Winnipeg Jets Practice Report

The Jets will have plenty of practice days with seven straight home games remaining of this eight-game homestand which head coach Scott Arniel yesterday said would encompass 19 days which leaves plenty of time for the team to practice. Probably a good thing after allowing two points to slip away last night in a 4-3 OT loss to the Ducks.

Skate news:

It’s an optional today and tomorrow so half the guys are taking it and the others are not. Guys skating today included Alex Iafallo, Rasmus Kupari, David Gustafsson, Dominic Toninato, Morgan Barron, Cole Perfetti, Nikolaj Ehlers, Dylan Samberg (non-contact), Neal Pionk, Ville Heinola, Dylan Coghlan and Dylan DeMelo. Both Connor Hellebuyck and Eric Comrie skated as well.

Dylan Samberg continues to skate in a yellow, non-contact uniform but is moving very well as he recovers from his broken foot suffered back on November 23rd.

Player media availability:

Coach media availability:

Topics:

1) Reflections on OT loss last night to the Ducks.
2) What happened on the game tying goal (:31)
3) What has he seen from Dylan Coghlan? (1:02)
4) What has he seen from Logan Stanley? (1:43)
5) What has he seen from Ville Heinola? (2:02)
6) Difficulty of a rotation (2:31)
7) Guys coming off bench playing well. Credit to them or coaches? (3:27)
8) His thoughts on Dylan Samberg’ importance to team (4:06)
9) Samberg’s hockey IQ (4:36)
10) Work that goes into protecting 3rd pair (5:08)
11) How much patience should the rotation be given? (6:37)
12) Do they outline the rotation play well in advance? (7:29)

Up next:

The Jets will take on the Wings tomorrow evening at 6:00 PM CST. You can start your day 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 at 9 AM CST for two hours of Jets talk on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show, stick with us throughout the day for updates and then join us on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after the final buzzer around 8:40 PM CST.