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The Jets segmented into two groups on Tuesday which saw them have an NHL group and a most likely AHL bound group although, today for the fifth game of the pre-season, it will be mixed up as some of the young prospects get a shot to make an impression.
Roster:
G: Connor Hellebuyck, & Eric Comrie
D: Dylan DeMelo, Haydn Fleury, Simon Lundmark, Josh Morrissey, Dylan Coghlan, Elias Salomonsson & Tyrel Bauer
F: Vladislav Namestnikov, Gabriel Vilardi, Adam Lowry, David Gustafsson, Nikolaj Ehlers, Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Mark Scheifele, Nino Niederreiter, Kyle Connor, Nikita Chibrikov, Cole Perfetti and Brad Lambert.
Skate news:
Thomas Milic (G) and Dmitry Kuzmin (D) were added to this morning’s group although neither are expected to play.
Projected lines and D pairs:
Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Ehlers-Namestnikov-Perfetti
Niederreiter-Lambert-Chibrikov
Gustafsson-Lowry-JAD
Morrissey-DeMelo
Fleury-Coghlan
Lundmark-Salomonsson
Hellebuyck
Comrie
Player media:
Coach media:
Topics:
1. Are there one or two things tnt he’s looking to see improvement on?
2. Is he pleasantly surprised that the players are making cuts difficult? (1:56)
3. What has Dylan Coghlan shown in camp? (3:08)
4. What has Simon Lundmark done to raise his stock? (3:51)
5. What have young guys/Brad Lambert shown him? (4:37)
6. Will Lambert be in final pre-season game Friday? (5:57)
7. What will he be looking for from Brad Lambert? (6:08)
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