Vesalainen earns Moose jersey after disappointing Jets camp

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Kristian Vesalainen (93) during Winnipeg Jets rookie camp at Bell MTS Iceplex earlier in September.

The front door was wide open at Winnipeg Jets training camp for Kristian Vesalainen but the young forward couldn't figure out a way to skate through it.

The 2017 first-round draft pick was one of five players assigned to the Manitoba Moose, the Jets' American Hockey League affiliate.

With the continued absences of two high-scoring wingers, restricted free agents Patrik Laine and Kyle Connor, Vesalainen was pegged as a candidate for work on the NHL club's top-nine forward group. But he did little to warrant cracking Winnipeg's…