from the Keystone Province doesn't mean you have to play like you're one of the Keystone Kops.

What's that you say? You've never heard of the Keystone Kops?

They were policemen. Fictional policemen during the silent film era of the early 1900s. They were stumblers and bumblers who, through the passage of time, have become synonymous with, well, stumbling and bumbling.

And what you did Thursday night in a 4-3 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks was pure Keystone Kops. Tripping over the blue line? On a breakaway? That's gold. Gold, I say. Charlie Chaplin couldn't have bumbled any better.

But at least I noticed you out there, Keystone Kyle, because when the blue line wasn't reaching up and grabbing you by the ankles you played with energy and enthusiasm. Which is something I can't say for all those other lads wearing Winnipeg Jets jerseys.

Take Nik Antropov. Please. This guy is 6'6", 245 pounds of invisible. He works up about as much of a sweat as a guy sorting socks. Does he even have to shower after a game? Does he realize the National Hockey League season has started? That they're actually keeping score now?

Yo, Nik! You're not in Atlanta anymore. It won't go unnoticed when you're not noticed, if you know what I mean. If you aren't scoring, you might at least want to bump into a foe or two. You know, just to remind them that you're 6-6, 245.

And what say you, Ondrej Pavelec? You've been playing goal as if you're allergic to rubber. Nine goals surrendered in the first five periods of the season? Grim. The idea is to get in the way of the rubber, not dodge it. At least you managed to stop leaking in the third period against the Blackhawks, so maybe you aren't actually the second coming of Pokey Reddick.

Mind you, I'm not sure the second coming of Terry Sawchuk would look good behind that defence. Talk about Keystone Kops. Does Dustin Byfuglien even know there's a defensive zone?

Still, having said that, it could be time for new poppa Chris Mason to put on that fancy goalie mask of his when the Jets are in Phoenix to play the Coyotes on Saturday. Coach Claude (Potty Mouth) Noel is toying with the idea of switching goaltenders, and he should. Give Mason the start.

There's one more move Coach Potty Mouth should make: shift Byfuglien up front.

If Big Buff is going to spend most of his night there, he might as well start there and do his bull in the china shop thing in front of the net. But, at the same time, remind him that backchecking is permissible in the NHL.