It was just over a year ago when Nino Niederreiter made a frank assessment of the Winnipeg Jets. The veteran forward said there were too many "passengers" on the team as it was fighting to grab the second wild-card spot for the 2023 Western Conference playoffs. Flip the calendar to this season and there are a lot of pilots to take the controls. "We need to have a full team going to be successful," Niederreiter said after Winnipeg's morning skate Tuesday.
The ice hockey trade journal, something of a bible for the sport, especially in its home country of Canada, gingerly predicted before the NHL season that the Edmonton Oilers had the best chance of making a good “playoff run” for the seven Canadian teams. There was no talk of winning the Stanley Cup wisely. Canada has been waiting for final victory for more than 30 years. The Montreal Canadiens, the iconic club and record champions, were the last to bring Lord Stanley's Cup to Canada in 1993, and as finalists in 2021, they were also the last to win it.
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
22 | C | |
36 | C | |
39 | G | |
81 | LW | |
2 | D | |
60 | G | |
5 | D | |
27 | LW | |
19 | C | |
37 | G | |
9 | LW | |
15 | C | |
17 | C | |
6 | D | |
23 | C | |
44 | D | |
7 | C | |
62 | RW | |
91 | C | |
4 | D | |
54 | D | |
55 | C | |
88 | D | |
64 | D | |
73 | RW | |
13 | C |