The Jets were off on Monday with left unanswered the question about Neal Pionk‘s health. Pionk left the game on Sunday afternoon after just a couple of shifts. The Moose jumbled their D pairs on Monday which was a bit unusual given they’ve won six straight but was likely precautionary if Winnipeg decided they needed to make a recall.

Recall news:

As expected the Jets announced that 2022 2nd rounder Elias Salomonsson had been recalled.

Pre-skate news:

Perhaps somewhat unexpectedly given the recall news defencman Neal Pionk was taking some twirls around the ice ahead of practice.

Skate news:

As per IC intern Zachary Nolan it appears Elias Salomonsson will draw in based on the D pairings.

Lines & D Pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Barron-Toews-Nyquist
Niederreiter-Lowry-Iafallo
Pearson-Namestnikov-Perfetti
Koepke

Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Salomonsson
Stanley-Miller
Schenn

Comrie
Milic

Player media:

Coach media:

Health news:

Sounds like they got some good news on Neal Pionk who was labelled by Jets bench boss Scott Arniel as day-to-day meaning they avoided a more serious injury.

Up next:

The Jets will take on the Capitals 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 8:40 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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