Winnipeg Jets Practice Report

Following their stretch of six games in nine nights the Jets took Wednesday off to rest and recover ahead of a few days of practice in advance of their first game against the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.  There was one minor tweak to the skaters for today as 2020 1st rounder Cole Perfetti was reassigned from the Moose to the taxi squad which makes him a participant in today’s skate.

Pre-skate news:

Injured forward Nate Thompson out for a skate in advance of practice according to Mitchell Clinton of JetsTV.

Skate news:

Also according to Mitch newly reassigned Cole Perfetti was on the ice wearing number 91 for today’s skate.  He added this detail about who was missing and one player who is currently on LTIR but participating fully:

“Scheifele, Wheeler, or Stastny at this morning’s skate.

Dominic Toninato seems to be a full participant.”

Roster news:

Jets coach Paul Maurice advised that Nate Thompson skated for the first time today and remains on IR.  The missing players were simply due to maintenance and he expects them on the ice for skate tomorrow.

Player availability:

Coach availability:

Topics:

1. How does he contemplate working Pierre-Luc Dubois into his lineup?
2. Housekeeping for players missing.
3. What is it like to see the virus impact a coaching staff?
4. Using practice time effectively.
5. Nikolaj Ehlers being in the top 10 of scoring and yet playing two less minutes than most on list.
6. Thoughts on Cole Perfetti
7. On Cole Perfetti being a sponge.
8. Two sets of forwards vs three on the penalty kill.
9. What does he see in Mathieu Perreault?
10. On analytics and usage (i.e. should Ehlers get more time on ice given what he has done)?

Up next:

The Jets are scheduled to be back on the ice for a practice on Friday.  Be sure to keep it locked to illegalcurve.com for the AM Papers which go live at 7 AM CT.