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Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers

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Note: Training camp for the Jets gets underway in Winnipeg on Sunday with off-ice testing. Here is the full roster and a closer look at the three players signed to PTOs.

Note II: Join us for the first Illegal Curve Hockey Show of 2021. We’ll have three hours of hockey talk on TSN 1290 Winnipeg this morning starting at 9:00 a.m. CT. Today’s guests on the show include: Scott Billeck (Winnipeg Sun), Michael Traikos (Postmedia), Hal Gill (former NHLer/Preds analyst) and Sam Pell (Washington Post). You can listen to the show here.

Jets news:

Winnipeg Sun: 10 storylines to watch at Winnipeg Jets training camp. Ted’s list of 10 things to watch includes: 1) Getting defensive. 2) Patrik’s way. 3) Don’t know Jack. 4) The specials. 5) Fourth and beyond. 6) How’s Scheifele. 7) Familiar face. 8) Hellebuyck, keep it up? 9) More from Morrissey. 10) Copp’s ambition.

Sportsnet: 3 bold Winnipeg Jets predictions for 2021. Ken is going bold to start the new year and his predictions cover: 1) Hellebuyck and the Vezina. 2) Laine borrowing a page from the Jacob Trouba playbook. 3) Jets and the playoffs this season.

Winnipeg Free Press: Jets return to ice with sights set on swift start to short season. (Paywall). It’s gonna be a sprint so teams best get off to a quick start. Mike looks at 10 key storylines including: 1) Covid-19. 2) Moving/shaking. 3) Blue-line. 4) Top-six mix. 5) Bottom-six mix. 6) Wild card. 7) Taxi squad. 8) Masked men. 9) Special teams. 10) Building, bonding, battling.

Winnipeg Free Press: Former Kings forward hoping to stick with Jets. (Paywall). Bringing his two Stanley Cup rings to the Jets camp.

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Winnipeg Sun: Jets training camp roster promises intense competition leading into season. There are certainly going to be some battles for some spots amongst the third and fourth lines.

Sportsnet: Mailbag. You had pre-training camp questions and Ken had answers. Ranged from number of games Hellebuyck plays this season, to prospects making big club to Perreault’s status and 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.