Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers: Today’s Hockey Headlines | Feb 9, 2026

Note: The majority of Jets are off on their Olympic break. The ones over in Italy won’t start playing until February 12th.

Note II: The Moose are on their AHL All-Star break with the exception of Jets goalie prospect Thomas Milic who is headed to Rockford. The skills competition will be on Tuesday night with the game on Wednesday.

Note III: Jets prospect Edison Engle (2025 6th) picked up his 23rd assist of the season for Brantford on Sunday. The mobile defenceman also has two goals for the Bulldogs in his first and only OHL season.

Jets news:

Winnipeg Free Press: Jets getting warmed up for run at Olympic gold. Mike caught up with the Jets players who are over in Italy competing for gold.

Jets news:

Illegal Curve Hockey: Saturday Podcast. The Jets faint playoff dream took a big hit in the final game before the Olympic break after suffering a 5-1 defeat at the hands of the Habs. Check out two hours with the Illegal Curve Hockey Show as the boys discussed all things to do about the NHL club of Winnipeg, look around the NHL and cover things doing with the AHL club of Manitoba.

Manitobans in NHL news:

Winnipeg Free Press: Mexico or Winter Olympics? For Winnipeg’s Jarvis it was a no-brainer. (Paywall). Mike had a chance to speak to the Winnipegger yesterday and got the insight everyone was looking for regarding the childhood friends of Jarvis who are looking to get down to Italy to support their friend. 

TSN: Canada went with ‘known commodity’ in Jarvis as final replacement. Team Canada elected to take Seth Jarvis as their final replacement player to Milano Cortina 2026, but the decision did not come without some spirited debate. TSN’s Ryan Rishaug and Mark Masters detail how that decision was made, and get you set for when Canada’s men’s team hit the ice for the first time.