Winnipeg Jets Practice Report

While there was plenty of joy in joyville after the Jets demolished the Canucks last night they will have to put that one in the rearview mirror as they turn their focus to their next opponent which is something Winnipeg has done a pretty good job of, regardless of whether the game prior was a win or loss. They face an underperforming Kraken team who are 19-23-3 which puts them eight points back of the final wild card spot.

We will have to see if there is any further progress with any of the four injured players (Haydn Fleury, Vlad Namestnikov, Colin Miller and Mason Appleton).

Trade news:

Dreger reporting that the Jets and Hawks bill be making a minor league move that will send 2021 3rd rounder Dmitry Kuzmin for Isaak Phillips. The team has now confirmed the deal.

Skate news:

No Nikolaj Ehlers today who might be taking a maintenance day. Colin Miller in a regular jersey.

Lines and D pairs:

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

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

Player media:

Coach media:

Topics:

1) Praise on their PP from Canucks coach.
2) Trying to adjust to how team’s prepare for their PP (1:49)
3) What Gabriel Vilardi does for the PP (2:48)
4) Not being able to use PP when teams don’t take penalties (4:35)
5) Is PP % the ultimate barometer of success? (5:34)
6) What does it mean to have Alex Iafallo’s two-way play (6:26)
7) Ehlers maintenance? Fleury timetable? (7:08)

Up next:

The Jets will face the Kraken 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.