Note: The Jets finished their three game home stand with two wins and one loss after last night’s 4-1 loss to the Avalanche. They will practice at the MTS Centre today before departing for three on the road, starting with a Wednesday night date in Washington with the Capitals.
Note II: Tune into NHL This Week with Illegal Curve for two hours of NHL hockey talk on TSN 1290 Winnipeg from 6 pm to 8 pm. Additionally, the guys will break down the Jets home stand and look ahead to the upcoming road trip. Guests: Joe Beninati (Washington Capitals Play-by-Play broadcaster for Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic), Kerry Fraser (former NHL referee).
Note III: We have less than a week left of #Movember and our boy Ezra Ginsburg has donated his face to raise funds and awareness. In terms of raising funds he could always use a boost and if you are so inclined you can donate to his Movember cause here.
Jets news:
Sportsnet: 30 Thoughts. Numbers 10 and 11 pertain to the Winnipeg Jets and Travis Hamonic as well as Dustin Byfuglien.
ESPN: Top 25 NHL free agents for 2016. (Paywall). Byfuglien listed at 3. Andrew Ladd listed at 6.
TSN: Inadequate goaltending hurts Jets grade. Craig Button is handing out his grades for Winnipeg.
CBC: Winnipeg goaltending depth now on the front burner. Be careful what you wish for comes to mind. We shall see if the glee remains.
Winnipeg Free Press: Division basement-dwelling Avalanche slide all over Jets. (Paywall). The Avalanche had lost three straight games coming into last night’s contest and after the first 40 minutes it looked like that trend would continue. But then they decided to show up in the 3rd.
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Winnipeg Sun: Jets lose to last-place Avalanche. It wasn’t pretty and it certainly seemed like the Jets deserved a better fate.
Denver Post: Avalanche end seven-game road trip 4-3 with win over Jets. Read about the game from Mike Chambers, Colorado’s beat writer.
ESPN: Drama in Winnipeg for the NHL’s most interesting sixth-place team. We will certainly see how this team responds to the adversity.
Avalanche 4 Jets 1:
Colorado Avalanche: Coach Roy, Matt Duchene, Cody McLeod and Semyon Varlamov. To listen click here.
Winnipeg Jets: Michael Hutchinson, Drew Stafford and Tyler Myers. To listen click here.
Coach Maurice post-game presser: Coach Maurice met with the media following the game against Colorado. To listen click here.
Post-game Podcast: Host and analyst Richard Pollock breaks down the Jets play against the Avalanche this evening. To listen click here.
Jets on a Deadline: Game recaps, post-game audio, video highlights and the NHL.com 3 Stars of the night. Click here.
Moose news:
Illegal Curve: The Monday Manitoba Moose Report. Our Moose reporter Peter Siamandas goes one on one with head coach Keith McCambridge and Nic Petan. He also provides some insight into Jiri Fronk, news about the return of Thomas Raffl and ends with Moose year to date stats.
