When you're at home or into the season, everyone has their own lives going on and things like that, older guys with kids, younger guys just figuring out the league, so it's nice to get everyone together and have that bonding experience in a non-pressure environment before the season and build those relationships." "When you can have opportunities to spend time together as a group, get to know each other better. "There is a little extra pressure on us to make sure the guys have a good time," Morrissey grinned. Morrissey and Adam Lowry, who hail from Calgary, are the tour guides for the trip. It's time to show it right now."Īfter the game, the Jets will head to Banff for a few days of practice and team bonding before returning to Winnipeg on Tuesday.
I think I've showed it with the Moose and I think I can show it up here. "Something I have to work on to show is my offensive side. I'm really proud of that and I'm trying to be a reliable player," Gustafsson said. Standing out in that area is key for all forwards, but perhaps especially so for those like Gustafsson trying to get his name written in pen on the 23-man roster.
When we have the forward support there, it gives us the confidence and ability to stand up." Our forwards, it's something we've been preaching through training camp, is having that pressure all over the ice and creating two-on-ones defensively against. "If you're on an island and you stand up on a guy, even if you get a piece of him, guys are good players in this league and they can either get through, make the next play, or hit the second wave. "The number one thing when you want to be aggressive as a defenceman - either standing up at their blue line or through the neutral zone - is having back pressure and support," said Morrissey. It felt better for sure and hopefully we can feel a little better tonight and peak for next Friday."Ī key part of how the Jets want to play revolves around communication between the defencemen and the forwards, especially when it comes to blue liners like Morrissey stepping up to hold a blue line, or stop an opposition's rush in its tracks. It's going to allow us to play really fast. "The reads and the system are starting to become a lot easier. You can't make up for game reps, so it was nice to get two in right at the end of preseason here," said Josh Morrissey, playing in his third preseason game tonight. "We've had a couple weeks of practice now and the pace has been good. "We won't know what it looks like until we give it a chance," Bowness said, adding that Heinola will play on the left side in that pair, after the young Finn skated on the right side in Wednesday's game with Samberg.įor the veterans in the line-up, tonight is about cementing every part of the new systems against a veteran Calgary squad. His pairing with Schmidt is one Bowness hasn't used in camp just yet. In terms of the battle on the blue line, Heinola is the only young defenceman in the line-up tonight. The Jets line-up is expected to look like this tonight: Since it's not, Appleton will sit out the preseason finale, and Bowness isn't concerned about the forward's availability for next week's home opener. Johnathan Kovacevic was placed on waivers Friday afternoon for the purpose of his reassignment to the Moose as well.Īnother Jet who won't play tonight is Mason Appleton, who is dealing with an upper-body injury that Bowness said is an ailment Appleton would play through if tonight's tilt was in the postseason. One of those draft picks - Brad Lambert - was reassigned to the Manitoba Moose on Friday after playing in three consecutive preseason games and making quite an impression on the staff. As they've implemented new systems, they've been learning about the players in the organization - starting with the veterans, right down to the newest draft picks. That process has been ongoing for Bowness and his staff throughout training camp. "We have to see who can handle that and who can't." We get that," said head coach Rick Bowness.
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"They'll be coming at us with full force tonight.
That's likely why Gustafsson and the Jets are preparing for some pushback from the Flames.
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