Jets Practice report (March 21st)

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Players not skating this AM:

Burmistrov, Thorburn, Wheeler, Lowry, Stafford, Perreault.
Myers, Byfuglien, Enstrom.

Paul also said Ehlers and Armia are in regular jerseys and skating with Scheifele on a line.

Audio to follow.

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Coach Maurice indicated that Mathieu Perreault has a concussion and is out indefinitely.

Topics: Injury updates. What has this team missed with the absence of Ehlers. Where was his checking (defence) ability in his last game compared to game 1? Figuring out what Alexander Burmistrov can be. On Burmistrov and the concept of “confidence”. Coach’s job to maintain balance. What has he seen from Postma’s game? What has he learned about his group this season that he didn’t know before? Has it been a shocking fall from out of the playoff race? Just shows how difficult it is to win in the NHL?

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November 9th

Only real news from skate today was 4th line:

Peluso-Copp-Thorburn
Petan-Cormier

Audio from Copp and Little in post following practice at MTS Centre.

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Topics: An update of the roster heading out on the road. Upcoming schedule. Going right down the middle of the Central this road trip. Defining road trip. Has his team played their defining game yet? Is he hoping this run helps bring it? Drought of the power play. Postma paired with Stuart. Starting goalie discussion.

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November 11th

Ladd-Little-Wheeler
Perreault-Scheifele-Ehlers
Stafford-Lowry-Thorburn
Burmistrov-Copp-Petan

Enstrom-Byfuglien
Chiarot-Myers
Stuart-Trouba

Audio from Chiarot, Stafford and Lowry in post following practice in Texas.

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Topics: Wheeler status after leaving practice early. How was this day in flushing yesterday’s game? Quickness/Pace. Was the game lost in six or seven minutes? What does he need to see from Ben Chiarot? Shuffling bottom six. Needing to get back on secondary scoring. What has he seen from Dallas this season? On increasing the pace defensively. Will he share his goalie?

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November 13th

– Chiarot-Byfuglien, Enstrom-Myers, Stuart-Trouba and Pardy-Postma.

– Anthony Peluso was working in on #NHLJets fourth line.

Audio from Perreault and Little in post following practice in Tennessee.

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Topics: What does he want to see tomorrow night against Nashville? Finding balance between urgency and sticking with structure. Changing the pairings mid game. Did he like what he saw from the 3rd line? Assessing the Predators. Anything he can say about the special team? Any indication as to who the goalie might be tomorrow?

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November 15th (Missouri)

Audio from Myers and Pardy in post following practice in Missouri to come.

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Topics: Thoughts on Adam Pardy How does he get the team to end the trip on a winning note. Does the Blues style better suit the Jets? Is the forecheck becoming more important in getting back to their game? Mistakes with their sticks. On breaking up the top lines (potentially) is that an attempt to get more balanced scoring? Has the road caught up to them? What does he want to see from Perreault on top line?

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November 30th

No Wheeler. Armia filled in for him. Byfuglien and Chiarot were reunited.

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Coach Maurice scrum: Status update on Blake Wheeler. Is Hellebuyck confident because of the last game he played or is that just who he is? What does he want to see from Hellebuyck? Does the December schedule look more favourable? What are the signs that the road trip is wearing on the team? On the team being disciplined.

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December 19th

Jets did off ice workouts. Audio from Little and Wheeler.

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Coach Maurice scrum: Any reasons for Bryan Little’s multipoint games? Was last night a reward game? Has he run out of patience for undisciplined penalties? Carrying over success from game to game.

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December 26th

All 23 Jets started practice. Ladd and Scheifele collided. Scheifele needed stitches.

Audio: Little & Stafford.

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Topics: Status of Mark Scheifele. Having some separation between the coach and players. Does the team need to shake their “bad mood� Did the three days off for him bring about any revelations? What has he seen out of the Pittsburgh Penguins this year? Update on Pavelec? Can he draw anything from the game against the Penguins last season?

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December 30th

Bunch of players took maintenance days today. Scheifele on the ice in orange non contact jersey.

Audio: Little, Hellebuyck & Scheifele.

