Winnipeg Jets Practice Report

The Jets were off on Sunday after suffering a defeat to the Kings on Saturday. With some rest and recovery in California they hit the ice to prepare for the Sharks tomorrow night to conclude their three-game road trip.

Skate news:

As per Ken Wiebe of Sportsnet it looks like head coach Rick Bowness has flipped Vlad Namestnikov with Nikolaj Ehlers.

Lines and D pairs:

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

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

Hellebuyck
Rittich

Player media availability:

Coach media availability:

Topics:

1) Line changes.
2) What can Namestnikov do for 55 & 26 line? (:39)
3) What he wants to see from Nikolaj Ehlers? (1:30)
4) Consistency for 27. (2:10)
5) Namestnikov speaking same language (not in literal sense) as 55 & 26 (2:20)
6) Challenge for Wheeler with diminished foot speed (3:01)
7) On Mark Scheifele’s struggles (3:17)
8) Hellebuyck starts tomorrow? (4:09)

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Up next:

The Jets take on the Sharks tomorrow night. Be sure start your morning with the Morning Papers which go live at 7 AM, stick with us for the latest Jets news and then join us after the final buzzer on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show.