Game 5 of the preseason: Jets vs. Flames pre-game report

The Jets are back in Winnipeg for their final home game of the preseason when they face the Flames.

Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)

Lines and D pairs:

Connor-Stastny-Wheeler
Copp-Dubois-Ehlers
Harkins-Lowry-Vesalainen
Toninato-Nash-Svechnikov

Morrissey-Schmidt
Dillon-Pionk
Beaulieu-DeMelo

Hellebuyck

As per Scott Billeck of the Winnipeg Sun who qualified the above saying the Jets didn’t do line rushes this morning.

Player media availability:

Coach media availability:

Topics:

1) What needs to be seen in last two exhibition games of preseason.
2) Taking some new looks at the special teams (:56)
3) Guys on the bubble (1:37)
4) How much did he know about Dominic Toninato before he became a Jet and when did he open his eyes? (2:32)
5) What kind of role can Toninato play for his team? (4:10)
6) Trying to get to a team identity over past few years (4:32)
7) Is shift length a focus? (5:42)

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 7:00 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

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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