It appears the Winnipeg Jets will be without defenceman Josh Morrissey when their season resumes this week.
Appearing on First Up on TSN Radio 1050 Toronto Monday, TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger said Morrissey is expected to miss “a good chunk of time” with the injury he sustained while playing for Team Canada at Milano Cortina 2026.
Dreger added the Jets medical staff still needs to evaluate Morrissey upon his return from Italy.
The 30-year-old blueliner was injured in Canada’s opening game of the Olympics on Feb. 12 and missed the remainder of the tournament. He was ruled out of the gold-medal game a day ahead of Sunday’s puck drop.
“We want Josh in this game, he helps us with puck moving and everything he does, but in the end if you’re not physically able to do it …” head coach Jon Cooper said Saturday. “The one selfless thing about this team, and the way I’ve watched these players — and it goes back to Brayden Point and Anthony Cirelli [injured players replaced before the Olympics] — when it comes to the flag, no one is getting in the way of it. If they’re incapable of giving what they think is optimal effort, they don’t want to put the country in harm, they understand what we have here.
“But Josh, in the end, he just wouldn’t be able to perform. … So we had to make a decision.”
Losing Morrissey is a massive loss for Jets, who are looking to push back towards the playoff picture, sitting 11 points back of the Anaheim Ducks for the final wild-card spot as play resumes.
Morrissey has 10 goals and 42 points in 56 games this season while leading the Jets in average ice time at 24:37 per game.
The Jets will visit the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday in their first game back from the break.