For the second time this week the Jets held a practice. While that normally may not be significant in a season when Winnipeg went almost a month between practices it is big that the team can finally get a chance to work on some areas of concern (i.e. faceoffs).
Via Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Sun we get these lines from and D pairs from practice in Nashville:
Laine-Scheifele-Wheeler
Ehlers-Petan-Stafford
Dano-Lowry-Tanev
Copp-Burmistrov-Thorburn
Chiarot-Byfuglien
Morrissey-Trouba
Stuart-Postma
According to Ken the expectation is Tobias Enstrom is on a maintenance day. Update: via coach Paul Maurice is that Tobias Enstrom has returned home to Sweden to deal with a family situation. No timetable on his return.
Hellebuyck and Hutchinson.
Player audio:
Patrik Laine: Frustration lately without getting as many shots/goals? Has he noticed a challenge on the road vs. playing at home? Are the teams planning to defend against him? Does he feel he can go on another hot streak? Keys to gaining chemistry with players?
Coach audio:
Paul Maurice: Status of Enstrom? Does this mean Trouba and Morrissey play together? What would he like to see from that pairing? Thought process of putting Laine up on the top line. On trying to find chemistry within his team. Challenges for Laine on the road? Does he need to “coach” Laine more? Is Laine being defended differently? On Byfuglien and Laine learning each other’s tendencies on the power play. Does he expect to recall a defenceman? Status of Kyle Connor. Status of Little.
