Winnipeg Jets Afternoon Links

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Jets news:

Winnipeg Free Press:  Jets have to shut down high-flying line or risk triggering Avalanche tonight.  (Paywall).  Jeff sets up the action.

Winnipeg Sun: Marquee lines set to square off for Jets, Avs. Will it end up being best on best? Guess we will find out.

Sportsnet: Jets among favourites to win it all.  He looks at the good, the bad, a look at the trade deadline and most important storyline of the second half.

NHL web site: MacKinnon looks to extend point streak to seven for Colorado; Winnipeg 4-4-0 in past eight games. Scott previews the game.

Illegal Curve: Jets vs. Avalanche pre-game report. The Jets were back on the ice today in Winnipeg as they got ready to face the Avalanche at Bell MTS Place tonight at 7:00 pm CT. Includes projected lines, D pairs and starting goalie as well as audio from Mark Scheifele and Tyler Myers.

Illegal Curve: Morning Papers.  If you missed any of the news from earlier today we have you covered.

Jets video:

TSN:  Jets 3-in-3.  What stands out the most about the Jets first 41 games of the season? Who has been the biggest surprise over those games? What should we expect from the Jets in the second half? Sara Orlesky and Ken Wiebe answer these in Jets 3-in-3.

Sportsnet: Wheeler and Scheifele thrive on facing other team’s top line.  Jets head coach Paul Maurice discusses how his top line duo of Blake Wheeler and Mark Scheifele are “pretty much always wired” for the challenge of facing the other team’s top line.

Jets audio:

Illegal Curve: Coach Maurice pre-game. Topics included –  The challenge of the Avs top line.  What has he seen from Patrik Laine this season?  Handling the ups and downs of streaks.  On Laine’s defensive game.  Are expectations too high for Laine?  On identifying needs ahead of trade deadline.  On the Jets top line getting excited going head to head with the Avs top line.  Why is Dmitry Kulikov game looking so comfortable these days?

Moose news:

Illegal Curve: Injury Update. I spoke with Moose Coach Pascal Vincent following practice today and he provided updates on Tucker Poolman, Luke Green, Ryan White, Emile Poirier and C.J. Suess.