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A look at the likely Winnipeg Jets 2023-24 opening day roster

Photo Credit: Luke Perrett (Illegal Curve)

The Jets have until 4 PM CT on Monday to submit their roster to start the 2023-24 season. Winnipeg made three moves today placing Kyle Capobianco, Collin Delia and Axel Jonsson-Fjallby on waivers.

The likely 23-man roster:

Goalies (2): Connor Hellebuyck and Laurent Brossoit

Defencemen (8): Josh Morrissey, Brenden Dillon, Dylan DeMelo, Neal Pionk, Nate Schmidt, Logan Stanley, Dylan Samberg and Declan Chisholm.

Forwards (13): Mark Scheifele, Cole Perfetti, Nikolaj Ehlers, Kyle Connor, Adam Lowry, Gabe Vilardi, Mason Appleton, Morgan Barron, Alex Iafallo, Rasmus Kupari, Nino Niederreiter, Vlad Namestnikov and David Gustafsson.

Photo Credit: Luke Perrett (Illegal Curve)

This is what the Jets lines and D pairs could end up looking like for game 1 of the regular season on Wednesday night in Calgary provided Ehlers is good to go.

Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Niederreiter-Perfetti-Ehlers
Iafallo-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Kupari-Namestnikov

Extra: Gustafsson

Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Pionk
Dillon-Schmidt

Extra: Stanley-Chisholm

Hellebuyck
Brossoit

We shall have to wait and see what happens tomorrow.

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David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.