Note: The Jets were off on Saturday and they will stay off the ice today to instead do some team bonding away from the rink. Of course the team will have to make further cuts to the roster as they currently have 29 on it and have to get down to 23 by tomorrow at 4 PM CT. Ville Heinola and Logan Stanley are expected to start the season on IR which means they’ll have four moves to make. Of course they could send down Brad Lambert, Nikita Chibrikov and Elias Salomonsson and then only need to choose between goalies Eric Comrie and Kaapo Kahkonen to expose to waivers to be roster compliant. Head coach Scott Arniel did at one point say he’d like a 22-man roster so we shall see what he chooses to do. Stay tuned for that.
Note II: The Moose began the day by announcing they had reduced their training camp roster by two players. They then played an intrasquad game on Saturday with prospect Chaz Lucius playing a significant role as per play-by-play voice Daniel Fink. The Jets 2021 1st rounder was quite thoughtful talking about what is likely to be the most important season of his young career. They are scheduled to skate today at 10 AM CDT at hockey for all centre.
Note III: Casting our eyes on Jets prospects playing on Saturday night Brayden Yager continued to roll along since returning to junior putting up 1G 2A in his second game of the season with Moose Jaw which gives him 3G 2A in two games. Over in the OHL, Kieron Walton (2024 6th) has had a good start to his season as he scored last night for Sudbury which gives him 2G 5A for 7 points in four games.
Jets news:
The Athletic Winnipeg: Jets depth chart: Analyzing the team’s strengths and weaknesses. (Paywall). Murat does his analysis of the current projected roster saying on paper they are a playoff contender without an inside track to Stanley Cup contention. But of course his analysis goes much deeper than that.
Sportsnet: What we learned from the Winnipeg Jets’ pre-season. Jacob recaps the training camp. His thoughts include: 1) No youth movement….For now. 2) New-look special teams. 3) Winnipeg still needs a second line centre.
Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)
Illegal Curve Hockey: Takeaways from the Winnipeg Jets 2024-25 preseason. Connor wrote about the things he took note of during the last few weeks at Jets camp including: 1) new look special teams biggest change. 2) Jets “running it back” with last year’s deployment . 3) kids start season with Moose and his rapid fire takeaways.
Jets video:
WST: Bold predictions for the Jets 2024-25 NHL season. Connor Hrabchak was joined by Jacob Stoller of Sportsnet.ca and they give their hot takes/bold predictions for the 2024-25 Winnipeg Jets season.
Bardown: The Jets call out other teams for fun. Ahead of the season, players from the Winnipeg Jets sat down to call out other teams for fun. Which team has the best golfer? Which team has the best chirper?
Jets audio:
Illegal Curve Hockey Show: Saturday Podcast. On yesterday’s show we discussed: 1) What have we learned from the Jets preseason? 2) What are the X factors for the Jets this season. 3) Season predictions for the Central & rest of NHL. 4) Quick hits including Dylan DeMelo is fine after taking a puck to head, Colby Barlow’s OHL trade & Brayden Yager named C in Moose Jaw. We were joined by Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press.
