Note:  There have been lots of things revealed in the last week and on Wednesday afternoon the NHL released the 2020-21 schedule.  We took a look specifically at how things play out for the Winnipeg Jets which you can read here.

Note II:  Of course before the NHL can return in Canada they need to have the five provinces on board and those health authorities provided the NHL with a road map on Wednesday.

Jets news:

Winnipeg Free Press:  Jets open season against infuriating Flames. (Paywall).  Check out Mike’s reaction to the Jets regular season schedule.

Winnipeg Sun:  ‘Twas the night before ChristmasPaul is a poet and he didn’t even know it.  His annual sports poem is live and ready to be enjoyed.

Winnipeg Sun: Repetition, asterisk, mark Jets Covid NHL schedulePaul gives his thoughts on the big schedule news that came out yesterday.

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Winnipeg Sun:  Golden Girls, the Golden Jet, the Finnish Flash and the man who brought the NHL back to Winnipeg.  The Sun Sports department decided to take on a project to identify the top 50 most influential sports figures in Winnipeg over the last 50 years. This is list 1-10 and includes Ben Hatskin (10), Teemu Selanne (8), Dale Hawerchuk (3), Bobby Hull (2) and Mark Chipman (1). 

The Athletic Winnipeg:  2021 key dates, decisions and deadlines unpacked. (Paywall).  Murat takes the information that has been released by the NHL and applied it to make it Jets relevant.

TSN: Cole Perfetti motivated to make the most of World JuniorsMissed this from Mark Masters the other day on the Jets 2020 1st rounder.

Jets audio:

JetsTV:  Ground Control Podcast In the 87th episode of Ground Control Tyler Esquivel, Mitchell Clinton, Jamie Thomas and Paul Edmonds get together to discuss the new season, the schedule announcement and take care of some housekeeping as Jamie & Paul were appointed the official radio duo for the Jets. Jamie is also joined by TSN’s Jeff O’Neill to chat about the World Juniors, his days as a player in Hartford playing for Paul Maurice and much more!

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.

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