The Jets will get a key player back in the lineup tonight as Scott Billeck of the Winnipeg Sun relays that winger Blake Wheeler will return after missing the last three games due to an upper-body injury. The veteran has overcome a tough start and has averaged more than a point per game in 2022. Winnipeg still has an outside shot at a playoff spot and getting him back won’t hurt their chances.
However, the injury news isn’t all good as center Mark Scheifele did not accompany the Jets on their four-game Eastern road trip. He sits second in scoring with 70 points and logs over 21 minutes a night so his absence will continue to be felt. Meanwhile, rookie forward Cole Perfetti has resumed skating as he works his way back from an upper-body injury sustained back in February, one that saw him suffer a setback the last time he tried to come back.
Elsewhere in the Central:
- Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews hasn’t exactly hidden his disappointment with Chicago’s decision to embrace a rebuild. While he hasn’t requested a trade, Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times wonders if it would be best for both sides to find a change of scenery for the center for next season. Toews has one year left with a $10.5MM AAV and holds a no-move clause which will give him the chance to pick his next organization if they do decide to seek a trade. Toews recently indicated he’d like to speak with GM Kyle Davidson on a regular basis to “know exactly what’s going on in some detail” which suggests he’s looking for some more concrete information about their plans before deciding what’s next for him.
- The Stars have been without goaltender Braden Holtby for more than a month due to a lower-body injury and Matthew DeFranks of the Dallas Morning News relays that the veteran has yet to resume skating. Accordingly, head coach Rick Bowness acknowledged that Holtby may wind up being out for the season. Scott Wedgewood has done well in his first five appearances since coming over to Dallas near the trade deadline and it appears that the backup job will continue to be his for a little while yet.
Who would want Toews at the best possible scenario…5.25 million dollars (unless a third team is involved but that happens infrequently). For one year…like he’s going to make you a playoff team or a contender for that much.
Chicago and Towes and Kane need to pay the piper
I’m a hawks fan and no team should bail us out of those contracts. Neither Toews or Kane is the player they once were.
Down from his prime, sure, but Kane is still elite. 86 points in 71 games is pretty far from washed up.
“Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews hasn’t exactly hidden his disappointment with Chicago’s decision to embrace a rebuild. While he hasn’t requested a trade, Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times wonders if it would be best for both sides to find a change of scenery for the center for next season. Toews has one year left with a $10.5MM AAV and holds a no-move clause which will give him the chance to pick his next organization if they do decide to seek a trade. Toews recently indicated he’d like to speak with GM Kyle Davidson on a regular basis to “know exactly what’s going on in some detail” which suggests he’s looking for some more concrete information about their plans before deciding what’s next for him.”
There are so many things wrong here I’m starting to think Toews has brain damage.
He wants an audience with the GM on a regular basis to know EXACTLY what’s going on in some detail? Why not just demand the assistant GM job while you are at it?
The NMC gives him his ability to pick his next organization? A NMC clause doesn’t allow you to force your way onto another team. Another team has to actually want him.
This dude fell off a cliff and he’s probably not climbing back up the mountain.
He should be thanking the Hawks for letting him finish out this season in Chicago instead of Rockford but instead he’s bitter and delusional and thinks it’s 2013.
Actually, Toews for Monahan…who says no?
That’s his comp.
Toew’s not making a case for himself to be traded. He’s fallen off a cliff production-wise and is in the news for saying all of the wrong things. If I was a GM I would not want a 10.5 million self-entitled whiner.
Plus his and Kane’s big payday was the last time they won a cup because other skilled players had to be shed to retain them. He’s a direct reason a rebuild is needed.
He should enjoy his ridiculous wealth and keep silent.
Toews is close to washed up. He was brilliant in his prime but is a mere shadow of his former self. He seems destined to center the 3rd line in Arizona next year.