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Topics: On the status of Mark Scheifele. On Pavelec’s status. On the progression of Connor Hellebuyck since he was first called up. More on Scheifele’s concussion. Reversing the road woes.

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January 6th

Topics: Thoughts on Byfuglien selection to the All-Star team. Says something when there are only three defencemen and he is one of them. Will it be fun to watch considering Byfuglien hates 3 on 3? Will the financial reward lead to a better game? On the growth of Dustin Byfuglien. On Byfuglien playing a more consistent game. Does he take extra pride on seeing how Byfuglien has embraced the defensive side of the game? Reflections on last night’s road win. 2nd unit power play breaking the goose egg. What was different on the PP approach? Challenge of Benn and Seguin.

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January 11th

Smaller practice.

Forwards: Thorburn, Peluso, Ehlers, Copp, Armia, Stafford, Burmistrov.

Defence: Pardy, Stuart, Trouba and Chiarot.

Goalies: Hellebuyck and Hutchinson

Audio: Thorburn and Stafford.

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Topics: Perreault/Scheifele status. Postma update. Does the team need to get more traffic in front of the goalie? Is that a harder loss than others to stomach? How could the team taken better advantage of the buzz from the building? How happy was he with the team's effort? On the stretcher that went into the dressing room. On liking the game the team played despite losing, is there a chance to lose the players?

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January 13th

Audio: Wheeler and Lowry. Wheeler was quite forthright in his comments today. Well worth listening to.

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Topics: Scheifele news? Can he clarify his comments from post-game? Is he leaning towards kind words or harsh words for the team? On Blake Wheeler’s comments today about the “emotional investmentâ€. Did this team have more of this last year? How much is on him vs on the team? Only being four points back of the Predators. On the Preds new addition. Can he share his chat with Blake Wheeler from centre ice?

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January 17th

No Scheifele, Stafford or Lowry this morning at practice. Will have audio following skate.

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January 19th

Guys on ice:

Forward: Ehlers, Cormier, Armia, Copp, Lipon, Peluso

Defence: Byfuglien, Pardy, Stuart, Chiarot

Goalie: Hutchinson

Audio:

Andrew Ladd. JC Lipon. Ben Chiarot.

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Topics: Looking back at last night’s game what did he see? Thoughts on JC Lipon’s game. Any guys close to being back? Which ones? Missing three pieces in a critical game. Were they tight enough defensively last night? Playing the Predators for third time in three weeks, does he like this schedule? Will the game be as intense as a back to back? How does he prevent the losses from becoming crushing?

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January 20th

Guys on ice:

Everyone except Burmistrov. None of the IR guys are skating with regular group. (Update from coach: None are playing tomorrow).

Audio: Little and Perreault.

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Coach Maurice scrum topics: Update on Burmistrov. Having seen the Predators three times in last three weeks. Some lingering grudges? What have the injuries done to how he is rolling the lines? Does the 2nd line have a new role? Update on the guys on IR. Is Pavelec’s time frame becoming clearer? Getting impatient? How much is he watching what Chicago is doing? Thoughts on Andrew Copp.

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January 22nd

Everyone except Pardy on ice today. Scheifele, Stafford and Burmistrov wearing orange non-contact jerseys. Pavelec on ice as well.

Audio: Pavelec, Stafford and Perreault.

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Coach Maurice scrum topics: Which players will be available tomorrow? Some changes on the power play as well as moving Byfuglien in front of the net. What has he heard about Postma with the Moose and will he spend the full two weeks with Manitoba? His thoughts on Joel Armia. Was there anything Armia did or didn’t do during that three week span to not get into a game when first called up by the Jets? Does he have more time for players from overseas as they adjust to the NHL game? How did he think of Armia and Copp did killing penalties?

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February 3rd

Everyone except Ladd/Enstrom on ice today. Coach Maurice confirms that they both took maintenance days.

Audio: Little and Scheifele.

