Note: The Jets used Wednesday as a travel day as they took off for Washington State ahead of their re-match with the Kraken in Seattle on Friday night. Today they will practice for that game at Climate Pledge Arena at 1 PM CST. Stay tuned for the Practice Report.
Note II: The Moose were in Milwaukee last night where they kicked off the first of six games on the road with a huge 5-4 win against the Admirals as Jeff Malott picked up his first career hat trick. Today they travel to Iowa where they have a massive two-game set against a Wild team that they are battling with for the fifth and final playoff spot in the Central. They will practice on Friday in preparation for their back-t0-back which gets underway on Saturday.
Note III: With the NHL Trade Deadline ending on Friday at 2 PM CST be sure to keep it locked here and our YouTube channel for any Jets related news.
Jets news:
Winnipeg Sun: ‘Hockey’s fun again’: Jets’ Monahan gets new lease on life in Manitoba. Nothing boring about eight goals in his last eight games as the newest jet is embracing his time in the Manitoba capital writes Paul.
Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)
Winnipeg Sun: A sit-down in December got Schmidt, Bowness back on same page. Good insight from Scott on the dynamic between coach and player that he gleaned from his chat with the affable Jets defender.
Winnipeg Sun: What’s still out there for Winnipeg? That’s the $64,000.00 question (although I haven’t adjusted that 70s/80s reference for inflation) around these parts and Scott gives you his insight into this topic that many in Jetsland are spending plenty of time discussing.
Winnipeg Free Press: Sizing up the Jets’ potential first-round playoff opponents. (Paywall). So many juicy possibilities.
The Athletic Winnipeg: What does a perfect trade deadline look like for the Jets? (Paywall). Good read by Murat on the state of things surrounding the Jets and some players he could see added to help augment this roster which has its eyes set on the prize.
Global News: Mark Scheifele on track to rewrite Winnipeg Jets’ record books. Seems like just yesterday folks were lamenting the Jets going “off the board” to take him 7th overall at the NHL Draft back in 2011 in St. Paul. Well he’s produced the fourth most points from that draft class. Not too shabby.
Jets video:
Global News: John Shannon on the Winnipeg Jets. What will the Jets do before Friday’s trade deadline? Where will they finish in the stacked Central Division? 680 CJOB hockey analyst John Shannon give his latest takes on the Jets with 21 games to go in the regular season.
Winnipeg Sun: Jets Setting. On the latest edition of Jets Setting, Postmedias Rob Wong chats with Winnipeg Sun Jets writer Ted Wyman about the teams recent play, if GM Kevin Cheveldayoff will pull off more trades ahead of Fridays deadline and Mark Scheifele reaching 700 points for his career.
TSN: Why was Nikolaj Ehlers put back on the Winnipeg Jets second line? Nikolaj Ehlers was back on the second line for the Jets against the Kraken on Tuesday night, and the move was a surprise considering the success Ehlers has had with Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor. John Lu joins SC with Jay Onrait to explain Rick Bowness’ reasoning.
Jets audio:
680 CJOB: Jets at Noon. Darren Dreger joined Jim and Cam for some Jets talk.
