Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers

Note: The Jets played the Capitals last night which saw Winnipeg honour Nino Niederreiter for getting to game 1000 and MVP Connor Hellebuyck was activated off IR and made his return three weeks after he had a procedure on his knee. The home team played one of their most complete games of the season rolling to a 5-1 victory. They are off today.

Note II: The Moose practiced on Saturday as they look to wrap up their four-game set with the Wild this afternoon in Winnipeg. They took the game on Friday with a commanding 6-1 win and will look to build on it with another victory this afternoon. If you wanna sit in the Illegal Curve Zone, send me an email (dave @ illegalcurve .com) and we’ll get you in to see the Jets of tomorrow, today. Puck drop is at 2 PM CST.

Jets news:

Winnipeg Sun: Connor Hellebuyck backstops the Jets to a 5-1 win over the Capitals. While it was just one game it is a pretty good indication of what happens when you have the MVP between the pipes.

Winnipeg Free Press: Jets offence comes back to life in Hellebuyck’s return. (Paywall). You get a goal. You get a goal. You get a goal.

Winnipeg Free Press: Jets get Hellebump from return of MVP goaltender. (Paywall). To the surprise of nobody.

Washington Post: Caps turn in a rare clunker in ugly road loss to the Jets. (Paywall). Insight into the game from a writer that covers the Jets opponent.NHL.com: Hellebuyck makes 24 saves in return from knee injury, Jets top Capitals. Darrin gives you his assessment of the game with input from both rooms.

Jets video:

Illegal Curve Hockey Show: Saturday Podcast. The losing continued in Winnipeg as they fell to 0-2 on this four-game homestand with Boston taking it 6-3 on Thursday. They have two wins in their last 11 games and five in the past 18. This team continues to trend in the wrong direction. Which gave us plenty to talk about on the IC Hockey Show. We were joined by Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press and play-by-play voice of the Manitoba Moose Daniel Fink.