Jets, Affiliate & local news:

CBC:  The package – Mark Scheifele.  Taking a look at some of the prospects on the Canadian clubs across the NHL and Mark Scheifele is up.

Winnipeg Sun:  Time’s right for Wheeler to take flightWithout much doing, the Minnesota native will jet off to Germany today and start game action on Friday.

theScore:  Winnipeg Jets electrical guitarFor our more musically inclined readers, check out this electric guitar with some Jets representation.

Reporter Herald:  Colorado Eagles’ Trent Daavettila breaks throughThe ECHL veteran was brought in to help with the Eagles scoring and it appears that his early season drought might be over.

CBA news:

National Post:  NHL Players’ Association shows no signs of fracture this time around. If there is dissension in the ranks, it has been muted.

Globe and Mail:  Players get escrow chequesNow that the players have staved off the bill collectors for a bit, it seems likely that they will be less inclined to be getting back to the bargaining table.

Globe and Mail:  NHL could shoot itself in the foot by cancelling Winter ClassicThis would be surprising if the NHL hadn’t already shot itself in the head with its current (or lack thereof) bargaining tactics.

Chicago Sun-Times:  Difficult to care about sports work stoppagesAnd this from a market like Chicago.  Imagine what is happening in other, less traditional hockey environments.

Montreal Gazette:  Time to take back our gameSome radical suggestions by Hickey on how the game can be brought back to reality.

NHL news:

Yahoo:  Tyler Bozak joins NHL Halloween blackface club as Michael JacksonSeems the twitter universe is all a twitter with outrage over Bozak’s choice of costumeWhile it seems apparent that he meant this as a tribute, many viewed the costume as inappropriate.

CFL news:

Illegal Procedure: Winnipeg Blue Bombers Papers. If you are a fan of CFL football, check out our other site, which gives you all the latest Bombers & CFL news.  Brink to start, what would you do if you were the Bombers GM and many other articles as we are mid way thru the Bombers final week of the regular season.

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.

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