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Jets hope seven is their lucky number Team facing extra pressure this season to take giant leap forward

By: Jason Bell and Mike Sawatzky

The pressure has never been more intense and Paul Maurice’s hot seat has never been toastier.

From the upper echelons of management to the players scrapping for roles on the fourth line, the 2017-18 NHL season promises to be a defining one for the Winnipeg Jets.

The team oozes youthful promise but after years of middling success and missing the playoffs, there seems to be universal agreement the Jets need to take a quantum leap forward — into the NHL post-season and beyond.

So, on the eve of training camp, here are seven key questions to ponder as the franchise begins its seventh season in Winnipeg since relocating from Atlanta:

What is the goaltending plan? The Jets opted to run with then-23-year-old netminder Connor Hellebuyck to begin the 2016-17 season, retaining Michael Hutchinson as his backup and demoting the franchise’s perennial No. 1 goalie, Ondrej Pavelec, to the American Hockey League.

It made some sense entrusting the job to a relatively inexperienced guy, considering the overall youth of the roster. But a lot of fingers were being crossed within the organization when the plan to go with Hellebuyck was hatched.

The results were not particularly pretty. Hellebuyck, a college standout with parts of two terrific AHL seasons under his belt and a solid stint with the Jets during the 2015-16 season when Pavelec missed 33 games with a knee injury, finished last year 26-19-4. At first blush, the record looks decent. But his goals-against average of 2.89 and save percentage of .907 were below acceptable standards for an everyday masked man in the NHL.

Enter veteran Steve Mason, heading into his 10th season in the NHL, to stabilize the situation in the crease.

Signed July 1 to a two-year deal, at US$4.1 million per season, the 29-year-old Mason is a proven starter after gigs in Columbus — where he made his exceptional league debut, winning the 2009 Calder Trophy as the NHL’s rookie of the year — and Philadelphia.

His most recent stats with the Flyers — a 26-21-8 record with three shutouts, a 2.66 GAA and .908 save percentage — aren’t exactly miles ahead of Hellebuyck’s but the Jets brass looks to his overall body of work and are trusting he’s the established starter they can rely on until Hellebuyck or blue-chip prospect Eric Comrie assume the role.

Maurice, Winnipeg’s head coach, said earlier this week he’s excited about the arrival of the guy he’ll call on most often to provide the last line of defence.

"Clearly, he’s had some great years in the NHL," said Maurice. "He’s a veteran goaltender. He has a routine that he wants before and a routine he wants after. So, he’s a good pro in terms of how he approaches getting ready to play and that’s refreshing," he said. "It’s also good for our other young goalies that are here to watch that, to watch a guy who has been in the league who puts the time in to get ready to play and to practice."

How Maurice juggles a heavy workload for Mason while ensuring Hellebuyck doesn’t get rusty on the bench will play itself out, he said.

"We’ll use the same set of rules for Steve that we would for Connor. You want to get on a roll, feel free and we’ll let you run with it."

Will Kyle Connor emerge as a star? The Jets taskmasters want this kid in the opening-night roster against the Toronto Maple Leafs, playing top-six minutes on the left side with centre Bryan Little.

You don’t devise a mini-camp heavy on drills aimed at strengthening the very areas he struggled in last season as an NHL winger if you’ve pre-determined the AHL is where he’s headed.

Maurice wants the 6-1, 188-pound Connor — who looks about 10 pounds thicker this fall — prepared to battle for pucks every shift, winning more than he loses. That was absent from the 20-year-old Shelby Township, Mich., product’s game after he made the team out of the 2016 training camp, and it became abundantly clear he was ill-equipped to handle the rigours of the NHL.

He has speed to burn, an elite shot and a flashy set of hands but he’s not in college anymore and needs to play a man’s game deep in the corners and on the wall.

The 17th-overall pick in the 2015 draft had only one goal and three helpers in 19 games and a club-worst minus-eight before he was shuffled to Manitoba in December. After the shock of the demotion wore off, he rebounded with the Pascal Vincent-coached Moose to finish with 25 tallies and 19 assists in 52 games. He returned for the Jets final contest of the season and netted career goal No. 2.

Maurice says Connor’s fuller frame is noticeable, but most importantly he’s showing a willingness to engage in tussles for the puck and doesn’t check out if the initial battle is lost.

"This week, in so many ways, was designed around Connor’s play. Getting on the puck, staying on the puck, controlling it when you’ve got someone leaning on you. Understanding how hard you have to stay on that puck and fight for it," Maurice said earlier this week.

