Note: The Jets and Moose are now both done for the season. There was some fresh news on Friday however as head coach Rick Bowness was announced as a finalist for the Jack Adams Award for top coach in the NHL while goalie prospect Thomas Milic was signed to his three-year ELC.
Note II: Be sure to join us this morning for the Illegal Curve Hockey Show for two hours of Jets talk starting at 9 AM as we recap the 2023-24 NHL and AHL seasons for the hockey clubs of Manitoba.
Note III: You likely have plenty of questions about these Winnipeg Jets. Well Ken and Mike will try to provide you answer in their Mailbag feature for the Freep. Send Wieber an email here: wiebesworld9@gmail.com.
End of Season Jets Media Availabilities: Adam Lowry & Connor Hellebuyck | Dylan DeMelo & Sean Monahan | Kyle Connor & Tyler Toffoli | Mark Scheifele & Nate Schmidt | Nikolaj Ehlers & Josh Morrissey | Neal Pionk & Brenden Dillon |
Jets news:
Winnipeg Free Press: Who will stay and who will go? (Paywall). Mike and Ken have four burning questions for the Jets including: 1) Who is the head coach? 2) Shake it up? 3) Which unrestricted free agents will return? 4) Make way for some kids?
Winnipeg Free Press: Hellebuyck, Morrissey, Scheifele shining stars of ‘23-24 Jets roster. (Paywall). Ken and Mike breakdown what the future could hold for the Jets roster.
The Athletic Winnipeg: Who stays? Who goes? Jets roster tiers and offseason decisions. (Paywall). Murat with quite the line in this article saying “I fully expect Ehlers to be shopped – and likely moved – between now and the draft.”. Not shocking but still kinda shocking if that makes sense.
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NHL.com: Hellebuyck, Jets stunned by ‘heartbreaking’ 1st-round loss to Avalanche. The path to the Stanley Cup has a few times gone through Winnipeg and if Colorado can continue to play the way they did against the Jets, it isn’t unreasonable to see them similarly having success.
Global News: Playoffs ouster proves the Jets are human after all. Did we ever think they weren’t human? Was there speculation they were robots? Obviously there is a cost associated with the jobs they do but at the same time they are compensated beyond what 99.9% of other humans on this planet make on a daily basis so the trade off is pretty, pretty, pretty worthwhile one would think.
Jets video:
Winnipeg Sun: Is a major overhaul coming for the Winnipeg Jets this offseason? On the latest episode of Jets Setting, Postmedia’s Rob Wong chats with Winnipeg Sun Sports Editor Ted Wyman about what moves the Jets may or may not make to their roster this offseason and what the future holds for head coach Rick Bowness.
Global News: John Shannon Year-end review on the Winnipeg Jets. 680 CJOB hockey analyst John Shannon looks back at what went wrong for the Winnipeg Jets in their first-round series against the Avalanche and what moves he could see coming this offseason.
