Overview
- Morrissey was ruled out for Wednesday’s restart in Vancouver and moved to injured reserve retroactive to Feb. 12, making him eligible to be activated once cleared.
- The 30-year-old left Canada’s Olympic opener against Czechia with an upper-body injury and did not play again at the Games.
- Head coach Scott Arniel has not set a return timeline, while TSN’s Darren Dreger reported Morrissey is expected to miss a good chunk of time.
- Winnipeg also listed Neal Pionk and Nino Niederreiter as week-to-week, with Colin Miller and Haydn Fleury already unavailable on defense.
- The Jets recalled Kale Clague and recently brought up Domenic DiVincentiis, Ville Heinola, Elias Salomonsson and Walker Duehr, with Eric Comrie starting as Connor Hellebuyck rests post-Olympics.