Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)
Second straight day of practice for the Jets in Winnipeg as they continue to prepare to continue their five-game homestand.
Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)
Morning skate news:
As per Ken Wiebe of Sportsnet everyone is present this morning at skate. Ken also provides the lines and D pairs below which has a slight tweak with Jordie Benn moving into a pairing with Dylan DeMelo and he also provides the structure of the power play units.
Line rushes and D pairs:
Connor-Scheifele-Wheeler
Stastny-Dubois-Ehlers
Copp-Lowry-Appleton
Perreault-Thompson-Lewis
Morrissey-Poolman
Forbort-Pionk
Benn-DeMelo
Stanley-Heinola
Hellebuyck
Brossoit
Power play structure:
PP1 Scheifele-Morrissey-Connor-Wheeler-Stastny
PP2 Dubois-Pionk-Ehlers-Perreault-Copp
Player availability:
Coach availability:
Topics:
1. How much importance is on these games with the Leafs?
2. Importance of his penalty kill.
3. What makes tomorrow a good time to get Jordie Benn in and using him on PK.
4. Importance of finishing the season up strong.
5. What the new guys mean for the Jets and Leafs.
6. Did he see what he needed to see from Blake Wheeler in these practice?
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