The Jets are in one right now, and not the good kind of “in one,” as they find themselves mired in a nine-game losing streak punctuated by yesterday’s 7-0 drubbing at the hands of the defending Stanley Cup champion Hurricanes. There are plenty of questions swirling around this team given the current state of the franchise.
From an on-ice perspective, we’ll have to wait and see whether any reinforcements are recalled from the Moose. Cole Koepke is considered day-to-day after getting banged up against the Panthers on Friday, while Mario Ferraro blocked a shot in the first period of Sunday’s game in Carolina, potentially adding another name to the injury list. Although he did return to the game in the second period and played the rest of it. Dylan DeMelo also blocked a shot with his hand but didn’t miss any of the game. Of course the big question will be the status of Josh Morrissey and if he’s ready to join the mix or if the next stage will be a non-contact uniform (more likely).
Skate news:
As per Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press no Dawson Mercer today at practice. Josh Morrissey is there in a non-contact uniform. He’s got the forward lines as follows sans 19.
Lines & D Pairs:
Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Perfetti-Lowry-Iafallo
Niederreiter-Barron-Bjorck
Koepke-Lambert-Rosen
Samberg-Pionk
Ferraro-Salomonsson
Fleury-DeMelo
Morrissey-Bauer
Coach media:
He spoke about Dawson Mercer’s absence, reuniting Vilardi with Scheifele/Connor, leadership helping with morale during this losing streak, the effort from this group, moving Viggo Björck to the wing, on Bauer taking notes during games, more on Viggo and latest on Josh Morrissey.
Health Update:
Jets head coach Scott Arniel indicated that Dawson Mercer got nicked up in the last game, so the team elected to give him the day off. His availability won’t be known until tomorrow. Called it an upper-body injury.
As for Josh Morrissey, Arniel isn’t prepared to call him day-to-day just yet. He said that designation would apply once No. 44 sheds the yellow non-contact jersey. They’ll see where things stand with the defenceman as the weekend approaches.
Lastly, said Cole Koepke felt better today but he’ll check in with him after skate today.
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