Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers

Note: The Illegal Curve Hockey Show takes to the TSN 1290 airwaves today, beginning at 900 AM.  Join Drew, Richard and Ezra as they go around the NHL, discussing the latest goings-on in the NHL playoffs as well as all other NHL news.

Guests: Michael Traikos (National Post), Scott Powers (ESPN Chicago) and Amanda Stein (TSN 690).

Jets news:

Winnipeg Jets official site:  1 on 1 interview with GM Kevin Cheveldayoff (video). Listen to the what your GM has to say about the IceCaps, the 2014 draft class, sense of pride in how they have drafted to date, criteria they used to judge prospects and whether a player can have a difficult combine and still be evaluated highly.

Winnipeg Jets official site:  1 on 1 interview with Director of Amateur Scouting Marcel Comeau (video).  He summarizes the 2014 draft class, the scouting combine,  number of players they will interview/things he looks for, sense of pride in the scouting staff, good players who are good people and how did the internal meetings go?

AHL Playoffs – IceCaps news (Series tied 1-1):

The Telegram:  Ducks recall goaltender Gibson the day before Admirals face IceCaps in Game 3.  IceCaps fans won’t be upset to see Norfolk’s best player heading up the NHL.

The Virginian-Pilot:  Net loss? Maybe not for the Admirals.  Before you get too excited about Gibson’s absence the back-up had been pretty, pretty, pretty good.