Note: Today is the day you have been waiting for since the Jets lost 5-2 to the Ducks in game 4 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs back on April 22nd. The Jets are in Boston to take on the Bruins in Game 1 of the 2015-16 season with puck drop at 6 pm. Be sure to keep it locked to illegalcurve.com and on social media including Twitter | Facebook | Instagram for all the pre and post game news.
Jets news:
Winnipeg Free Press: The top 10 issues facing the Jets this season. (Paywall). Ed and Tim toss around a few ideas in advance of the start of the Jets season including: 1) Two elephants in the room 2) The way forward is defence 3) Protecting points 4) Bye Bye grey, hello green 5) It starts right now 6) Bad boys Bad boys, whatcha gonna go 7) Can they make it yesterday’s news 8) More band-aid solutions 9) Good problems to have and 10) The Final Verdict.
Winnipeg Free Press: Captain Ladd upbeat about rookies. (Paywall). The injection of the youth movement is turning the Jets captain into an oldtimer at the ripe old age of 29.
Winnipeg Sun: Resold Jets tickets 4th-most expensive in league. Fans usually like it when Winnipeg cracks a top five list but they may not be happy about being on this one.
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Winnipeg Sun: Captain Andrew Ladd not sure if he’ll shut down contract talks. It was pretty clear to us in the Jets room yesterday morning that the captain isn’t wanting to spend anytime this season chatting publicly about his contract status.
Metro News: Why the Winnipeg Jets will make the playoffs again. Just 82 games left to figure out if this is correct.
Sportsnet: 30 Thoughts. Jets are written about in Thoughts 13 (Ehlers) and 14 (Burmistrov).
Sportsnet: Why Dustin Byfuglien is the 34th most important NHL player. A look at what makes big #33 so important to this team.
The Score: 3 teams poised for success now and in the future. Jets cracked this list.
CBC: Setting up the 2015-16 season. Breaking down the Jets season as follows 1) What we know 2) What we don’t know 3) What we think we know and 4) What about that Elephant in the room?
Illegal Curve: Projecting the Jets forward lines and D pairs. With 23 guys now on the roster we take a look at the lines you can expect coach Maurice to start the season with.
Jets audio:
TSN 1290 Winnipeg: Hustler and Lawless. Hockey Insider Darren Dreger shares his thoughts on why the Winnipeg Jets will have a repeat appearance in the playoffs.
Illegal Curve: Coach Maurice scrum. Opportunity of playing first four on road and chance to bring team together. What sort of words will he have for his rookies before they play their first game? What are the adjustments that the young players need to make to have success long term? Do the veterans need to “pick up the slack” to shield the rookies? On the team playing defence as a five man unit? Does Ladd’s contract status handicap him as a coach? What role does he see for Raffl in the organization?
Illegal Curve: Player audio. Hear from Ladd (contract/start to season), Pavelec (team defence), Petan (NHL debut) & Ehlers (NHL debut).
TSN 1290 Winnipeg: The Big Show. With the Jets set to kick off their season in Boston, Dennis Beyak joined the show to breakdown the team’s opening four-game road trip, 3-on-3 OT excitement and why getting off on the right foot is the biggest key for the Jets to return to the postseason.
Moose news:
Winnipeg Free Press: Albert likes blend of vets and youngsters. (Paywall). One thing about AHL lineups is they sure have quite a lot of moving pieces year after year.
MyToba.ca: Everything to know about newest Jet Thomas Raffl. As the headline suggests if you want to learn more about the newest member of the organization read this.
Moose audio:
TSN 1290 Winnipeg: Rona Roundtable. Moose winger Thomas Raffl discusses signing a one-way deal with the Winnipeg Jets. Raffl describes how he got a shot at the NHL, his fit in Winnipeg Jets training camp, and his expectations for the year that starts with the Moose.
