Trouba ready for action, but won’t play tonight in Chicago
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CHICAGO — The Winnipeg Jets will battle the Chicago Blackhawks tonight with the same troops that upended the Boston Bruins Tuesday to wrap up a perfect homestand.
The only difference comes between the pipes, as goalie Eric Comrie gets his third start of the season, and fourth of his young NHL career.
The puck drop is set for about 7:40 p.m., following a ceremony to honour Chicago blue-liner Brent Seabrook as he plays his 1,000th NHL game.
Jets defenceman Jacob Trouba, who was cleared to play Monday after suffering a concussion earlier this month, won’t be in the lineup, despite his best efforts to convince his coach.
“He wants back in but he’s not playing tonight,” said Paul Maurice, following the morning skate at United Center. “He has ripped the door off. He wants in, so I’m going to avoid him today and we’ll have to talk about it for Saturday.”
This is the club’s first stop of a four-game road swing. The Jets play the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday, the Ottawa Senators on Monday and the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday.
Winnipeg (47-19-10) won its 30th home game of year Tuesday, defeating the Bruins 5-4 in a shootout to finish six-for-six on a retreat at home that began March 15 with a 6-2 victory over the Blackhawks (31-36-10).
Chicago, which will miss the post-season for the first time since the 2007-08 campaign, has won two of three against Winnipeg this season.
Maurice said the ‘Hawks aren’t a squad to ever take lightly.
“It was a really good lesson for us in December, the speed of the game,” said Maurice, whose team was spanked 5-1 at home by Chicago on Dec. 14. “They’ve gotten quite a bit younger. They’ve got some players out, but they’ve got an awful lot of speed to their game. And I don’t think we were ready for that.”
Chicago also posted a 2-1 victory at home Jan. 12.
“This is a pretty significant shift from our last four games (L.A., Anaheim, Nashville, Boston) where they were really heavy games. Now, this one will be fast,” he said.
Blackhawks captain and Winnipegger Jonathan Toews (upper body) won’t play tonight.
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