Delighted to announce the birth of a happy, healthy baby girl. Hayley and baby are both doing great. In the very short time I've known it, fatherhood may be my favourite thing I'll ever do. More from me in the coming days.

Gary Bettman said consolidating #NHLJets 1.0 and 2.0 records was easier said than done. So I took all of the reasons it could be hard to The Athletic's local history buff, @downgoesbrown.bsky.social, to see what he could come up with 👀⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/693...

From Chris Johnston: New, for @theathletic.com: Mark Scheifele is holding his head high after being passed over by Team Canada -- 'I don't know what else I could have done' www.nytimes.com/athletic/693...

Mark Scheifele scores two goals, sets up another, gets eight shots on net, gets robbed by Dennis Hildeby in the dying seconds, and exudes class in a difficult postgame interview with Ken Wiebe. This may be Scheifele at his absolute best and it is wasted (in the immediate term, at least.)

This week might be the best Winnipeg's middle six has looked all year. This is a low bar to clear, but it's worth acknowledging in case it grows. Meanwhile, no lead feels safe.

Winnipeg plays Toronto today, so @mirtle.bsky.social and I dug into everything that's gone wrong for #LeafsForever and #GoJetsGo this season. There are a lot of similarities! Dig in here ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/692...

Mark Scheifele is a first-line forward on The Athletic's Canada "B" team, as put together by @arponbasu.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/693...

The youngest player on Winnipeg's roster turns 24 years old today. The #NHLJets average age is roughly 30.7 years old, No. 1 in the NHL.

Happy new year everyone. Wherever it finds you, I hope there's joy in it. I hope there are things to look forward to, time to spend with people that mean something to you. And thanks for being a part of that for me.

Winnipeg plays Toronto today, so @mirtle.bsky.social and I dug into everything that's gone wrong for #LeafsForever and #GoJetsGo this season. There are a lot of similarities! Dig in here ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/692...

New PDOcast with @wpgmurat.bsky.social: Deep dive of everything that's gone wrong for the Jets. Got into the flaws with roster, the reliance on top line to do everything offensively, inability vs. unwillingness to fix issues, Perfetti's next deal, and rest of season approach bit.ly/3KUkgDV

Canada announces men’s hockey roster for 2026 Olympics: Snubs, surprises and expectations www.nytimes.com/athletic/693...

#NHLJets Josh Morrissey makes Team Canada. Mark Scheifele does not. Winnipeg's Mark Stone and Elkorn's Travis Sanheim make Team Canada, too.

Tarik El-Bashir, Capitals' team reporter, shares that Tom Wilson and Logan Thompson have each been informed that they made Team Canada.

The Jets see progress in their game, but run the risk of becoming the first team in NHL history to follow a President's Trophy win with a last place finish. What do they need to do to win hockey games? And when would it truly be over? ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/692...

The Jets see progress in their game, but run the risk of becoming the first team in NHL history to follow a President's Trophy win with a last place finish. What do they need to do to win hockey games? And when would it truly be over? ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/692...

Adam Lowry: "We believe in what the coaching staff is saying and we believe in this group that when we’re all playing the right way, when everyone in this room is going, we’re a good team."

Scott Arniel: "I can’t criticize the effort. I can't criticize the battle. The opportunities, the game plan that we threw at them against their elite players. All of those things I asked them to do, they did it ... We're not getting points and that’s the most important thing."

Scott Arniel calls the #NHLJets' last two games the best Winnipeg has played in a long time. "We just played a team that went to the Stanley Cup finals two years in a row and we spent an awful lot of time in their end of the rink. I think the process worked. It's us finishing."

Winnipeg has gone 2-7-4 in December, losing nine of their last 10 games. It's 15-18-4 on the season, at risk of becoming the fourth team in NHL history to miss the playoffs after winning the President's Trophy. It's one point past 32nd-place Vancouver (now playing Seattle.)

Connor Hellebuyck makes it safely to the bench on his second try and the Oilers ice it. 90 seconds for the #NHLJets to make their case.

4:08 left in the third. 40-20 #NHLJets on the shot clock. 2-1 Oilers where it matters.

Adam Lowry. The #NHLJets are within one.