"There’s an understanding of what he needed to get better at. I think that’s true of his personality. I think this guy’s really focused on hockey and getting there. He’s not sitting back saying, ‘I gotta get a chance’ … he’s going out and doing things to make himself a better player, so he just takes it."

Indeed, Connor’s fate is in his own hands and he has a chance to make at least one training camp decision very easy for Maurice and GM Kevin Cheveldayoff.

What’s up with the competition for work in the bottom six? There’s a battle royale brewing, with no fewer than 11 players vying for the last five forward spots in Winnipeg. Only three will actually play, at least initially, while lucky Nos. 4 and 5 (or, more specifically, 13 and 14) take a seat at the far end of the press box.

The incumbents include Andrew Copp, Marko Dano, Shawn Matthias, Brandon Tanev and Nic Petan, while recently signed veteran Matt Hendricks comes over from Edmonton. Then there’s newcomer Michael Sgarbossa, signed to a one-way deal July 1 after playing 29 games split between Anaheim and Florida last season, highly touted former first-round pick Jack Roslovic, second-rounder Brendan Lemieux, and JC Lipon and Chase De Leo.

Copp, who supplied nine goals and eight assists in 64 games and proved to be a serviceable asset for coach Maurice, isn’t going anywhere. He just signed a new two-year deal with an average annual value of US$1 million. It’s a one-way deal, meaning he gets paid the same whether he’s a Jet or a Moose, and there’s a good chance he would not clear waivers if he was demoted. He’s only 23, has played 142 games with the Jets over parts of three seasons, kills penalties and can fill a temporary gap on a top line and is emerging as one of the team’s young leaders.

Hendricks, known as a skilled faceoff guy, was added to bolster the club’s problematic penalty kill and to provide another veteran voice in the dressing room. Matthias, who has another year left at US$2.125 million, had an injury-filled 2016-17 campaign, and the club is still eager to see what a healthy version of the Mississauga, Ont.-born left-winger brings to the table. He’s a third- line guy who likely drops if Kyle Connor makes the roster and Mathieu Perreault slots in with Adam Lowry and Joel Armia.

Tanev, who seems to have earned a permanent spot in Maurice’s good graces, and Dano should win the final two jobs, although expect Sgarbossa to push. He’s a natural centre who can play either wing, forechecks well and has been a consistent scorer at every level except the NHL.

Petan, Lemieux and Roslovic are in tough to stick with the Jets but stand as the most obvious call-ups if the club experiences a rash of injuries, while Lipon and De Leo slide further and further down the depth chart.

Can the Jets solve their discipline, penalty-killing woes? The Jets’ proclivity for taking penalties has been a dominant topic of discussion the last two or three NHL seasons. For the club to make a leap in the standings and usurp a playoff spot from a Western Conference rival, it must find a way to balance playing a physical style while sticking within the rules.

The numbers from the 2016-17 campaign are ugly. Winnipeg took the fourth-most minor penalties (305) in the league, spending 10:10 minutes per game in the box (sixth-most in the NHL). The team’s penalty kill generated a 77.5 per cent efficiency rating — 26th in the NHL — and was even worse at home, just 75.2 (third worst).

Sixty-two times opponents’ power-play units lit the lamp — third-most in the league. When so many games are won or lost by a goal, a lousy PK is a dagger to the heart of a team desperate to take the next step.

Hulking defenceman Dustin Byfuglien took a league-high 40 minor penalties last year. At times, his sheer brawn makes him an easy target for officials but at times his erratic play in the defensive zone forced him to either grab or chop down an oncoming skater.

Was it evidence of a tired hockey player or laziness? The 32-year-old from Roseau, Minn., played the most minutes per game (27:26) of any skater, finishing with nearly 2,200 minutes of ice time in 80 games. A deeper blue-line this season with a healthy Tyler Myers and the insertion of Dmitry Kulikov should cut down on Byfuglien’s ice time to a more manageable number.

While he’s coming off a down season in Buffalo after several years with the Panthers, the Russian-born rearguard said strengthening the penalty kill is a big part of his career revival in Winnipeg.

"They say smart players play on the penalty kill and I consider myself a smart player," said Kulikov. "I played on the penalty kill for most of my career in Florida and I enjoyed it. I enjoy the challenge of playing against the best players on the other team."

