Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers

Jets & Affiliate news:

Winnipeg Free Press:  Jets blueliner happy to be home.  Enstrom’s return will help flesh out the ranks of NHLers skating at the IcePlex.

Victoria Times Columnist:  Lowry’s hat trick, Bow’s shutout, leads Swift Current Broncos past Kootenay Ice.  The Jets prospect has now reached a new career high in goals scored.

Jets official site:  Desktop wallpaper.  The Jets are offering fans some new wall paper options for their computers.

IceCaps official site:  Caps blank Bruins 4-0.  After enduring a winless December, St. John’s has turned things around to win 2 games in a row.

CBA news:

AM Law Daily:  Weil set to face off against Skadden, Proskauer in NHL Labor War.  Want to know about some of the lawyers involved in the process?

TSN:  The NHL’s lawsuit and what’s next.  TSN’s legal expert takes a look at the various aspects of the latest move by the NHL.  Goes over the basics, why the NHL sued, what the NHL is asking for and some all the other legal eagle topics you are just dying to read about.

Montreal Gazette:  Bettman can’t take Canada’s game away from us.  It seems a bit disingenuous to simply chalk up the latest moves because Bettman is a New York lawyer who has no love for the game.  NHL hockey is a business.  Plain and simple.  If you want hockey in its pure form, you can go watch it at any outdoor rink in Canada.

New York Times:  Voting begins to give Board authority to dissolve NHL Players Union.  The vote goes until Thursday and requires a 2/3 majority to authorize the dissolving of the Union.  Of course we have to hope negotiations remain ongoing throughout the week.

Hockey news:

Globe and Mail:  Hockey Canada remains focused on player safety.  Don Cherry has been complaining for years that the equipment that players wear is way too hard.

Illegal Curve Hockey Show replay:

Part 1:  CBA Discussion.  CBA Discussion: Should people with a hockey background or a business background be General Managers of NHL franchises?  Canada selects their team for the World Junior Hockey Championship in Russia.  Scott Hartnell vs. Roman Hamrlik.

Part 2: Interview with Bruce Dowbiggin of the Globe & Mail.  Injuries around the NHL.  NHL News & Notes.  Rapid Fire.  Interview with Elliotte Friedman of Hockey Night in Canada.  Cheers & Jeers.