Winnipeg Jets Practice Report

The Jets have just five wins in their last 18 games. And before you ask me if that’s good the answer is no. They added to that miserable figure losing 6-3 last night to the Bruins, a team who won their fourth straight with the victory.

At this point the biggest news is that Connor Hellebuyck is ready to return although yesterday during morning media availability head coach Scott Arniel wasn’t giving any sign his MVP goalie might be good to go soon.

Skate news:

Connor Hellebuyck was getting quite a bit of work in the net today.

After skate concluded Nino Niederreiter was leading stretch as he gets set for his 1000th NHL game tomorrow night. He will be the first Swiss player to get to 1000 games in the NHL.

Lines & D Pairs:

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

Morrissey – Pionk
Samberg – DeMelo
Stanley – Schenn
Fleury – Miller

Player media:

Coach media:

Topics:
0:00 Hellebuyck starting tomorrow night?
0:55 Does no skate tomorrow change today’s practice?
1:30 Nino hitting 1K games as first Swiss player
2:48 What is Niederreiter like?
3:30 Areas of concern in absence of Hellebuyck?
4:12 What’s the message for Hellebuyck’s return?
5:15 Does moves or call ups become tempting?
6:10 What do you tell Cheveldayoff you need?
6:50 How has losing tested this team?
7:28 Thoughts on Luke Schenn’s fight
8:05 Did it get the response you hoped for?
8:13 Haydn Fleury Update
8:38 Is there a burden on certain players and how they approach “being a part of the solution”
10:45 Thoughts on Mark Scheifele’s Olympic hopes

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