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A look at the Winnipeg Jets 2021-22 opening day roster

The Jets had until 4 PM CT on Monday to submit their roster to start the 2021-22 season.  Of course what you see now is not likely what you will see for game 1 on Wednesday in Anaheim.

Photo Credit: Alexander James (Illegal Curve).

From the NHL today here is the Jets 22 man roster:

Jets roster (22):

Goalies (2): Connor Hellebuyck and Eric Comrie.

Defencemen (8): Dylan DeMelo, Ville Heinola, Josh Morrissey, Logan Stanley, Neal Pionk, Brenden Dillon, Nathan Beaulieu and Nate Schmidt.

Forwards (12): Andrew Copp, Riley Nash, Nikolaj Ehlers, Jansen Harkins, Adam Lowry Paul Stastny, Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor, Cole Perfetti, Pierre-Luc Dubois and Kristian Vesalainen.

Injured: Bryan Little, Dylan Samberg & CJ Suess

As per the folks at Capfriendly here is how it stands for Winnipeg:

Cap Hit: $86,762,979
LTIR: Little ($5,291,667)
ACSL: $81,471,312

Roster Size: 22 (12F – 8D – 2G)

Of course the Jets will still need to make some further moves (i.e. sign Evgeny Svechnikov to an NHL deal) but for now this is what they’ve got.

Murat over at The Athletic Winnipeg wrote this article which explains very well the salary cap ramifications for the Jets roster. A salary-cap expert weighs in on LTIR, Cole Perfetti and more. (Paywall).

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.

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