Winnipeg Jets Practice Report

The Jets took yesterday off after a big 3-0 win over the Avalanche which was the second game of a back-to-back as Connor Hellebuyck earned his 301st win and 41st shutout.

Skate news:

No Vlad Namestnikov this morning after he blocked the shot on Friday and missed the game on Saturday.

Lines and D pairs:

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

Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Pionk
Stanley-Heinola
Fleury-Coghlan

Player media:

Coach media:

Topics:
1) Update on Vlad Namestnikov
2) Latest on Haydn Fleury & Colin Miller? (:16)
3) Blueline getting healthy (:51)
4) More competition among D (1:11)
5) Key to strong 3rd periods (1:43)
6) Thoughts on facing the Canucks (2:46)
7) All 7 Cdn teams having success (3:39)
8) Good to see Moose on a winning run (4:36)

Health updates:

As indicated above no Vlad Namestnikov and when asked for an update head coach Scott Arniel indicated that number 7 tried skating today but that it “didn’t go so well” and that he won’t play against Vancouver but he does remain day-to-day. With Haydn Fleury switching to a regular uniform he said just needs conditioning “maybe we’ll see Thursday, maybe by the weekend, we’ll see” so he could be a player against the Seattle or Calgary. Today was his first day going “full bore”. And he said that Colin Miller, who has already missed about a week with a fractured larynx, needs to be cleared on Thursday/Friday to join them for their team skate.

Up next:

The Jets will face the Canucks 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, join us live at Cityplace at noon for a special edition of Illegal Curve Hockey and then join us on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after the final buzzer around 9:40 PM CST.