Something’s got to give in the next couple weeks on a Winnipeg Jets team that has nine defencemen on one-way NHL contracts, plus Jacob Trouba and, oh yeah, don’t forget Josh Morrissey.
Adam Pardy is hoping the thing that gives isn’t him.
Pardy played a huge role in the Jets run to the playoffs last season, stepping into the Jets lineup when a litany of injuries decimated the team’s blue line and proving in his own quiet and workmanlike way that he could play a valuable role on this Jets team.
But Pardy has also been around long enough that he knows no one gets to rest on their laurels in a league that is all about ‘What have you done for me lately?