Winnipeg Jets Practice Report

The Jets are in Chicago, where they’ll wrap up their Mentors Trip tomorrow afternoon against the Blackhawks. Winnipeg is coming off an impressive 8-3 drubbing of the Stars in Dallas last night, extending its winning streak to five games.

However, the victory came at a cost, as veteran defenceman Dylan DeMelo was lost week-to-week after Mikko Rantanen fell on him during the 1st period. The injury brings DeMelo’s impressive ironman streak of 494 consecutive games to an end.

As a result, Winnipeg recalled left-shot defenceman Henry Thrun from the Manitoba Moose of the AHL. Interestingly, Thrun has played eight of his 14 games with Manitoba this season on the right side, giving the Jets an option to replace DeMelo despite the difference in handedness. There is also the ongoing question about the status of right-shot defenceman Elias Salomonsson who remains away from the team since November 7th for personal reasons.

Skate news:

No Isak Rosén as per Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Free Press who got banged up in yesterday’s game. He did say that Henry Thrun was skating with the group, rotating in on D.

Jets lines:

Connor – Scheifele – Vilardi
Perfetti – Yager – Mercer
Iafallo – Lowry – Björck
Koepke – Barron – Niederreiter

Coach media:

Health update:

As per Wieber, no Rosén for the game tomorrow which means Nino Niederreiter will draw back in for the first time since November 3rd in Montreal. He also indicated that Elias Salomonsson is skating back in Winnipeg and will be ” integrated back with the group relatively soon”. That’s good news.

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