Updated projected lines, D pairs and starting goalie as per the warm-up skate:
Perreault-Little-Ehlers
Connor-Petan-Dano
Lemieux-Copp-Tanev
Matthias-Hendricks-Lipon
Morrissey-Byfuglien
Poolman-Myers
Kulikov-Trouba
Hellebuyck
Comrie
Audio:
Mathieu Perreault
Nikolaj Ehlers
Coach Maurice: On playing Poolman on his offside. Would he rule out keeping Poolman up as the seventh defenceman? Having Poolman on the left, how much is a function of that is the depth on the right? More on Poolman’s switching side. Can anything be done to expedite chemistry? On different types of chemistry. On the roster tonight. What areas will he be keeping his eyes on? What impact has Steve Mason had on Connor Hellebuyck? On shifting the D pairs. How much is on “coaching to win” for final two games of pre-season?
All audio courtesy of TSN 1290 Winnipeg.
