The Jets were back on the ice today out at the IcePlex following the win over the Rangers on Friday night.

Skate news:

As per Mitchell Clinton of JetsTV no Nikolaj Ehlers at skate.

Player media availability:

Coach media availability:

Topics:

1) Status of Rick Bowness?
2) What went through his mind when he found out he was coaching? (:22)
3) How much did he communicate with Rick during game? (1:22)
4) Having a covid plan in place (2:00)
5) Disappointment for Rick not being able to coach in Dallas (2:37)
6) How do things alter for coaching staff without Rick? (2:54)
7) Message same to players regardless of who is behind bench (3:45)
8) Players wanting to be taught. (4:45)
9) Having coaches in the room during games (5:47)
10) Absence of Nikolaj Ehlers (6:44)
11) The value Sam Gagner brings to the team (7:12)
12) Trust in the 4th line (8:14)

Health update:

Associate coach Scott Arniel indicated that Nikolaj Ehlers is “He’s got sort of nagging injury. Just something that’s kinda been bugging him. Just gives him an extra day here. We gotta go into three in four nights here coming up, so he’ll get a morning skate in Dallas and be up and going.”

 Up next:

The Jets are off tomorrow as they travel to Dallas.

You can start your day with the Morning Papers which go live on illegalcurve.com at 7 AM. Reminder that the Moose play in the afternoon.

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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