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Winnipeg Jets silky-smooth winger Nikolaj Ehlers works out Monday at the MTS Iceplex. There could be big things ahead.
There was a time during his rookie season in 2015-16 when Nikolaj Ehlers felt he lost himself.
The Winnipeg Jets forward’s first month in the National Hockey League brought with it early murmurs of a run at the Calder Memorial Trophy for the league’s top rookie.
Ehlers, just 19 years old when he stepped onto NHL ice for the first time last October, had four goals and four assists in his first 11 games that month.