The Jets haven’t played a game since they defeated the Blues 4-2 back on Monday, January 30th. They haven’t had a practice since the 27th of last month. After 10 days off the ice they resume practice today and tomorrow as they get set to face the Hawks in Winnipeg to begin a two game homestand.

Skate news:

Time usually heals all wounds and that appears to be the case for Mason Appleton who is back in a regular uniform for the Jets as per Scott Billeck of the Winnipeg Sun. However that may not be the case for injured duo Dylan DeMelo and David Gustafsson as he indicated they are not skating. The lines and D pairs below courtesy of Scott.

Lines & D pairs:

Ehlers-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Dubois-Perfetti
Barron Lowry Jonsson-Fjallby
Ggner-Stenlund-Appleton
Maenalanen, Kuhlman

Morrissey-Pionk
Samberg-Dillon
Stanley-Schmidt
Capobianco

Hellebuyck & Rittich

Player media availability:

Coach media availability:

Topics:

1) How was his break?
2) Updates on DeMelo and Gustafsson? (:28)
3) Is Appleton good to go on Saturday? (:47)
4) What does Appleton bring to lineup? (1:10)
5) Something he wants to improve in final 30 games? (1:57)
6) Break coming at a “bad time” for Mason. (2:59)
7) Emphasizing habits off the ice. (3:36)
8) Rust of being 11 days removed from game (4:35)
9) How he views games prior to trade deadline (6:40)
10) How was the group today after a hard schedule? (7:17)

Merch contest:

While February is well underway there haven’t been any games yet. There will be nine opportunities to enter and win the IC contest for authentic Jets merch. You can enter here.

Up next:

Tomorrow brings another day of practice in Winnipeg. Be sure start your morning with the Morning Papers which go live at 7 AM and then check back for the Practice Report.

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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