Jets trying to stay focused as they limp into busiest stretch of season

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This was not the way Paul Maurice drew it up. Heading into the Jets' busiest stretch of the season, he’s without two of his top-six defencemen and one star — Patrik Laine. But the team's next-player-up mentality is alive and well. (Via WiebesWorld)

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“I don’t have a timeline for you. I’m not looking at this, unless something changes, as long term. The day-to-day is an honest assessment in my mind of where he’s at. It’s going to get questioned because we happen to play six games in the next nine . We want to get him back in the lineup, you wish you had more time between games to let it heal. We don’t, but we won’t put him back in until he’s confident that he can be the player that he was.

Laine showed his investment level in all facets of his game and when he plays at that level he’s a dominant force — and difficult for opponents to deal with. Laine’s absence opens the door for Jansen Harkins to make his season debut and Mathieu Perreault to move up from the fourth line to the second. “Everyone takes a different amount of time to develop into the player that they're going to become. Some guys are going to be quicker and some guys are going to take a little bit longer.”

 

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WiebesWorld I'm guessing Jack Roslovic is wishing, right now, he had signed a contract.

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