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Winnipeg Jets Playoff Practice Report

First practice ahead of game 1.

The first day of playoffs are here and the Jets will hit the ice to get ready for game 1 tomorrow night against the Blues.

Skate news:

Everyone including Dominic Toninato and Ville Heinola are taking part except for Nikolaj Ehlers, Rasmus Kupari and Gabriel Vilardi.

Lines & D pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Iafallo
Niederreiter-Namestnikov-Perfetti
Tanev-Lowry-Appleton
Gustafsson-Barron-JAD
Toninato

Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Pionk
Stanley-Schenn
Fleury/Heinola-Miller

Player media:

Coach media:

Topics:
1) How eager is he to start the playoffs?
2) Importance of playing their game in game 1 (:41)
3) What boxes were ticked to show they are ready to take step forward? (1:51)
4) What is the value of the ‘scar tissue’ from playoff losses in the past? (2:41)
5) What personal experiences will he lean on? (3:32)
6) His first time behind the bench in a playoff game (4:33)
7) Challenge not having Gabriel Vilardi & Nikolaj Ehlers? (5:14)
8) Is there a timeline on their potential return? (6:00)
9) Did Vilardi skate today? (6:05)
10) Importance using all of the space in the offensive zone? (6:22)
11) Work e (7:10)

Up next:

We get things started with all the latest Jets and Moose news in the AM Papers on illegalcurve.com which are available starting at 7 AM CDT, then you can join us for two hours of hockey talk as we get the Playoff Preview show underway on Illegal Curve at 9 AM CDT. Four hours after that show concludes we are back on the air live at Cityplace for the Illegal Curve Pre-Game Show as we get you prepared for game 1. Puck drop is scheduled for 5 PM CDT and then after the final buzzer join us on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show.