Time for the Jets to bring destruction upon the Canadian capital. In all seriousness, we should be able to grab this one, and I'm excited for the possibility of seeing Alexander Burmistrov in action again. As Mark Scheifele's games before he's OHL-bound wind down, we can see he should simply not be spending an entire season up with this team (despite the goal). We want him coming back to us a better skater and faceoff man, and tossing him into the fire this early (and giving him marginal minutes) is doing him no favours.
Of course, I could be wrong and Claude Noel, Kevin Cheveldayoff, and Co. are crazy enough to continue this charade...
Lineups and prediction after the jump.
Jets
Forwards
#16 Andrew Ladd -- #18 Bryan Little -- #26 Blake Wheeler
#8 Alexander Burmistrov -- #80 Nik Antropov -- #13 Kyle Wellwood
#9 Evander Kane -- #55 Mark Scheifele -- #14 Tim Stapleton
#15 Tanner Glass -- #22 Chris Thorburn -- #25 Brett MacLean
Defencemen
#39 Tobias Enstrom -- #33 Dustin Byfuglien
#5 Mark Stuart -- #4 Zach Bogosian
#29 Johnny Oduya -- #7 Derek Meech
Goaltender
#50 Chris Mason
Da Guv'ment
Forwards
#14 Colin Greening -- #19 Jason Spezza -- #9 Milan Michalek
#71 Nick Foligno -- #13 Peter Regin -- #11 Daniel Alfredsson
#15 Zack Smith -- #93 Mika Zibanejad -- #25 Chris Neil
#18 Jesse Winchester -- #24 Stephane Da Costa -- #22 Erik Condra
Defencemen
#65 Erik Karlsson -- #17 Filip Kuba
#55 Sergei Gonchar -- #2 Jared Cowen
#7 David Rundblad -- #4 Chris Phillips
Goaltender
#41 Craig Anderson
New Player Nickname: Tanned Ass
What to Do if You're Going to the Game: Wear sweatpants with a wallet chain.
Prediction: Our first blowout win! Jets 5 to 1. Claude Noel emotes.