Game 75: Jets vs. Predators pre-game report

The Jets kick off the final regular season homestand against division rival Nashville tonight in a battle for 1st place.

Morning Skate:

Some lineup changes according to Brian Munz of TSN 1290 Winnipeg with Laine heading to the second line and Ehlers going up to the first.  Matt Hendricks draws back in for Jack Roslovic and Nathan Beaulieu returns after missing a game and Joe Morrow comes out.

Jets projected lineup:

Ehlers – Scheifele – Wheeler
Connor – Hayes – Laine
Tanev-Lowry-Little
Hendricks – Copp – Perreault

Beaulieu – Trouba
Kulikov – Myers
Chiarot – Niku

Hellebuyck
Comrie

Audio:

Matt Hendricks

Nikolaj Ehlers

Coach Maurice:  Update on Brossoit?  Did he have a plan for his goalies this week? Update on Byfuglien/Morrissey?  Putting Ehlers with Scheifele/Wheeler.  How much longer does he want to tinker with his lineup?  On inserting Hendricks for Roslovic.  What does Roslovic have to show him to be a regular in the lineup?  On the importance of tonight’s game.  On the offensive weapons from players like Patrik Laine/Kyle Connor early in their careers.  On the top line allowing guys to find their games.

Audio courtesy of TSN 1290 Winnipeg.

Health News:

Coach Maurice was asked about Laurent Brossoit and indicated “So better news off a test yesterday, we’ll just list him as day-to-day and hope it’s not too long.”  He was also asked for an update on Dustin Byfuglien and Josh Morrissey and said “Both skated today.  Buff’s been on the ice since Wednesday.  The way this works now is he skates, if he feels real good the next day, he’ll start thinking about morning skates going forward and start building toward contact.  Josh is still aways from that, that contact part of it, but he’s back full on skating now.  Josh is upper-body he won’t come off the ice now, he’ll be back as a full skater, we’ll get him in a gold here in the near future.”  Asked which is closer to return coach Maurice added it is Byfuglien.  He doesn’t want to push Morrissey too quickly.

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 audio from the Jets room as well as from coach 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.

Recent Posts

32 Thoughts Podcast | Friedman talks Jonathan Toews and potential Winnipeg Jets pitch to Nikolaj Ehlers

Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman chatting about Toews on today's podcast including a potential pitch…

9 hours ago

“Am I dreaming or is this real life?” Jonathan Toews takes to Instagram to share his excitement in joining the Winnipeg Jets

The three-time Stanley Cup champ shares his excitement to play for his hometown team.

12 hours ago

Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers

Keeping you up-to-date with all the latest pro hockey news in Manitoba.

16 hours ago

Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers

Keeping you up-to-date with all the latest pro hockey news in Manitoba.

2 days ago

Sportsnet | How Jonathan Toews ended up signing with hometown Winnipeg Jets

NHL agent Pat Brisson discusses the comeback of Toews.

2 days ago

TSN | What can Jonathan Toews offer the Winnipeg Jets both on and off the ice?

Hockey analyst Cheryl Pounder joined That's Hockey to discuss.

2 days ago