After holding an optional skate on Wednesday the Jets are back on the ice today for a full practice as they prepare for the Kings. The only question mark is the health of Josh Morrissey as it’s anticipated that Dylan Samberg is fine.

Skate news:

Good news that Josh Morrissey is skating. So is Dylan Samberg for a third straight day and looks like a player. Haydn Fleury out there in a yellow, non-contact.

Lines and D pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Ehlers-Namestnikov-Perfetti
Niederreiter-Lowry-Iafallo
Barron-Gustafsson-Kupari
Toninato

Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Pionk
Stanley-Coghlan
Heinola-Fleury (non-contact)

Hellebuyck
Comrie

Player media:

Coach media:

Topics:

1) Anticipating both Morrissey and Samberg are good for tomorrow?
2) What have they missed most without 54? (:24)
3) Pairing of Heinola/Coghlan, how did he decide on third pairing for Kings? (1:09)
4) What goes into D making reads well on the PK? (1:40)
5) Looking at the lanes (2:44)
6) Failed clears an area of struggle for the PK (3:11)
7) How much do they have to ease Samberg in? (4:05)
8) What will he learn about his team next two games? (4:41)
9) Purpose of angling the net during the drills today (5:29)

Up next:

The Jets will face the Kings tomorrow night. 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, stick with us throughout the day for updates and then join us on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after the final buzzer around 9:40 PM CST.

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.

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