Little hoping to be in Jets’ lineup on Saturday
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Injured centre Bryan Little was back at practice with the Winnipeg Jets today, but his availability remains uncertain for the rest of this homestand.
The Jets meet the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night at the MTS Centre and then face the Washington Capitals here on Saturday.
Little was wearing an orange no-contact jersey for today’s 30-minute skate. He said afterwards that he’s got some hope to play Saturday against the Caps.
“That’s what I’m hoping,” said Little, who’s now missed five games. “The way it’s going, I think it’s still going to be a bit sore when I come back but as long as it’s not going to make it worse, I’m not going to take steps back.”
Jets coach Paul Maurice was making no commitments on Little’s return to the lineup.
“That’s Bryan saying he’s hoping to play Saturday,” Maurice said. “You get through practice. He’s been skating for a while so that’s a positive. It’s upper-body so his legs should be where they need to be.
“He’ll have to get through a practice of bumping and pushing back and feeling strong and if he does that, we’ll wait until the next day to see how he comes in and then make a decision.”
There was the same no-decision about defenceman Dustin Byfuglien — even for Thursday’s game vs. St. Louis — who has also missed five games. He practised full-on today.
“They’re all in that same kind of … they get through a practice and feel really good and we’ll have to see how they feel 24 hours later before we decide if we’re doing it again or they’re available to play.”
The Jets had seven regulars missing from today’s practice, Toby Enstrom, Tyler Myers, Andrew Ladd, Drew Stafford, Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler and Chris Thorburn, but all are expected to be in the lineup Thursday night.
Winnipeg, with 12 games to go in the regular season, has 82 points and is in one of the Western Conference’s wild card spots as of today.
tim.campbell@freepress.mb.ca
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