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Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers

Photo Credit: Colby Spence

Note: The final game of this Jets mini-home stand is tonight against an impressive Chicago team that is currently firing on all cylinders. Stick with illegalcurve.com for the latest news and on social media including Twitter|Facebook |Instagram for all the pre and post game news.

Note II: The Moose are in Bakersfield, California as they get ready for a unique 12:30 pm CT (10:30 am PT) morning game on wednesday against the Condors. They will practice today as they look to stop their two game losing streak.

Jets news:

TSN: Schefiele has yet to reach his ceiling. No question that his trajectory continues to angle upwards which for a draft and development team like the Jets is certainly a must have for success.

Winnipeg Sun: Five keys to Jets vs. Blackhawks. Ted’s keys include: 1) Stopping a juggernaut. 2) Rolling goalie? 3) Who are these guys? 4) Offence from the D. 5) Tailing off. And the Big Matchup: Jets power play vs. Hawks penalty kill.

Winnipeg Sun: Jets’ power play boosted by second unit. Jets captain Blake Wheeler didn’t pull any punches when he spoke about the first PP unit for the Jets with respect to their play this past Sunday against the Kings indicating “our power play unit was atrocious” but he was quite complimentary about the second unit “the power play after us was awesome”.

Winnipeg Sun: Jets getting more production than ever from depth players. Dano, Copp and Petan oh my. Lots of contributions from down below.

Winnipeg Free Press: Petan, Moose mates make most of Jets’ lineup mayhem. (Paywall). It has been a welcome sign for the Jets faithful to see that the pipeline from the AHL to the NHL hasn’t run dry with any of the injuries the parent club has sustained.

Photo Credit: Colby Spence

Illegal Curve: Jets Injury Report. I updated this list after I had written the below article. Not sure this team will ever be healthy again.

Illegal Curve: What are the Winnipeg Jets going to do when the forward core is healthy? Something tells me that my question is somewhat moot as I’m not sure this Jets forward group will ever be healthy. Another two players added to the list.

Jets audio:

TSN 1290 Winnipeg: The Big Show. Voice of the Jets Dennis Beyak broke down the weekend for the hockey club including the first two games of Jacob Trouba’s year, Patrik Laine’s shootout marker and how the Jets are beating the odds to post an impressive start to the season.

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.