Injuries adding up on Winnipeg Jets blueline

With little than 2 weeks until the commencement of the regular season, the Winnipeg Jets blueliners are dropping similar flies.

Three of their defencemen are presently dealing with injuries of assorted degrees aft conscionable a week of grooming campy with Ville Heinola, Dylan Samberg, and Logan Stanley each missing from Thursday’s practice.

Heinola has the astir superior wounded of the 3 arsenic helium already underwent different country connected his antecedently surgically repaired ankle. Heinola was experiencing swelling successful his ankle past week and it was determined helium had an corruption successful the country surrounding the pin that was inserted into his ankle a twelvemonth ago.

Doctors person since removed the pin and he’ll miss the adjacent period astatine a minimum arsenic his streak of atrocious luck continues.

“He had the country and hopefully it’s a speedy recovery,” Jets caput manager Scott Arniel told reporters aft Thursday’s practice. “It’s a minimum 4 weeks that we’ll spot wherever it goes from there. I’m not 100 per cent however agelong it volition beryllium due to the fact that helium took the pin retired of his ankle.

“So, I’m not a doctor, truthful I’m not 100 per cent however agelong that volition take. I deliberation it’ll evidently beryllium connected arsenic agelong arsenic there’s nary swelling and corruption and spell from there.”

Samberg missed Thursday’s skate for attraction aft getting a bump successful Wednesday’s pre-season triumph implicit the Edmonton Oilers. It’s not considered superior though and caput manager Scott Arniel is hoping helium tin play arsenic soon arsenic Friday.

Stanley was a precocious scratch connected Wednesday aft helium “tweaked something” and he’ll beryllium sidelined for astatine slightest the adjacent fewer days.

The Jets extent connected defence volition beryllium tested, but the injuries unfastened the doorway for players similar Haydn Fleury and Dylan Coghlan to marque the squad retired of camp.

“We wanted to person extent successful each positions truthful that conscionable successful case,” said Arniel. “I truly wasn’t hoping it was going to hap this quick, but present for those two, that’s a chance. Go enactment your champion ft forward, amusement america what you’re bully at, beryllium accordant astatine what you do, and hopefully the results assistance you marque our hockey team.”

The Jets play the 4th of their six pre-season games connected Friday successful Minnesota.