Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers

Note: The Jets along with Gabriel Vilardi (in a regular jersey) hit the ice for a skate on Saturday as they prepared for this afternoon’s critical game 4. There won’t be a morning skate for Winnipeg but stay tuned for the pre-game report to ensure you’re up-to-date on the latest. Puck drop is at 12 PM CDT.

Note II: After the final buzzer sounds between Winnipeg and St. Louis, we want you to be part of the conversation on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show as we discuss and analyze the results of the game starting around 2:40 PM CDT.

Jets news:

Winnipeg Sun: ‘Something we can embrace’: Jets look to pass first adversity test in Game 4 against the Blues. Very rarely a team goes through a playoffs without dealing with some adversity.

Winnipeg Sun: Just wait, Winnipeg: Gabe Vilardi a game-time decision for Game 4 against the Blues. Lots of gamesmanship going on.

Winnipeg Sun: ‘A better job of bearing down’: the Jets need to clean up the penalty kill heading into Game 4. We’ve been talking about the need for the PK to be effective all season long.

Winnipeg Free Press: Vilardi could return to Jets lineup Sunday. (Paywall). Not sure there will be a more watched warm-up skate in this series.

The Athletic: What’s behind Winnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck’s playoff struggles? (Paywall). Murat and Jesse teamed up for this one about the struggles in the post-season for number 37.

Illegal Curve Hockey: One Great City! Desire to experience a Whiteout brings a Jets fan from England to Winnipeg. Meet Callum a Jets fan from England who became a fan based on a  line in a song by the Weakerthans.

Jets video/audio:

Illegal Curve Hockey Show: Saturday Replay/Podcast. Two hours of Jets talk from yesterday morning’s IC Hockey Show is now available for download. We reflected on the three games to date, preview game 4 and spoke about all things to do with the NHL club of Winnipeg.