It is a Jets day off but the team did announce today that they have assigned five players to the Moose:
Logan Stanley
Andrei Chibisov
Michael Spacek
Kristian Vesalainen
Cameron Schilling*
*The Schilling assignment requires him to pass through waivers.
This leaves the Jets with 27 players at camp:
Goalies (3): Laurent Brossoit, Connor Hellebuyck, Eric Comrie.
Defencemen (9): Anthony Bitetto, Tucker Poolman, Neal Pionk, Dmitry Kulikov, Ville Heinola, Josh Morrissey, Nathan Beaulieu, Sami Niku and Nelson Nogier.
Forwards (15): Andrew Copp, Adam Lowry, Bryan Little, Mark Letestu, Blake Wheeler, Nikolaj Ehlers, Jack Roslovic, Joona Luoto, Mark Scheifele, Gabriel Bourque, Mason Appleton, Mathieu Perreault, JC Lipon, David Gustafsson and CJ Suess.
Update:
With the news that Patrik Laine has signed a two-year deal with the Jets today it brings the number of players at camp to 28.
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