Game 3 of the preseason: Jets vs. Oilers pre-game report

The Jets are heading west with a relatively young club for a pair of games this weekend starting with the Oilers in Edmonton this evening.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

According to Mitchell Clinton of JetsTV the lines and D pairs are set as follows.

Connor-Scheifele-Ehlers
Harkins-Lowry-Svechnikov
Eyssimont-Perfetti-Vesalainen
Malott-Toninato-Reichel

Morrissey-Schmidt
Dillon-Pionk
Chisholm-Nogier

Comrie
Berdin

Players media availability:

Coach media availability:

Topics:

1) Can he share his lines?
2) Does he seem similarities between Scheifele and Perfetti? (0:44)
3) What are benefits to Perfetti sitting beside Scheifele in dressing room? (2:04)
4) Veterans being helpful towards prospects vs seeing them as a threat (3:23)
5) What does he want to see from guys playing third straight preseason game? (5:11)
6) More on the bubble guys (6:40)
7) What is his goalie plan for the weekend? (7:12)
8) Reflections on Nelson Nogier (8:19)

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 6:00 pm CDT.  Be sure to head over to illegalcurve.com following the game for a recap of the action which includes post-game interviews from Jets players as well as from head coach Paul Maurice.

David Minuk

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