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Winnipeg Jets Training Camp Day 16

Photo Credit: Colby Spence

It looks like Sami Niku continues to be in the first phase of returning from a groin issue as according to Scott Billeck of the Winnipeg Sun he was on the ice skating by himself. Here are your lines and D pairs according to Scott:

Ehlers-Scheifele-Wheeler
Copp-Lowry-Roslovic
Perreault-Little-Appleton
Bourque-Letestu-Gustafsson
Luoto-Suess-Lipon

Morrissey-Pionk
Kulikov-Poolman
Beaulieu-Bitetto
Heinola-Nogier

Audio:

Adam Lowry

Blake Wheeler

Mark Letestu

Coach Maurice: Thoughts on the Patrik Laine contract getting done. What’s Laine’s timeline? Does he expect to have Laine in the lineup for opening night? Does he have any concern that Laine is behind due to the intensity of training camp? Whether players not being in the room changes the mood of the room? On lineup creation. What are his expectations for Laine this season? What does he want to see tomorrow? Is it a tryout again for David Gustafsson? On Letestu eating mustard. What is the oddest thing he’s seen a player eating on the bench?

Audio courtesy of TSN 1290 Winnipeg.

Laine timeline:

Maurice said he expects Laine to go through physicals on Monday and be on the ice with the team on Tuesday.

Up Next:

Jets have an afternoon matinee with the Minnesota Wild tomorrow in St. Paul which will wrap up the exhibition games. Puck drop is at 1 pm. Get your morning started with the Jets Papers at 7 am.

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.