How close is the fabulous Finn to reaching his potential? Patrik Laine, the No. 2 overall lottery pick in 2016, is the gift that keeps giving.

Laine scored 36 times last season as an 18-year-old rookie, represented the Jets at the all-star game and quickly became Winnipeg’s most dangerous sniper. Veteran stars Mark Scheifele and captain Blake Wheeler love playing with him.

So, what is Laine’s upside? There is good reason to believe he has the physical tools and the mental toughness to become the NHL’s most-feared goal-scorer, if he isn’t there already.

The Jets are wrestling with a position decision on the Finn.

Does he play on his off side, the left wing, where he has a better shooting angle on the net or on the right, where Maurice believes he has the most potential? Expect the Jets to experiment but they want him to find a permanent home eventually.

The most interesting debate surrounding Laine concerns his position in the club’s power-play hierarchy.

Maurice was ripped last season for putting Laine on the No. 2 unit but he has not strayed from his original rationale:

If Laine is to occupy the left point on Winnipeg’s power play, a la the right-handed Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals, he must play with a sufficient number of left-handed shooting linemates.

The Caps use lefties Evgeny Kuznetsov and Nicklas Backstrom to complement Ovie; the Jets, with most of their forwards firing from the right side, get their lefty help from Nikolaj Ehlers, Perreault and Connor, if he makes the club out of camp.

Can Maurice build an elite team? The Jets recently gave Maurice a multi-year contract extension, a clear signal from GM Kevin Cheveldayoff and Jets chairman Mark Chipman that they believe he’s done a lot to nurture the club’s young talent. After all, that was his primary directive when he was hired midway through 2013-14.

In three full seasons since, he has guided Winnipeg to a 118-100 regular-season record (a .541 winning percentage) and one playoff berth, which is a thorny issue for trigger-happy fans convinced the club is merely treading water and not serious about winning.

Maurice must now transition this talent-laden but still inexperienced bunch into savvy, stone- cold winners. It hasn’t been easy.

"I like the way our players have developed and I have to make sure that continues," said Maurice. "And probably, I’ve got to make sure that I don’t get into the grind too early on them. There might have been times there where certain players heard it more than they needed to.

"To be honest with you, I have lots of faith and confidence in the direction that we’re going. I know you look at the playoffs as a miss and that’s a failure for any team. But we made the decision to do what we’re doing. I’ve got lots of confidence in my ability and the team’s ability to get it done."

Will we see a return to form from Enstrom, Myers? After the carnage of 2016-17, when they used 10 defenceman, the Jets will be praying for better health for their blue-line brigade. That is especially true for Toby Enstrom and Myers, Myerswho gobbled up a combined US$11.25 million in cap space but had limited impact.

Their chief concern is likely for Myers, a 27-year-old who played only 11 games last season and is coming off season-ending surgery for a lower-body injury.

The towering defender also rehabbed from hip and knee surgeries in the past but it’s hard to deny that, if he’s in good health and in top form, he could be a massive force for the Jets. So far, that’s a big if. But Myers has looked good in early ice sessions. He is a swift puck-mover with a huge wingspan.

Enstrom, meanwhile, has been with the franchise since the Atlanta days and is coming off a frustrating season, playing only 60 games due to injuries that included a concussion and season-ending knee surgery.

He’s 32 now and getting closer to the end of his career but always used his savvy and dedication to fitness to thrive as a smaller guy in a big man’s game.

Will this be a bounce back year for Enstrom, his 11th in the NHL? Only time will tell. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/the-message-should-be-clear-time-for- jets-to-walk-the-talk-444259283.html

The message should be clear: Time for Jets to walk the talk

By: Paul Wiecek

The Winnipeg Jets have been sending two very different messages to their fans over the last week as the club gears up for the opening of training camp on Friday.

On the one hand, there is the message the club’s ownership and management sent in announcing contract extensions for GM Kevin Cheveldayoff and head coach Paul Maurice — a message that says that the 2017-18 Jets "can be" a playoff team, but hey, these things take time and it’s still not a deal breaker if they don’t.

And then there was the other, very different message the team’s captain Blake Wheeler — later joined by assistant captain Mark Scheifele — sent to those same fans: an unequivocal message that the 2017-18 Jets "must be" a playoff team and yes, it’s very much a deal-breaker if they’re not.

Here’s hoping, for the sake of this club’s long-suffering fans, that it’s the players who are speaking for this Jets team right now.