Also, there's this:

Third period on the way. Edmonton hasn't been so dominant that this game is out of reach for Winnipeg. #NHLJets desperately need to execute, though. They're one point better than last in the NHL and are feeding Calvin Pickard's highlight reel.

Oilers get two in the second. One on a giveaway, one on the power play. Jets mostly fine, but down 0-2 and at risk of getting goalied by an .861 goaltender. Need to bury to "deserve to win." They're not so good as to overcome their utter lack of margin for error. 0-for-3 power play looms large.

Jack Roslovic scores in a building he once called home. It's a power play snipe off a rebound, unguarded. 2-0.

Calvin Pickard has an .861 save percentage this season and yet is on absolute fire tonight against the #NHLJets power play. Now Dylan Samberg trips up Leon Draisaitl and the Oilers get a chance to extend their lead.

1-0 Edmonton. Logan Stanley mishandles straight to Max Jones, who stuffs the puck in short side.

A speed burst from Morgan Barron and then a pair of shot attempts from Tanner Pearson nearly break the game open but it's still 0-0 early in the second.

Clever bank pass from Cole Perfetti to Dylan DeMelo for an end of period breakaway. DeMelo probably had a half second more than he thought he did, shot from distance.

Leon Draisaitl puts a cross-check into Gabriel Vilardi that sends Winnipeg back to the power play with 2:32 left in the first period.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Neal Pionk throwing haymakers? Whose bingo card had that on it?

Adam Lowry honoured in the building for playing in his 800th career game tonight. Smiles and waves to the crowd as they play his goal song.

Early in Winnipeg vs. Edmonton, the #NHLJets have one shot and a few chances to generate shots. Nearly everything is running through their defencemen. Possession down low, pass to top, go to net.

Credit to Dylan DeMelo for speaking to media about his penalty today. Sounded frustrated it was called, given the JEE hit on Morrissey seconds earlier, and contrite: "I don't think I should put myself in that position. So I’ll take ownership for my actions in that regard."

Scott Arniel, when I asked: "Bear's pretty good at it, too. That's why he's been taking them. He's been really good at it, too. It was on the right side. I was thinking between Scheif and Bear. Bear had already won a couple on our PK and that was more of the reasoning with it." (continued)

Josh Morrissey is day to day following last night's hit from Joel Eriksson Ek

Josh Morrissey unaccounted for today. We'll see what Scott Arniel says but Morrissey was hit from behind by JEE on the uncalled play late in the third period against Minnesota. He played in OT.

Hello and good afternoon. Jets back at it today.

I'm fixated on the end of tonight's #NHLJets game — they were inches from a win and found a way to lose — and I think that's fair. Winnipeg also played a decent 5v5 game against a good team... But I'll believe in them when anyone other than 81/55/13/44 is a consistent threat.

Scott Arniel: "That's an absolutely terrible non-call on (the hit on) Josh Morrissey. Absolutely terrible. It should have been called — head-first into the boards. And then a ticky tacky call after that."

Two things can be true. The Wild could have gotten away with a penalty on Josh Morrissey and Dylan DeMelo needed to make a better decision with his anger. If this team is serious about getting back into it, wins are more important than retaliation.

Matt Boldy ends it 39 seconds into overtime. The Jets had every chance to get out of that game with a win. It's a 4-3 Wild final and the Jets pick up a single point.

Minnesota ties it with Dylan DeMelo in the box. Jets fans irate about plays the Wild made earlier in the sequence. The puck was gone. You've got to let that go and seal the win. We're going to OT and that was a costly mistake.

Kyle Connor thought he'd sealed the win. That was an all-hustle, all effort goal -- chased down the Wild defender, muscled him off the puck, and dived to swat the puck into an empty net. But Dylan DeMelo sits for a penalty earlier on the play and a "ref you suck" chant begins.

Now a d-zone draw with the opposing net empty. It's Lowry, Barron, Scheifele.

Wild pull the goalie. Just over 2 minutes left.

Jets put Jonathan Toews out for back to back o-zone draws with Nino Niederreiter and Vladislav Namestnikov. Wins them both, creates a bit of o-zone time as the Jets try to close out the game. Cole Perfetti takes a pause.

The Minnesota Wild are not going gently into the cold night. They've picked up a power play via a Logan Stanley slash with 6:24 to go in the third. #NHLJets have work to do to seal the result.