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Maurice Wants Production from Third, Fourth Lines with Nine Players in the Mix, Bottom Six Looks Crowded Winnipeg Free Press https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/maurice-wants-production-from-third- fourth-lines-452913503.html Maurice wants production from third, fourth lines With nine players in the mix, bottom six looks crowded By: Mike McIntyre It’s getting awfully crowded at the bottom for the Winnipeg Jets. But the team’s growing list of depth players — believed to be a strength headed into this season — have provided next to nothing when it comes to offence. That’s creating a frustrating situation for head coach Paul Maurice as he tries to figure out his lineup card these days, especially with a pair of injured forwards set to return and further cloud the situation. Consider this: the Jets' third and fourth lines have yet to score a goal in five-on-five play through seven games this year, in which they've managed to go 4-3-0. Brandon Tanev and Joel Armia each have a short-handed tally, while Andrew Copp assisted on a shorty scored by defenceman Tyler Myers. As for the rest of the lot, Shawn Matthias has no points through seven games despite ample chances. Nic Petan has been blanked in his six games, which has included plenty of power-play time. Marko Dano has nothing through five and Adam Lowry was kept off the scoresheet for four games prior to being injured. Brendan Lemieux has one game under his belt since being recalled from the Moose, while veteran Matt Hendricks has yet to play this season but is expected to be in the lineup Thursday when the Jets battle the Penguins in Pittsburgh. Add it all up and the Jets have just three points this season from nine players competing for those bottom-six forward spots. By contrast, they have 39 points from the seven forwards who have played in the top six (Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele, Patrik Laine, Nikolaj Ehlers, Bryan Little, Mathieu Perreault and his injury replacement, Kyle Connor). That kind of scoring imbalance is not going to cut it for any team, let alone one with playoff aspirations. "Feel free to score," Maurice said Tuesday when asked what he wants to see going forward from his bottom-six group. Question is, how are those two lines going to look once everybody is healthy? "There’s obviously a lot of internal competition going on now," Copp said following Tuesday’s practice. Hendricks is likely to be activated off injured reserve prior to Thursday’s game, which will require the Jets to send a player down to the Manitoba Moose, their AHL affiliate. It could be a forward, or perhaps rookie defenceman Tucker Poolman, who faces limited playing time with seven healthy defenceman on the roster. For what it’s worth, Dano and Armia were the extra skaters at Tuesday’s practice. Matthias was skating on a line with Copp and Tanev, while Hendricks was between Lemieux and Petan. The top-two lines of Scheifele-Wheeler-Connor and Ehlers-Little-Laine were unchanged from last game. Lowry wasn’t part of the main practice group and is unlikely to play prior to this weekend. Once he’s activated off IR, another player will have to come off the roster. The same would have to happen in another three weeks once Perreault is declared fit to play. Maurice said it’s not a question of just throwing the most skilled forwards into the lineup. "We need guys who can kill penalties. And then (it's about) intensity and style of play. It’s not an easy job sometimes to come off the bench and play six or eight (minutes) and be sharp and strong. But we need guys who can do that," he said. "It’s usually a simpler game, pucks to the net and grinding. Having skill in your bottom six is what we’d all shoot for, but we gotta kill penalties and need guys who can win faceoffs to do that." That likely means good news for players such as Lowry, Hendricks, Matthias, Copp and Tanev. Maurice has also spoken highly of Lemieux and what he can offer in terms of physical play and aggression, but whether he gets more action with the Jets or is returned to the Moose remains to be seen. Players such as Petan, Armia and Dano, while offering plenty of offensive upside, could be under further scrutiny if they don't start notching up points. "Versatility is huge for me, playing all three forward positions is important for me going forward. Being able to play any role is really important," Copp said. He said defensive responsibilities are key when playing in the bottom six, so trying to force offence can be a mistake. "We don’t want to concentrate on that because it can feed into other issues, such as turnovers. That’s how you end up decreasing your ice time. You’re trying to earn the coach’s trust. Playing the right way, as soon as turnovers happen, that’s when they end up in the back of your net," Copp said. "As a depth guy, that’s not your game. We’re trying to be real solid coming up the ice and not take too many chances. But when you do get chances you gotta take advantage and bury them." Tanev said he’s not getting caught up in the numbers game. "You just need to go out there and play your game, ultimately just helping the team any way you can. Things can happen to guys at any point in time, you gotta be ready when you’re called upon," he said. "Ultimately, go out there and compete and do what you need to do and put yourself in a position to succeed." Tanev said the lack of offensive production from the bottom six would be more frustrating if they weren’t getting opportunities. "Chances are being had. It’s just a matter of putting the puck in the net and capitalizing on those chances" he said. "If you’re not getting the chances in the first place you might second-guess yourself and think twice. But at the end of the day, you’re getting chances, it just takes a couple to get on a roll." Winnipeg Sun http://winnipegsun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/winnipeg-jets/jets-enstrom-bears-no-ill-will-toward- penguins-after-hit-ended-his-season Jets' Enstrom bears no ill will toward Penguins after hit ended his season By Ted Wyman It was March 8 and bad blood filled the MTS Centre as the Winnipeg Jets took on the Pittsburgh Penguins with payback on their minds. Jets captain Blake Wheeler fought Penguins star Evgeni Malkin to avenge a hit to the head three weeks earlier in Pittsburgh. And then things got really ugly. Tom Sestito, a dying-breed-of-a player, known mostly for his work with his fists, illegally crunched Jets defenceman Toby Enstrom into the boards, earning a major penalty, a game misconduct and an eventual four-game suspension. Enstrom was injured for the rest of the season, missing the Jets final 14 games. Though it was obvious the Penguins inserted Sestito — who played a grand total of 13 games last year — in the lineup that night to stir up trouble with his physicality, Enstrom bears no ill will toward a Pittsburgh team the Jets will face on Thursday night. “Not at all,” he said Tuesday after the Jets practised at MTS Centre. “It’s hockey. It’s a tough sport and we all know it. “Unfortunately, sometimes it happens. I left that behind and I’m looking ahead. I have no hard feelings at all. It’s been a long time and it’s a new year.” Of course, the Jets and Penguins said something similar last March in the rematch of a rugged affair in Pittsburgh on Feb. 16. Everyone suggested the two points were more important than payback, and yet the Penguins saw fit to dress Sestito and Wheeler initiated the fight with Malkin. Clearly there is ill will between the two teams and some carry over is possible this year. Sestito has been in the minors all year and the Jets don’t have a fighting major yet through seven games this season, but teams have long memories. “I don’t think Toby’s going after anybody in a game,” Jets coach Paul Maurice joked. “But those were physical games and I would expect they’ll be the same. There’s an edge when both teams play. Our team looks different, they’ve added (Ryan) Reaves to their team … it will still be a physical affair.” It has been quite a tumultuous seven-month stretch for Enstrom since suffering that injury. He spent months rehabbing, while constantly hearing talk that the Jets needed to get him to waive his no-movement clause so they could expose him in the Vegas Golden Knights expansion draft. In the end, they did so, and he agreed to take one for the team. The Jets moved draft picks to the Knights to get them to stay away from Enstrom and other players. The 32-year-old Swede returned to training camp this season on the last year of his contract, knowing his window to win with the only NHL organization he’s ever played for may be closing. He’s an 11-year veteran on a team full of young talent, like Patrik Laine, Nikolaj Ehlers, Kyle Connor and Josh Morrissey and he wants to win now. “It’s great being around younger players, the way they want to move forward and push themselves to get better,” Enstrom said.
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