Winnipeg Free Press · Feb 7, 2019
Wheeler steps up to deflect Laine criticism
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John Woods / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILESMONTREAL — It's not quite the same as throwing his body in front of a 100 m.p.h. slapshot. But Blake Wheeler tried to help his team with another big block on Thursday.
The Winnipeg Jets captain stepped in front of the cameras and microphones in a clear attempt to try and absorb some of the pressure on teammate Patrik Laine, who was kept away from doing media interviews by the team's public relations staff for a second straight day while wallowing in the worst scoring slump of his young career.
Laine entered play Thursday night in Montreal with no goals in his last eight games and just one in his last 15.