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Latest Jets news.

Note:  Beginning at 9 am CST, it’s the Illegal Curve 2015’16 Season Preview Show on TSN 1290 Winnipeg. The guys will go division by division, team by team and get you all set up for the upcoming NHL season.  Guests:  Kevin Allen of USA Today and Eric Duhatschek of The Globe and Mail.

Note II:  The Jets play their final pre-season game today when they take on the Flames tonight at the Scotiabank Saddledome with a 8 pm puck drop.  Be sure to keep it locked to illegalcurve.com and on social media including Twitter | Facebook | Instagram for the latest Jets news pre and post game.

Afternoon Jets links:

Sportsnet:  2015-16 Jets season preview.  They say the Jets are the Canadian team of the future.

Winnipeg Sun:  Frolik praises Winnipeg from new home in Calgary.  An update with everyone’s favourite versatile forward.

Winnipeg Free Press:  Frolik says deal with Jets ‘very close’, Flames win bid in last minute decision. (Paywall).  Always interesting to see guys play against the team they played for last season.

Illegal Curve:  Projected lines.  Take a look at what the lines looked like after practice today and what combos you should expect to see at the Scotiabank Saddledome this evening.  As well the post has audio from Jacob Trouba.

Jets news:

Winnipeg Free Press:  Copps and lobbers. (Paywall).  Coach Maurice was very impressed by his QB prowess.

Photo Credit: Colby Spence

Photo Credit: Colby Spence

Winnipeg Free Press:  Rookies have one more game to prove they shouldn’t be cut loose to Moose. (Paywall).  You only get one chance to make a last impression and today is that opportunity for a number of players in Jets camp.

Winnipeg Sun:  Flames game is last chance for Jets hopefuls to state their cases.  We are in crunch time as the last few spots on the Jets roster are up for grabs.  Who will separate themselves?

Winnipeg Sun:  Second-year NHL defenceman Ben Chiarot surprises coach with rapid growth.  Lots of talk about Chiarot this pre-season.  Ted also covers the Raffl/Peluso tag team and Andrew Copp the QB. 

Fox Sports:  It’s time to take off this year.  A Jets preview which includes plus, minus, x-factor and a prediction.

Sportsnet:  After getting a taste of the playoffs, the young Jets look for return trip.  There has been quite a bit of change since last year but the desire to get back to the playoffs remains just as strong for this group.

Jets audio:

TSN 1290 Winnipeg:  Hustler and Lawless.  The guys discuss a side of Thomas Raffl’s game that the Winnipeg Jets haven’t seen yet, and was denied on Thursday’s game against the Calgary Flames.

TSN 1290 Winnipeg:  The Big Show.  Shane Hnidy breaks down the action, including the exploits of Nic Petan and Nikolaj Ehlers plus the bizarre incident in the third period when Anthony Peluso stepped in for Thomas Raffl to fight Brandon Bollig.

Day 15 Training Camp:

Illegal Curve:  Coach Maurice scrum.  Update on Ladd/Lowry. What did he think of Peluso stepping in for Raffl in the fight with Bollig? Are there jobs to be won/lost in this final game?  Is he expecting to have a fluid lineup in the regular season?  His assessment of Andrew Copp and what is his ceiling?  Copp’s ability to play QB.  What made him look up Copp?  On Chiarot’s confidence.

Illegal Curve:  Player audio.  Listen to Anthony Peluso and Thomas Raffl discuss the tag team nature of the fight against the Flames Brandon Bollig.

Moose news:

Winnipeg Sun:  Moose tame Wild in pre-season opener.  The AHL pre-season kicked off for the reincarnated Moose which began with a big win two hours south of here in Grand Forks.

Grand Forks Herald:  Former UND players cherish opportunity to play back in Grand Forks.  Sure sounds like the former Fighting Sioux players enjoyed being back in North Dakota.

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