The Jets got a boost at yesterday’s practice with the return of Kyle Connor and Nate Schmidt who were out of covid protocol and back on the ice with their teammates.  They were without Jansen Harkins who was being further evaluated according to interim head coach Dave Lowry and they are still without Cole Perfetti who is still not even skating.

Skate news:

Same forward lines according to Ken Wiebe of Sportsnet who also provides the D pairs and power play units below.

Lines and D pairs:

Connor-Dubois-Wheeler
Stastny-Scheifele-Ehlers
Sanford-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Toninato-Svechnikov

Brooks the extra F.

Morrissey-DeMelo
Schmidt-Pionk
Stanley-Dillon

Heinola the extra working in. Like yesterday, D-men rotating

Power Play units:

P1

Scheifele-Morrissey-Connor
Dubois-Wheeler

PP2

Schmidt-Pionk-Ehlers
Stastny-Sanford

Players media availabilities:

Coach media availability:

Topics:

1) Connor Hellebuyck being a workhorse for the Jets.
2) How would he assess Hellebuyck’s level of play this season?
3) What is the biggest thing he has learned about Hellebuyck?
4) Hellebuyck’s positioning/rebound control.
5) Evaluating the biometrics for measuring fatigue.
6) Does he make decisions based on the information?
7) Did he get an update on Jansen Harkins?
8) Is he in concussion protocol?
9) Focus on playing seven games in next 11 days.
10) What are the factors they will use to determine the D pairs?

Up next:

Jets are in must win category as they take on the Red Wings here in Winnipeg tomorrow night.

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David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.

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