Day 7 interviews: In case you missed anything from Wednesday we spoke with Dylan DeMelo (watch here), Gabriel Vilardi (watch here) as well as head coach Scott Arniel (watch here).
Note: The seventh day of training camp was a gameday with the Jets hosting the Oilers last night in Winnipeg. And by Oilers I mean Bakersfield Condors as it was a very AHL heavy roster for the visitors which is why the home team rolled to a 6-0 lead on goals by Nikolaj Ehlers (here), Kyle Connor (here), Colin Miller (here), Neal Pionk (here), Brad Lambert (here) and Adam Lowry (here) before the visitors added one late. Final score was 6-1 for Winnipeg as they earned their first victory of the pre-season.
Note II: Today the two groups are scheduled to practice at 11 AM and 1 PM as they get ready for tomorrow night’s fourth exhibition game which will take place in St. Paul against the Wild.
Jets news:
Sportsnet: How long should Jets stick with Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi top line? Jacob takes a long look at the top line in Winnipeg.
Winnipeg Sun: Veteran-heavy Jets pummel inexperienced Oilers. It wasn’t exactly McDavid and Company inside Canada Life Centre on Wednesday night.
Global News: Veteran-heavy Jets squad dominates Edmonton 6-1 for first preseason win. About the only NHL regular they brought to Manitoba was their netminder.
Edmonton Journal: Overmatched Edmonton Oilers doomed from start in loss to Jets. A view of the game from a writer that covers the Jets opponent.
Winnipeg Free Press: Jets light up Oilers. (Paywall). Mike gives you his thoughts on what he saw in last night’s game.
Winnipeg Free Press: Vilardi looking to change the narrative. (Paywall). Health. The number one thing he needs to do is stay healthy and then it will be interesting to see what kind of season he can put together.
Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)
Global News: Jets’ Cole Perfetti ready to focus on hockey. You can see he was ready to turn the page and start to focus on the season ahead.
Jets video:
TSN: Jets’ power play impresses in preseason win over Oilers. Despite the Oilers not icing their best team on Wednesday night, Dan Robertson and Kevin Sawyer explain why they liked what they saw from the Jets’ power play in their preseason win over Edmonton.
