The Jets lost Neal Pionk on Sunday’s game in the 1st period to a lower-body injury. The team was off on Monday so we didn’t get an update yesterday although we did see Moose head coach Mark Morrison split up his D pairs which was seen as a precautionary move in case Winnipeg needed to recall a defenceman before their five-game road trip out east.
Sure enough this morning the team has announced that they have recalled 2022 2nd rounder Elias Salomonsson for the first time up to the NHL.
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He hasn’t been quite as offensively productive this season as he was the previous season but that’s largely due to the fact that he was on the power play during the 2024-25 campaign and this year is not.
But his game defensively is strong once again. Think of him as a right-shot Dylan Samberg.
