Injuries adding up on Winnipeg Jets blueline

With little than 2 weeks until nan commencement of nan regular season, nan Winnipeg Jets blueliners are dropping for illustration flies.

Three of their defencemen are presently dealing pinch injuries of various degrees aft conscionable a week of training campy pinch Ville Heinola, Dylan Samberg, and Logan Stanley each missing from Thursday’s practice.

Heinola has nan astir superior wounded of nan 3 arsenic he already underwent different room connected his antecedently surgically repaired ankle. Heinola was experiencing swelling successful his ankle past week and it was wished he had an infection successful nan area surrounding nan pin that was inserted into his ankle a twelvemonth ago.

Doctors person since removed nan pin and he’ll miss nan adjacent period astatine a minimum arsenic his streak of bad luck continues.

“He had nan room and hopefully it’s a speedy recovery,” Jets caput coach Scott Arniel told reporters aft Thursday’s practice. “It’s a minimum 4 weeks that we’ll spot wherever it goes from there. I’m not 100 per cent really agelong it will beryllium because he took nan pin retired of his ankle.

“So, I’m not a doctor, truthful I’m not 100 per cent really agelong that will take. I deliberation it’ll evidently dangle connected arsenic agelong arsenic there’s nary swelling and infection and spell from there.”

Samberg missed Thursday’s skate for attraction aft getting a bump successful Wednesday’s pre-season triumph complete nan Edmonton Oilers. It’s not considered superior though and caput coach Scott Arniel is hoping he tin play arsenic soon arsenic Friday.

Stanley was a precocious scratch connected Wednesday aft he “tweaked something” and he’ll beryllium sidelined for astatine slightest nan adjacent fewer days.

The Jets extent connected defence will beryllium tested, but nan injuries unfastened nan doorway for players for illustration Haydn Fleury and Dylan Coghlan to make nan squad retired of camp.

“We wanted to person extent successful each positions truthful that conscionable successful case,” said Arniel. “I really wasn’t hoping it was going to hap this quick, but now for those two, that’s a chance. Go put your champion ft forward, show america what you’re bully at, beryllium accordant astatine what you do, and hopefully nan results thief you make our lucky team.”

The Jets play nan 4th of their six pre-season games connected Friday successful Minnesota.