Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers

Note: The Jets are on holiday break until February 9th.

Note II: The Moose concluded their schedule ahead of the AHL All-Star game on Saturday night with a 5-4 OT loss to the Admirals. They held leads of 2-0 (Reichel & Bongiovanni) and 4-2 (Reichel & Limoges) but it needed extra time which saw former Jets forward Zach Sanford get the game-winner for Milwaukee. Manitoba is now at 22-15-3-2. Tonight Jets prospect Declan Chisholm will play in the AHL All-Star game. Moose back in action in Grand Rapids on the 10th.

Note III: The Ice split their weekend with a win on Friday over the Wheat Kings and a loss to the Blades in Saskatoon. They are back in action in Winnipeg for four straight starting with the Hitmen on Wednesday night.

Note IV: Jets 2022 1st rounder Brad Lambert continuing to have an impact in Seattle as he scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal. He’s got seven points (4G 3A) in six games with the Thunderbirds.

Jets news:

Sportsnet: Blues GM Doug Armstrong could have biggest impact on NHL trade deadline. While not specially about Winnipeg it does impact a rival and perhaps the Jets might have some trade interest in one of the players Wieber wrote about.

Winnipeg Free Press: Bye, bye Bettman and 11 other ways to improve the NHL. (Paywall). Also not Jets related but local columnist Mike McIntyre has some ideas on how to make the NHL a better league.

Jets video:

TSN: Johnson details how each Canadian NHL team should approach the trade deadline. Hockey analyst Mike Johnson joins SC with Jay Onrait for a deeper look at the Canadian NHL teams. Talk about Winnipeg starts at 2:49.

TSN: How Canadian teams are approaching the NHL Trade Deadline. Gino Reda is joined by TSN Hockey insider Chris Johnston to discuss which Canadian NHL teams will be buyers and which will be sellers ahead of the trade deadline.

The Hockey Guy: Jets All-Star break report. The Jets started hot, have cooled a bit, but there is still a lot to like with this team. Was recorded before the Winnipeg win over St. Louis.

Jets audio:

Illegal Curve Hockey Show: Saturday Podcast. All Star Skills Competition Recap, Which one Jets player needs to step their game up the most over the last 30 games, Discussing different players could be on the Jets radar prior to the Trade Deadline.