Photo Credit: John Delaney (Winnipeg Jets)
The Jets are set to conclude their four-game road trip tonight in Vancouver against the Canucks. Big question mark heading into this afternoon was the status of Pierre-Luc Dubois and whether he would feel good after getting through practice on Saturday.
Photo Credit: John Delaney (Winnipeg Jets)
Roster news:
An update from Vancouver via Kevin Woodley of NHL dot com shows Dubois up on the top line. Check out the lines from Kevin.
Pre-game quote:
From Pierre-Luc Dubois media availability: “I’ve never been more ready to play a hockey game in my entire life”
Jets projected lines & D pairs:
Dubois-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Stastny-Ehlers
Copp-Lowry-Appleton
Perreault-Thompson-Lewis
Morrissey-Poolman
Forbort-Pionk
Beaulieu-DeMelo
Hellebuyck
Brossoit
Player availability:
Coach availability:
Topics:
1. How did he come up with the line combinations? What makes Dubois good fit with 55/26?
2. Will he be monitoring the minutes of PLD during the game?
3. What does he expect the game to look like tonight?
4. His level of excitement having a fully healthy roster.
5. High forward of the Canucks, challenges/opportunities.
6. Any concern for PLD trying to do too much in his first game back?
Up Next:
Puck drop is at 9:00 pm CT. Be sure to head over to illegalcurve.com following the game for a recap of the action which includes post-game interviews from the Jets room as well as from coach Maurice.
Recap of the game.
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A look at the projected lineups and pre-game interviews.