It was a busy Monday in Winnipeg as the Jets roster came together with a trio of prospects being assigned to the Moose in order to get them down to a 23-man roster. The big question mark for today is whether Connor Hellebuyck has returned from dealing with his personal family matter although Winnipeg head coach Scott Arniel did say yesterday that it was uncertain if he’d be practicing with the team but the expectation was he’d be on the plane with them to Edmonton later in the day.
Skate news:
Once again no Connor Hellebuyck for practice today. No changes to the lines or D pairs from yesterday.
Hellebuyck update:
Head coach Scott Arniel confirmed that Connor Hellebuyck will be jumping on the ice for a quick workout with goalie coach Wade Flaherty and will be joining the team on the road trip to Edmonton. He came on with Flaherty as well as two Moose players (Dominic Toninato & AJF) who are not playing in the Manitoba game tonight for a 40 minute workout.
Three goalies:
The Jets bench boss also confirmed that they will be carrying three goalies for at least a few more days. “We’ll get through this game in Edmonton. Come home and then we’ll readdress where we are at.”
Lines and D pairs:
Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Perfetti-Namestnikov-Ehlers
Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Kupari-Iafallo
Extra: Gustafsson
Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Pionk
Fleury-Miller
Salomonsson-Coghlan
Comrie & Kahkonen.
Player media:
Coach media:
Topics:
1. Status of Connor Hellebuyck?
2. Does game 1 feel different as head coach? (:24)
3. Facing an elite team to start season (1:01)
4. This Oilers team looking for a good start (1:52)
5. What is he looking for tomorrow night? (2:47)
6. What has he seen from the 2nd line? (3:27)
7. Difficulty of goals from the blueline? (4:27)
8. Plans to carry three goalies? (5:35)
Unexpected recall:
Well after skated ended the Jets announced that they recalled Jaret Anderson-Dolan from the Moose and placed him on injured reserve (retro to Oct 2nd). This ones a puzzler unless he maybe was dealing with something before being assigned and that necessitated a recall.
Up next:
Tomorrow will be the first of 82 gamedays as the Jets kick off the season against the defending Western Conference champion Oilers in Edmonton. Start your Wednesday with all the latest Jets and Moose news in the AM Papers on illegalcurve.com which are available starting at 7 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 first Illegal Curve Post-Game Show of the season around 11:40 PM CST and you can join us live at Boston Pizza Taylor for an IC Watch Party.
