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Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers

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Note: The Jets are gonna be in tough as they welcome the Lightning aka the top team in the Atlantic Division to town as they conclude their four-game homestand desperately needing two points. Morning skate is at 10:30 AM CT so check out the pre-game report to get the full 411 ahead of the game. Puck drop which is at 7 PM CT and following the final buzzer we want you to join the conversation on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show.

Note II: The Moose had a community practice on Monday night. Today they are back to their regular schedule with a practice this morning. They are getting set to conclude their nine-game homestand this weekend when they take on the Senators.

Note III: If you wanna get up-to-date on the Winnipeg Ice be sure to check out our Ice Chips feature. It gets you all caught up from the week that was for the local WHL team. Read it here.

Jets news:

Winnipeg Sun: ‘We’re not getting it’: Jets coach, captain, struggle for answers. Reality is these guys know what is up but they aren’t gonna share it during media availability.

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Winnipeg Free Press: If Jets keep losing, expect players to be shipped out by March 21 trade deadline. (Paywall). Only guys you might see moved from Winnipeg are Paul Stastny, Andrew Copp and maybe Nate Beaulieu.

The Athletic Winnipeg: Jets by the numbers: Goal scoring woes, a question of age, an average Connor Hellebuyck and more. (Paywall). Often times folks want to pin the problem on one thing because that could in theory allow for a quick fix. However as Murat points out there are a multitude of factors that have gone into why this season is sputtering for a Jets club that had big aspirations.

The Athletic: The Penguins are still confusing, the Jets might be done, and let’s find the season’s most mediocre team. (Paywall). Not much faith in the local NHL club.

Jets video:

TSN: Wheeler on possible Jets trades: ‘I haven’t given the trade deadline a whole lot of thought’. Following a 4-1 defeat to the Rangers over the weekend, the Jets are now eight points back of a wild card spot in the Western Conference and with the trade deadline two weeks away, the tension is growing in Winnipeg. Blake Wheeler was asked about how a possible trade would be received in the locker room.

Sportsnet: Wheeler focused on facing Tampa, not really worried about trade deadline. Jets captain Blake Wheeler says he hasn’t given the trade deadline much thought, his headspace is on facing the 2-time champion Lightning right now, and has no control over personnel decisions within this organization.

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.