Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers: Today’s Hockey Headlines | Apr 22, 2026

Note: Two days of Jets exit media availabilities concluded yesterday. On Friday we heard from eight players including Cole Perfetti | Jonathan Toews | Gabriel Vilardi | Josh Morrissey | Adam Lowry | Mark Scheifele | Kyle Connor | Connor Hellebuyck. And then on Monday we heard from both head coach Scott Arniel and GM Kevin Cheveldayoff. We still have to review the tape to glean any interesting tidbits which we will put out this week.

Note II: We learned quite a bit on Tuesday as we saw Jets prospect Kevin He was skating ahead of Moose practice with skills coach Dave Cameron. He seemed to be moving pretty well. We also saw Jets prospect Garrett Brown who signed his first NHL contract last week and skated with his new teammates for the first time yesterday. Quite the first media availability with this well spoken young man. It was a very busy practice so get caught up here.

Note III: It’s a gameday folks as the Moose and Admirals will play the first game of their first round, best-of-three series which gets underway tonight. Morning skate at 10 AM so stay tuned for the pre-game report. We will be giving away a few tickets to the upcoming playoff games so stay tuned for that and if you’d like the friends and family deal check out this offer here. Puck drop at 7 PM CT.

Jets news:

The Athletic Winnipeg: How the Winnipeg Jets became a mushy-middle team — and 4 ways to break free. (Paywall). Murat charts quite a few different paths that the NHL club of Winnipeg could take as they attempt to find a way forward.

Moose news:

Winnipeg Free Press: Moose forward goes into first AHL post-season campaign with hot hands. (Paywall). Four goals in his last four games but more importantly Colby Barlow has been doing a lot of other things that have helped in him becoming a more complete pro.

Winnipeg Sun: Moose and Admirals ready to mix it up in round one. Gordo gets you set for the big game this evening.