The second round of the NHL playoffs got underway last night with the Leafs defeating the Panthers while both the Caps/Canes and Oilers/Knights get underway this evening. The Jets and Stars are fortunate as they won’t start until tomorrow night which will give their teams a few extra days of healing which isn’t a bad thing given some of the players both these teams are currently missing.
For Winnipeg it’s top line centre Mark Scheifele and top pairing Dman Josh Morrissey while Dallas got past Colorado without Jason Robertson and Miro Heiskanen although Stars head coach Pete DeBoer said yesterday he expects both back for round 2. We will be watching today’s optional Jets practice to see if we get some similar news on the injured duo for Winnipeg or we may have to wait to see if head coach Scott Arniel provides an update.
Skate news:
We saw before skate got underway both Logan Stanley and Josh Morrissey in yellow, non-contact jerseys.
They were joined by Mark Scheifele who was also skating in a non-contact uniform.
Once skate got underway both Stanley and Morrissey left the ice.
Players media:
Coach’s media:
Topics:
1) Does he expect the “tightness” to be done by Game 1?
2) On Connor Hellebuyck intermission saying “no more by me” (:42)
3) Can this propel 37 forward into round 2? (1:26)
4) What makes Jets goalie coach Wade Flaherty so good? (2:16)
5) Updates on Scheifele, Morrissey & Stanley? (3:05)
6) What did Monday look like for him? (3:55)
7) Round 2 schedule/Stars also having gone 7 (4:50)
8) How will Dallas approach compare to St. Louis? (6:05)
9) Overcoming emotional highs due to regular season approach (7:14)
10) On Hellebuyck finding his game thanks to team giving him opportunities (8:38)
11) Chess match between Jets & Stars coaching staffs (10:14)
12) How Mikko Rantanen changes the dynamic (11:27)
Health updates:
With respect to all three players skating in yellow, non-contact jerseys they are all considered day-to-day as per Scott Arniel. He wanted to see how they wake up tomorrow. He said today was first day on the ice for Morrissey and Stanley while Scheifele has been skating including doing so yesterday. He reluctantly conceded they would be considered game-time decisions.
Up next:
The Jets and Stars will do battle on Wednesday in game 1 to start the series. Start your day 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, come say hi at the special edition IC pre-game show live from Cityplace starting at 6:30 PM CDT and then join us after the final buzzer on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show.
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