WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- The Winnipeg Jets would like to give their medical staff a much-needed break and the work load could start to lessen ever so slightly Thursday night against the Chicago Blackhawks.
When center Paul Stastny stiffened up at the beginning of the warmup Tuesday night in Nashville, necessitating Shawn Matthias to parachute down from the press box, he became the ninth member of the team in sick bay. The Jets, in fact, lost a total of seven players to the injured list on their just-completed six-game road trip, which wrapped up with a 3-1 loss against the Predators.