Jets ship five to AHL, trim roster to 32
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To reduce their training camp roster to 32 players, the Jets sent five players to the AHL’s St. John’s IceCaps Wednesday.
Forwards JC Lipon, John Albert and Carl Klingberg, defenceman Julien Brouillette and goalie Connor Hellebuyck were all assigned. Klingberg’s and Brouillette’s assignments are pending clearing NHL waivers today.
Hellebuyck, who will be a rookie pro this season after winning NCAA hockey’s first-ever Mike Richter Award last season as the top college goalie, did not get a minute of exhibition action with the Jets.
“There were not enough games,” Jets coach Paul Maurice said. “We started going from Arizona (Game 1 of the season) back and goaltending is a unique one. I wanted to get Pav (Ondrej Pavelec) and Mike (Michael Hutchinson) at least two and a half to three games each. So there just wasn’t enough.
“And a lot of these guys, one great exhibition game doesn’t change what you’ve done. He’s got to go back and then build — especially for goalies — a body of work. He needs to go down and play and be real strong in the American Hockey League.”
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Left-winger Eric Tangradi was back at practice Wednesday after missing the conclusion to Monday’s exhibition game in Edmonton and Tuesday’s practice.
He hurt his leg after crashing into the goalpost.
Wednesday there seemed to be some urgency in Tangradi’s approach, recognizing he’s in a tough battle to stay on the roster.
“I feel like I’ve been dealing with adversity for a long time and it’s just a little bump in the road,” Tangradi said.
“It’s a little bit sore but I think right now it’s something I have to try to work through, especially (because) these next couple of days are pretty important for me. It’s something I can play with and just have to battle through a little bit.”
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Among the injured, right-winger Dustin Byfuglien hasn’t been seen on the ice since Game 1 of the pre-season. He’s out with a minor lower-body injury, the Jets say.
Coach Paul Maurice said he’s hopeful Byfuglien can get into Saturday’s final exhibition game, but hinted Wednesday Byfuglien’s not likely to see major “first-line” minutes in the season opener next Thursday in Glendale, Ariz.
That hint likely means he’s made up his mind to start the season with Michael Frolik playing with centre Bryan Little and left-winger Andrew Ladd on one of the top two lines and may mean a role for Byfuglien with centre Mathieu Perreault on the third line for the time being.
— Tim Campbell
