{"id":913545,"date":"2026-09-29T02:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T02:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/913545\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T02:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T02:42:11","slug":"a-look-at-the-winnipeg-jets-23-man-roster-to-start-the-2026-27-regular-season-illegal-curve-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/913545\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at the Winnipeg Jets 23-man roster to start the 2026-27 regular season \u2013 Illegal Curve Hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/illegalcurve.com\/winnipeg-jets-claim-goalie-clay-stevenson-off-waivers-from-the-capitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the claim<\/a> of goalie Clay Stevenson this afternoon, the Jets <a href=\"https:\/\/illegalcurve.com\/winnipeg-jets-assign-brayden-yager-and-domenic-divincentiis-to-the-moose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">made their final move<\/a> of training camp in order to ensure they were compliant with the NHL\u2019s 23-man roster limit by assigning Brayden Yager and Domenic DiVincentiis to the Moose. Now that they\u2019ve done so we can see that they will have the following players on the roster:<\/p>\n<p>G (2): Clay Stevenson, Stuart Skinner<\/p>\n<p>D (8): Dylan DeMelo, Neal Pionk, Jack St. Ivany, Haydn Fleury, Mario Ferraro, Josh Morrissey, Dylan Samberg, Tyrel Bauer<\/p>\n<p>F (13): Vladislav Namestnikov, Alex Iafallo, Gabriel Vilardi, Adam Lowry, Isak Ros\u00e9n, Morgan Barron, Cole Koepke, Mark Scheifele, Viggo Bj\u00f6rck, Nino Niederreiter, Kyle Connor, Cole Perfetti, Brad Lambert.<\/p>\n<p>Injured: Elias Salomonsson (inj), Garrett Brown (inj) &amp; Walker Duehr (inj).<\/p>\n<p>This means 18-year-old eighth overall pick Viggo Bj\u00f6rck has made the NHL out of training camp, becoming the first Winnipeg first-rounder to do so since Ville Heinola in 2019 and just the fourth in the last 16 years, joining Patrik Laine (2016) and Mark Scheifele (2011). Of course, only Laine played the full season with the Jets in the year he was drafted.<\/p>\n<p>It also means that Tyrel Bauer makes the Winnipeg roster for the first time in his five-year career as a pro. And let me tell you after speaking with his Moose teammates today that <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ICdave\/status\/2104736749373292963\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">they are all pulling<\/a> for the big Albertan.<\/p>\n<p>Jets Projected Lines &amp; D pairs:<\/p>\n<p>Connor-Scheifele-Perfetti<br \/>Ros\u00e9n-Bj\u00f6rck-Vilardi<br \/>Barron-Lowry-Lambert<br \/>Niederreiter-Namestnikov-Iafallo<br \/>Koepke<\/p>\n<p>Morrissey-DeMelo<br \/>Samberg-Pionk<br \/>Ferraro-Bauer<br \/>Fleury-St. Ivany<\/p>\n<p>Skinner<br \/>Stevenson<\/p>\n<p>Season Outlook:<\/p>\n<p>Can the Jets bounce back after a difficult 2025-26 season? How will they navigate the Connor Hellebuyck situation? And are the young players ready to take the next step and become meaningful contributors? Those questions will shape Winnipeg\u2019s season, but the real test will be whether they can put themselves back in the playoff mix and show they are capable of building toward something more sustainable.<\/p>\n<p>Of course they have to play 84 games before the post-season begins and we want you to stick with us every step of the way. From covering practices to games be sure you\u2019re following along on this site and subscribing to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCRV4QNGLMrk3f_-XTAlrBoA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/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\/2026\/09\/1790649731_290_logoillegalnew.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the claim of goalie Clay Stevenson this afternoon, the Jets made their final move of training camp&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-913545","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\/913545","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=913545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}