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Rules set by the NHL regarding taxi squad; impact on the Winnipeg Jets

Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)

One new thing we will see for the 2020-21 season is a 4-6 man taxi squad for NHL teams to help them avoid situations where they would be short manned due to the pandemic. The folks at CapFriendly posted this:

Most interesting to note that the Jets are required to carry three goalies which likely means Eric Comrie won’t have to worry about going on another odyssey like he did last season.

Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)

I’m of the opinion that the Jets shouldn’t keep prospects (i.e. Vesalainen, Gustafsson, etc) on the taxi squad as they will be better off playing actual games with the Moose. We spoke about this quite a bit during the tird segment of Saturday’s Illegal Curve Hockey Show which you can listen to here.

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.