The Jets picked up a big win last night over the Blues in game one of their best of seven series taking the game 5-3.
Skate news:
We knew according to our IC correspondent that Gabriel Vilardi was skating in a yellow, non-contact jersey today. As per Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press the guys who played last night that were skating were Luke Schenn, Logan Stanley, Morgan Barron, David Gustafsson, Jaret Anderson-Dolan as well as the heathy scratches (sans Ville Heinola). He also indicated Rasmus Kupari was skating in a regular jersey.
Player media:
Coach media:
Topics:
1) The regular season blueprint working in playoffs.
2) Penalty killing/faceoffs ahead of game 2 (:44)
3) The depth showing through (2:01)
4) Lessons learned from having a 1-0 lead (2:52)
5) Making adjustments to the adjustments (3:39)
6) Getting up the ice (4:40)
7) Mark Scheifele’s game (5:40)
8) Gabriel Vilardi being part of the optional skate (6:28)
9) Did he watch Vilardi skate? (6:48)
10) Status of Rasmus Kupari? (7:06)
11) Update on Ville Heinola? (7:27)
12) Connor Hellebuyck’s puck handling (7:41)
Health update:
Scott Arniel indicated that Ville Heinola is dealing with something so they kept him off the ice. He indicated that Rasmus Kupari is cleared for a return but he’ll need some time to get up and running. No update on Gabriel Vilardi basically saying he’ll discuss him when he switches to a different jersey.
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, check back for the pre-game report, then join us live at Cityplace for the Illegal Curve Pre-Game Show at 4:30 PM as we get you prepared for game 2. Puck drop is scheduled for 6:30 PM CDT and then after the final buzzer join us on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show.
