{"id":638572,"date":"2026-04-30T12:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/638572\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:52:11","slug":"winnipeg-jets-morning-papers-todays-hockey-headlines-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/638572\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers: Today\u2019s Hockey Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Note: After taking Wednesday off the Moose will return to the ice today out at hfac as they continue to prepare for their second round series with the Griffins which gets underway on Saturday here in Winnipeg. All eyes will remain on practice as we wait to see if Elias Salomonsson or Kale Clague (who <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ICdave\/status\/2049151342275621340\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">both missed skate on Tuesday<\/a>) or Walker Duehr (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ICdave\/status\/2049141614480888190\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">skated on his own<\/a>) are ready to join main skate which gets underway at 10:30 AM CT. Stay tuned for the Practice Report.<\/p>\n<p>Jets news:<\/p>\n<p>Global News: <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11821965\/no-response-winnipeg-jets-hellebuyck-post-season-autopsy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">No response from Winnipeg Jets \u2014 yet \u2014 to Hellebuyck post-season \u2018autopsy\u2019<\/a>. The sense I got after the media availability with GM Kevin Cheveldayoff was this was going to be a comprehensive process looking at things organizationally from top to bottom. So I\u2019d imagine they won\u2019t make any decisions until after the Moose playoffs conclude. But the bottom line is the status quo will not be sufficient.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-205402\" class=\"wp-image-205402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CS-January-11-2026_0445.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-205402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic Winnipeg: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7237815\/2026\/04\/29\/winnipeg-jets-ahl-nhl-playoffs-manitoba-moose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Can Winnipeg\u2019s AHL playoff success give the Jets hope? Should it<\/a>? (Paywall). First you draft them. Then you develop them. Then you need to promote them.<\/p>\n<p>Jets video:<\/p>\n<p>NHL Wraparound Podcast:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/illegalcurve.com\/nhl-wraparound-reflecting-on-winnipeg-jets-fall-from-presidents-trophy-to-out-of-playoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Reflecting on Winnipeg Jets fall from Presidents\u2019 Trophy to out of playoffs<\/a>.\u00a0The season started well enough but lack of support for the top line and inconsistent play put the Jets in a position where they chased the pack during the second half and eventually ran out of runway to qualify for the post-season.\u00a0Vic and Neil look back at what their expectations were back last August, provide the data that spelled doom and fast forward to what lies ahead as GM Kevin Cheveldayoff prepares for 2026-27.<\/p>\n<p>Moose news:<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Free Press: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/breakingnews\/2026\/04\/29\/all-aboard-the-gus-bus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">All aboard the Gus Bus<\/a>. (Paywall). He\u2019s been a critical player for Manitoba since his return late in the season.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logoillegalnew.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Note: After taking Wednesday off the Moose will return to the ice today out at hfac as they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-638572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}