Because after missing the playoffs in five of this club’s first six seasons and sacrificing, in my view, an otherwise promising season last winter on a self-inflicted goaltending problem, the last thing this Jets team needs heading into training camp is built-in excuses and the kind of safety net owner Mark Chipman just laid out for Chevy and Maurice with "multi-year" extensions.

While Chipman, weirdly, wouldn’t quantify what "multi-year" meant, he made crystal clear what message he wanted fans to take away from his decision to extend two guys who’ve never won a playoff game in this town: Maurice and Chevy aren’t going anywhere, regardless of what the Jets do this coming season.

"Our fans should understand that we have confidence in these people on a multi-year basis and I think that's sufficient," Chipman told reporters in announcing the sporting world’s vaguest extensions.

It was all a part of the same script Chipman has been reading since he bought the Atlanta Thrashers and moved them to Winnipeg in 2011: Stay the course, show loyalty and always, always, always do everything possible to lower fan expectations.

Chevy, not surprisingly, was more than happy to hop into the warm embrace of a no-pressure message like that. Asked a couple different ways by TSN’s Bob McKenzie this week whether he believes the Jets are a playoff team this season, Chevy wasn’t biting.

"I think we have the depth to be" was as committal as Chevy would get.

Now contrast all that wishy-washy from Jets ownership and management with what the team’s captain told reporters earlier last week when he was asked the same question: Are the Jets a playoff team this winter?

"It’s gotta be this year," said Wheeler. "It just has to be."

Or what Scheifele told reporters recently when he was asked the question:

"We know that we’ve got to make the playoffs. It’s not we hope to make the playoffs — we need to make the playoffs."

Yeah you do. And thank God someone in this Jets organization had the courage to say it.

Now, in a perfect world, everyone in the Jets organization would be reading from the same script — that this team had better finally make it back to the playoffs, or else.

But if you had to pick just one group to be on point and on message, you’d pick the players, wouldn’t you?

And that’s the good news for Jets fans in all this — the guys who need most to feel the urgency of the coming season are the players and the public comments of two leaders in the Jets dressing room over the past week suggest they intend to make that message heard, loud and clear, this coming season.

It’s the message the Jets need to hear. And it also has the added advantage of being entirely true.

Because what excuse do the Jets still have left not to be a playoff team? The franchise needs more time? Tell that to the Toronto Maple Leafs, who finished dead last in the league in 2015- 16, made the playoffs last season and are currently listed in Vegas as a legitimate Stanley Cup contender this coming winter.

Don’t like the Leafs example? How about the Dallas Stars then, who finished eight points behind the Jets in the NHL standings last season and yet are currently listed as 12-1 to win the Stanley Cup this year — behind just the Pittsburgh Penguins (7-1) and Edmonton Oilers (9-1) — after an impressive off-season.

And the Jets odds? They’re going the wrong way. What were 40-1 odds last June are now 50-1 odds after what the oddsmakers — and I — agree was less than an impressive Jets off-season.

No, Rome — and a Stanley Cup winner — wasn’t built in a day. But there is also all kinds of evidence across the NHL that it shouldn’t take seven seasons, either, just to build a bonafide playoff contender.

This Jets team is out of excuses and time is up for the Jets to make the transition from promising upstart to legitimate contender. Wheeler and Scheifele — to their everlasting credit — are speaking that hard truth: this Jets team is out of excuses and time is up for the Jets to make the transition from promising upstart to legitimate contender.

Because in addition to having run out of excuses, this Jets team is also, in some very important ways, running out of time to parlay some of the most exciting young talent in the league into success on the ice.

Consider: the Jets have an eye-popping 14 roster players who will be either unrestricted or restricted free agents at the end of the coming season, including the likes of bedrock pieces like Bryan Little, Jacob Trouba, Nikolaj Ehlers, Josh Morrissey, Adam Lowry, Joel Armia and Connor Hellebuyck.

Now consider this: the Jets are carrying a $67.6-million salary cap hit into the coming season. Throw in some expected performance bonuses — the Jets paid out around $4 million in bonuses last season — and this team is already getting close to the cap limit of $75 million.

Care to explain how a team like that now gives monster raises to Trouba, Ehlers and Morrissey next summer; and somehow also gets the rest of the free agents back under contract; and somehow also extends Patrik Laine, who is a pending restricted free agent after the 2018-19 season?

And does all that while still fitting under the salary cap next season?

I will wait here.

