Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers

Jets news:

Winnipeg Free Press:  From one Jet boss to another…100,000 thank yous.  Would like to see the look on the bank tellers face if someone tried to cash a novelty cheque like that.  Seriously though, not sure why anyone would have an issue with the donation which will go to help our military forces’ charitable and support causes.

Winnipeg Free Press:  Patience, patience, patience  – Jets boss.  The most difficult thing you can do is ask a sports fan to be patient.  However, just as Rome wasn’t built in a day, the Jets are not going to become Stanley Cup contenders overnight and the True North brain trust needs fans to accept that building a winner takes time.  Young guys like Scheifele, Klingberg and Telegin are still going to need some seasoning.

Affiliate news – St. John’s IceCaps:

The Telegram:  Swept away.  And just like that the magical inaugural season for the Jets farm club ends in a sweep at the hands of the best team in the AHL.

The Telegram:  Cup final dream ends too early.  While the Caps had an excellent regular season and a pretty good playoffs, this series loss won’t sit well with the organization.

Stanley Cup news:

L.A. Times:  Kings never lost magic touch on the road.  While many acknowledge that these Kings are not your standard 8th place team they have successfully knocked off the 1st, 2nd and now 3rd seeds in the Western Conference to advance to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time since 1993.  Dustin Penner of Winkler, Manitoba scored the OT goal to clinch the series.  They will have a week off before playing either the Devils or Rangers.

Arizona Republic:  Coyotes future looks bright after playoff breakthrough.  You never like to see seats go unsold for a Conference Finals game but the true test for this franchise will be the response for next season.  Will fans come flocking to the Coyotes and save this franchise?

Star-Ledger:  Devils coach Pete DeBoer has fire that is reminiscent of Pat Burns.  The Devils and Rangers rivalry extends from the coaches all the way down to the players and has made for some very good hockey.

New York Daily News:  Time for Rangers to ‘pray’.  Can the Blueshirts make the Finals without scoring from their top lines?