Winnipeg Jets Afternoon Links

Note: Puck drop is at 6 PM CST as the Jets go up against the Senators in Ottawa. After the game, be sure to check out illegalcurve.com for all the post-game reaction.

Note II: We want you to be part of the conversation on on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show as we discuss and analyze the results of the game.

Jets news:

Official Jets site: Gameday Report. Mitch gets you ready for puck drop with his report from Ottawa.

Official Jets site: KC ready to go to Milan. Jamie caught up with the elite winger ahead of the tournament next month.

Ottawa Sun: Clock ticking on Ottawa Senators’ playoff hopes as NHL midseason nears. If the clock is ticking for a team that is just three points back, what’s it doing for one nine back of a playoff spot? Insight into the Jets opponent this evening.

The Athletic: The Jets records debate: Gary Bettman says it’s complicated. It shouldn’t be. (Paywall). It’s really quite easy. If the NHL doesn’t do what they did with Arizona and Utah then they could stick to their guns that records follow teams. But they changed the rules (as I wrote about a few weeks back here) which opened the door to them reuniting the 1.0 and 2.0 records. Murat gives his two cents.

Illegal Curve Hockey: Jets vs Senators pre-game report. Check out the projected lines and D pairs and get all the latest game info.

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

Jets video:

Illegal Curve Hockey Show: Saturday podcast. Two hours of Jets talk as the boys discuss the state of the NHL club of Winnipeg who are mired in an eight-game (0-5-3) losing streak and sit at the bottom of the NHL standings. They also get you set up for tonight’s game against the Senators in Ottawa and look at what’s happening at the World Junior tournament in Minnesota.

Barn Burner: Darren Dreger on the last-place Jets and what might come next. Boomer and Rhett were joined by TSN’s Darren Dreger to dig into the state of the Winnipeg Jets, who are at the bottom of the NHL and matching their longest losing streak since relocation. Things are getting rough — so should the Jets start thinking about selling assets and tanking, or is there still something worth saving here? The guys break down what’s gone wrong, what options management really has, and how brutal this stretch has become.

Jets audio:

32 Thoughts Podcast: Growing frustration in Winnipeg as Jets sit at bottom of the NHL. They talk about Mark Scheifele missing out on an Olympic roster spot and then Elliotte Friedman’s discusses the growing frustration in Winnipeg as the Jets sit at the bottom of the NHL. The latter topic runs about seven minutes.