Starting goalie Connor Hellebuyck and top centre Mark Scheifele both spoke to the media about playing on expiring contracts after the team’s first on-ice session of training camp on Thursday.
The Winnipeg Jets have signed first-round pick Colby Barlow on a three-year, entry-level contract.
The deal carries an annual average value of US$1.2 million.
Rick Bowness said he spoke to players over the summer about comments made after the team was eliminated in its first-round playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights.
Tre Ford believes there might be an element of surprise when he leads the Edmonton Elks onto the field Friday against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Ford, who will make his sixth straight start at quarterback for the Elks, faces the Roughriders for the first time in his career.
Declan Chisholm, of Bowmanville, Ont., played 59 games for the Jets’ American Hockey League affiliate Manitoba Moose in 2022-23, recording 43 points (five goals, 38 assists) and 21 penalty minutes.
Adam Lowry is the third Jets captain since the team moved from Atlanta in 2011. After going without a captain for the 2022-23 season, Winnipeg chose the rugged centre over alternate captains Josh Morrissey and Mark Scheifele to succeed Blake Wheeler and Andrew Ladd.
Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros threw five touchdown passes in the first half, including three to Dalton Schoen, and running back Brady Oliveira went over 1,000 yards rushing for the season with 154 yards on 18 carries and also caught a 17-yard TD pass.
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