Coach Noel spoke to the media prior to the team departing for Toronto.

Coach Noel –  Injury update (Discussed Montoya).  Going with same lineup. Play of Ondrej Pavelec.  Inter-conference play builds rivalries.  Preparing for the Leafs, different because of their situation?  Keeping focus short term.  Phyiscal edge to the Jets play.  Improvement of Zach Bogosian.  Play of the lines together.  Not using the 4th line, concerning?  With Slater out, who becomes go to face off guy?  James Wright under the radar?  (coach made an interesting comparison to Guy Carbonneau who went from being offensive in AHL to defensive specialist in the NHL).

David Minuk

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