Put it all together and I will argue, once again, that while The Hockey News famously predicted the 2018-19 Jets would win the Stanley Cup, the realities of the modern NHL and the salary cap suggests the time for a run is now, not next season when that task looks like it will be vastly more difficult, not less.

Scheifele and Wheeler got it right this month — it’s time to walk the talk.

Winnipeg Sun http://www.winnipegsun.com/2017/09/13/burning-questions-a-look-around-canada-as-nhl- training-camps-open

Burning Questions: A look around Canada as NHL training camps open

BY MICHAEL TRAIKOS, POSTMEDIA NETWORK

With training camps opening around the league on Thursday, here are seven burning questions facing the seven Canadian teams:

WINNIPEG — Will Winnipeg inject more youth? Jacob Trouba is not sitting out, Tyler Myers is healthy and head coach Paul Maurice and GM Kevin Cheveldayoff recently signed extensions. About the only question now is whether one or more of Kyle Connor, Jack Roslovic and Brendan Lemieux can win jobs at Jets training camp. Of the three prospects, Connor seemingly has the best chance after making the team out of camp last year and appearing in 20 games. But that doesn’t mean Roslovic or Lemieux won’t steal a job from a veteran like Matt Hendricks.

The Hockey News http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/article/thn-s-2017-18-season-preview-winnipeg-jets

THN’S 2017-18 SEASON PREVIEW: WINNIPEG JETS

By: The Hockey News Sep 13, 2017

The Jets are looking to take the long-awaited step forward and become a playoff team, but that's going to be tough to accomplish in the star-studded Central Division.

The Hockey News is rolling out its 2017-18 Team Previews daily, in reverse order of Stanley Cup odds, until the start of the season. Today, the Winnipeg Jets.

Stanley Cup odds: 35-1

Key additions: Steve Mason, G; Dmitry Kulikov, D; Matt Hendricks, LW Key departures: Ondrej Pavelec, G; Chris Thorburn, RW; Paul Postma, D

BURNING QUESTION: Can the Jets defense take a leap this season? Tyler Myers was the team’s best possession driver last year, but he was also limited to just 11 games of service due to a lower body injury that required surgery. Jacob Trouba ate a ton of minutes, though his impact was felt more in the second half because of a contract dispute that cancelled out the first 15 games of the season. With the rising Josh Morrissey and powerful veteran Dustin Byfuglien returning, Winnipeg appears to have the makings of a crack ‘D’ squad. Now they need to put it all together.

The Jets were not a good possession team last year and they also weren’t good at shot suppression, ranking bottom-10 in both categories. There is hope that new goalie Steve Mason will help the goals-against problem, but he is only marginally better than Ondrej Pavelec – Connor Hellebuyck is going to be the key. So if Hellebuyck is still finding his NHL form on a long-term basis, the only way Winnipeg is going to sniff a playoff spot in the Central is if the defense steps up – and staying healthy will go a long way towards making that happen.

BEST-CASE SCENARIO: With Patrik Laine, Mark Scheifele, Nikolaj Ehlers and Blake Wheeler, the Jets have enough firepower to lead the NHL in goals. Laine, Scheifele and Ehlers are still ascending. It wouldn’t be a surprise to see Laine top 40 goals and win the Rocket Richard Trophy after sniping 36 as a rookie with his amazing shot, and setup man Scheifele has a 90-point season in him. Another exciting young talent, Kyle Connor, should make the top-nine forward group, bringing game- breaking speed and goal-scoring ability. Toss in Bryan Little and Mathieu Perreault and you have a formidable attack.

The Jets have big, strong, versatile pillars to lead their defense in Dustin Byfuglien and Jacob Trouba. Plus, puck-mover Josh Morrissey finally made strides last season. Maybe he starts picking up points this year, as he was projected to do as a first-round pick in 2013. That would help Winnipeg’s consistently weak power play. The Jets need Steve Mason to stabilize the crease and mentor Connor Hellebuyck. Even average goaltending would make this team a playoff threat for the first time since 2014-15.

WORST-CASE SCENARIO: About the only thing that went right for the Jets last year is they finished with the seventh-most goals in the league. Have the flaws been remedied? The forward group made no significant acquisitions and thus will rely on help from within. Connor’s potential is tremendous, but he struggled in his first NHL shot last season. Dmitry Kulikov inked a three-year, $13-million deal, which is a lot for a player coming off a career-worst, injury-marred campaign. Will he upgrade the Jets’ defense corps or weigh it down? Mason posted a .908 save percentage in 58 games last season. Is he really better than Hellebuyck? It’s just as likely the goalie position remains a liability.