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Topics: Maintenance for Ladd/Enstrom? What does he do today after they lost a close game last night? Any thoughts on the Wideman suspension? Is there something he is seeing in Bryan Little's game that is keeping the good scoring chances out of the net? Always seems to be something doing with this club. What is the main takeaway from last night? Where does the PK rank in list of importance? Who is in charge of it? What is wrong with it? Did he see McDavid's goal? On the Jets power play.

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February 4th

Everyone on ice today.

Audio: Pavelec.

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Coach Maurice's chat with media.

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February 15th

Stuart not on ice. Lowry riding the bike beside the ice during practice in Raleigh. Everyone else present and accounted for. Pardy paired with Trouba.

Audio: Pardy and Pavelec. Interesting audio from Pardy and how difficult it is to get ready after such a long layoff.

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Topics: Status of Lowry and Stuart. What are they losing with Stuart? Challenge for Pardy. The speed the 1st line brings. Have Little/Wheeler mentored Ehlers. Is he getting impatient with the lack of production from the 4th line? Any reason he was unhappy during practice?

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February 17th

Practice notes:
– No Lowry or Byfuglien on the ice
– Not surprisingly Maurice has #NHLJets skating and skating hard here in practice after Tuesday’s loss
– going full out in one on one drills. Mathieu Perreault slow to get up after crashing into boards. Still out there though.
– skating full laps with no pucks. Had a feeling bag skate was coming.
– You could hear a pin drop out on that ice surface right now after bag skate. Maurice not done yet.

Audio: Ladd and Perreault.

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Topics: Is there a message to his team today? Problems with the team adapting/changing during games. Any reason as to why the offence has been so difficult to achieve? What can guys do to get an edge? Status of Dustin Byfuglien and Adam Lowry? How many more “message days†can he have with this squad? Thoughts on Adam Pardy’s return?

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February 24th

Optional skate.

Audio: Stafford and Myers.

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Coach Maurice Topics: On the players missing from the skate today. Might Little join for Pittsburgh. Trying to beat the Stars for the first time in five tries. Does he talk about the playoffs with the players? How hard is it to keep players motivated as the playoffs slip away?

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Little's testing raises red flag.

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March 2nd

Blake Wheeler, Mathieu Perreault, Tobias Enstrom and Drew Stafford weren’t on the ice for the Jets practice at the MTS Centre.

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Coach Maurice Topics: Is there anything that stood out from last night or were there some teaching moments for this group? Where is the confidence of Joel Armia coming from? Was he in any trouble for the penalty he took in the 2nd period? Can it be a boost to players being named to World Cup rosters? Trying to match his young guys up against elite players? When will Dano start to feel comfortable? Is he planning on doing anything to discourage penalties? What kind of year does he feel Pavelec is having? Is the biggest difference between this year and last year is the goaltending? What kind of benefit can the World Cup have?

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March 4th

Nikolaj Ehlers, Jacob Trouba and Anthony Peluso weren’t on the ice for the Jets practice at the MTS Centre.

Audio: Byfuglien and Stafford (both very good).

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Topics: Update on missing players (Peluso, Ehlers, Trouba). On the growth of Mark Scheifele. Clarification on Ehlers injury. Lucky to be wearing a visor! Why wouldn’t the Jets call up Connor Hellebuyck? On Hellebuyck’s number? Has he made a decision on a forward recall? Has he ever hesitated playing Scheifele at centre? On Peluso’s injury.

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March 9th

Topics: Is this the way he envisioned the Jets path going this season? Was there a slight change this season? Growing pains for him as well? On selling this plan to the fans. When does he see the Jets being a playoff team again? How does he ramp the guys up for tomorrow’s game? Do the goals change for the next 15 games? Thoughts on the Red Wings. Adam Lowry’s role. Giving Kosmachuk an opportunity on the power play.

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Topics: Status of Halischuk? Rating the play of Ondrej Pavelec. Would he like to see Enstrom shoot more or be more of a distributor? What has he liked from Hutchinson’s game the last three weeks? Are last year’s playoffs relevant at all at this point in the year? How has Burmistrov’s develop/change this season? How much of the European style has Burmistrov retained? How important is puck possession against a team like Anaheim? More on Burmistrov.

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