Scott Arniel said Josh Morrissey won't play tonight and is day-to-day, another tough break for a Jets team already juggling the Connor Hellebuyck saga.
Elliotte Friedman relayed the news ahead of tonight's home game against Anaheim. The injury is listed as upper body.
Hellebuyck is already serving a suspension, and his name has been floating in trade talk. Now the blue line takes a dent too.
Morrissey has 3 assists through four games, 2 of them on the power play.
The defenseman carries a $6,250,000 cap hit and has been part of a group that's allowed just 10 goals.
It's like your roof springing a second leak while you're still on the phone with the contractor about the first one.
If Kevin Cheveldayoff is listening on Hellebuyck, this is the wrong week to get aggressive. A thinner blue line makes every goalie decision more delicate.
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Connor Hellebuyck saga gets worse after Josh Morrissey injury update
Carlsson already has 5 power-play assists, and Beckett Sennecke and Cutter Gauthier have 2 power-play goals apiece.
Anaheim comes in at 2-1-0 after a 5-2 loss to Edmonton on Wednesday.
Without Morrissey, Arniel has to reshuffle his pairs and his power-play units on short notice.
Tyrell Bauer and Jack St. Ivany have each dressed for 2 games, giving Winnipeg a couple of internal options.
Neal Pionk and Dylan Samberg figure to absorb more of the heavy minutes, and the former carries a $7,000,000 cap hit.
The Jets roll into tonight at 3-0-1, with all three wins coming by a 3-2 score.
Stuart Skinner sits at .920 and Clay Stevenson at .935, so the crease has held up without its star.
Kyle Connor has carried the offense with 5 goals, 3 of them on the power play.
How many more holes can this lineup plug before the wins stop coming?
After Anaheim, the Jets get three days off before Minnesota visits on Tuesday.
Day-to-day is the best version of this news. But with Hellebuyck's situation unresolved, Winnipeg doesn't have much margin left for anything else to go wrong.
Should the Jets trade Connor Hellebuyck while the team is winning without him?
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