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With the Jets eliminated from the play-in series their coach Paul Maurice was free to share the health news you don’t learn when the playoffs are ongoing. With Mark Scheifele, Patrik Laine and Mason Appleton out since game 1 the bench boss of Winnipeg provided this insight on his skating wounded:
“No we don’t think there are long term concerns…Mark finished kinda with a second opinion today. We don’t think there is any Achilles damage, so he’ll heal.”
“Patrik sprained his hand and it’s his top hand on his stick so he couldn’t hold his stick.”
“Mason Appleton suffered a shoulder injury.”
“But none of those are long term. But they are all two or three weeks minimum. I really shouldn’t say that about Mark because we need to get more imaging done with Mark but we think with Patrik and Mason that it’s a two or three week injury.”
When asked about the specific manner in which Mark Scheifele was injured and whether the Jets top centre was cut by the skate of Matthew Tkachuk in game 1 the Jets bench boss clarified that it was not a cut to Mark Scheifele but rather a “crushing” injury.