And what happens to coach Paul Maurice? Under his tutelage, the Jets have made the playoffs once in three-and-a-half seasons. They’ve struggled with their special teams over that span. Maurice has only coached a team into the playoffs in five of his 20 seasons. What if this incarnation of the Jets fails to take off under his watch? Maurice will need a strong start to 2017- 18. Otherwise, the calls for his job will become deafening.

THN's PREDICTION: 6th in Central. With too many teams ahead of them in the division, less- than-ideal goaltending and the same coach that has yet to see a playoff win in town, the Jets will be on the outside looking in after 82 games.

Sportsnet.ca (VIDEO LINK) http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/cheveldayoff-keeping-pressure-laine-ready-jets-step- forward/

CHEVELDAYOFF KEEPING PRESSURE OF LAINE, READY FOR JETS TO STEP FORWARD

Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff sat down with John Shannon to talk about his expectations for the upcoming season, and why talking about expectations can be a dicey proposition for a hockey club.

The Athletic https://theathletic.com/100169/2017/09/13/pronman-how-top-prospects-fared-at-the-weekend- rookie-tournaments/

Pronman: How top prospects fared at the weekend rookie tournaments

By Corey Pronman

I attended the Traverse City rookie tournament and the prospect tournament in Buffalo this past weekend, and talked to scouts about the Young Stars tournaments in Penticton, B.C., on top of watching some of it on video.

Today, I look at how some of each team’s top prospects fared. These notes are based on my own conversations and discussions with NHL scouts. If a player isn’t mentioned, it isn’t a slight, it just means I didn’t feel I had anything interesting to offer about them.

Sami Niku, D, Winnipeg: Niku showed well for me, and where in the past I haven’t seen a ton from him, he showed flashes in Penticton of significant offensive upside between his skating and skill. I think the jury is out on how he checks top level players and handles the transition to the AHL, but I will at the least be watching him closely.

Logan Stanley, D, Winnipeg: I’ve tried to look for some optimism when talking about Stanley. His skill level certainly isn’t great, but he moves well for a big man and his hands aren’t made of stone. However, he can be subject to errors due to his low skill level and mediocre hockey sense. That showed here, with a high volume of noteworthy mistakes. One NHL scout was less restrained in his assessment saying “He sucks.” I don’t know if I think he’s that bad, but I wouldn’t advocate a team trying to trade for him now.

Sportsnet.ca http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/31-thoughts-making-sense-matt-duchenes-situation/

31 Thoughts: Making sense of Matt Duchene’s situation

By Elliotte Friedman

23. Mark Scheifele with some great insight into Sidney Crosby and how that affects Scheifele’s own approach. “Sid does it consistently. He makes the same play over-and-over again. He creates so many chances by being consistent for his linemates.” What does “being consistent for your linemates” mean?

“Obviously Sid likes certain areas on the ice. He likes that back post, clearly guys know he’s there. Through the neutral zone, he does certain things over and over. They know where he’s going, they know his reads. That’s what chemistry is. They know his reads, they know what he’s thinking. Obviously, Sid is at a different level the way he thinks the game, but being consistent for everyone around you helps everyone be the best player that they can. When they get stuck in a situation it’s not like, ‘Where is everyone?’ It’s like, ‘Sid’s right there.’”

TSN 1290 (AUDIO LINKS) http://www.tsn.ca/radio/winnipeg-1290/cullen-scheifele-s-high-shooting-percentage-will-be- tough-to-repeat-1.855453

Cullen: Scheifele's high shooting percentage will be tough to repeat

Scott Cullen of TSN.ca speaks to Kevin Olszewski about the Alouetes firing head coach Jacques Chapdelaine and defensive coordinator Noel Thorpe. Cullen also discusses his NHL point projections for the league's top scorer and Winnipeg Jets Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler and Dustin Byfuglien. http://www.tsn.ca/radio/winnipeg-1290/dellow-who-s-to-blame-for-jets-penalty-problem- 1.855287

Dellow: Who's to blame for Jets penalty problem? (Dellow at 1:26:00)

Tyler Dellow of The Athletic joined the Big Show to delve into why the Winnipeg Jets have taken so many penalties and why it's not a Paul Maurice problem, but it's Paul Maurice's problem.