Winnipeg Jets Practice Report

The Jets did a lot of good things on Wednesday night against the Sharks as they picked up their second straight win. While their inability to score is definitely a problem the bigger issue right now is the powerless powerplay which remains mired in a 1/33 slump that goes back 11 games. They haven’t scored with the man “advantage” in the last eight games. Of course when you consider they’ve already played 51 games this season the power play is what it is at this point (26th in the NHL).

Skate news:

As per Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press here are the lines at Rogers Arena where you’ll note that Gabriel Vilardi and Nikolaj Ehlers have flipped spots.

Lines and D pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Perfetti-Monahan-Ehlers
Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Namestnikov-Iafallo
Kupari

Morrissey-DeMelo
Dillon-Pionk
Samberg-Schmidt
Stanley

Coach media:

Tips:

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Topics:

1) Did he watch the Canucks game live last night?
2) What does he expect from Vancouver?
3) Excitement to measure up vs Canucks? (:54)
4) Flipping Ehlers/Vilardi (1:26)
5) Impact of a player like Brenden Dillon (2:09)
6) Catching up with the Sedin twins (2:53)
7) Connor Hellebuyck starting? (3:21)

Up next:

The Jets put practice behind them and will kick off this quick, two-game road trip tomorrow night against the Canucks. Start your Saturday with all the latest Jets and Moose news in the AM Papers on illegalcurve.com which are available starting at 7 AM CST, join us on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show at 9 AM CST, check back for the pre-game report, stick with us throughout the day for updates and then join us after the final buzzer on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show around 11:40 PM CST.