Winnipeg Jets Practice Report

For the second straight week the Jets returned home to play a single game in Winnipeg before taking off for a road trip. Last night they did battle with the Coyotes which saw them take it 2-1 over Arizona.

Only real question mark is Dylan Samberg who blocked a shot in morning skate and didn’t play last night.

Skate news:

As per Scott Billeck of the Winnipeg Sun not skating today was goalie Connor Hellebuyck but Dylan Samberg did take part. The lines and D pairs below are via Scott.

Lines and D pairs:

Ehlers-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Dubois-Niederreiter
Namestnikov-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Stenlund-Maenalanen
Kuhlman-Gustafsson-Jonsson-Fjallby

Morrissey-Pionk
Dillon-DeMelo
Capobianco-Schmidt
Stanley-Samberg

Player media availability:

Coach media availability:

Topics:

1) Trying to ensure the team is playing the right way
2) How players handle his honest assessment? (1:23)
3) Team being jekyll and hyde in same game (2:49)
4) Does he need more commitment from his best players right now? (3:46)
5) Power play woes and creating momentum (5:31)
6) Gaining the zone on the PP (6:23)
7) Amount of usage of Connor Hellebuyck (7:35)
8) Riding Hellebuyck vs keeping him fresh for playoffs (8:51)

Merch contest:

We are 2/3 of the way into the month of March but there are still  a few more opportunities left to enter and win the IC contest for authentic Jets merch. You can enter here.

Up next:

The Jets head to California for three games starting with the Ducks in Anaheim. Be sure start your morning with the Morning Papers which go live at 7 AM, join us at 9 AM on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show, stick with us for the latest Jets news and then join us after the final buzzer on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show.