Good just won't do; depleted Jets need great Dane

The Winnipeg Jets opening-night roster is beginning to take shape — one that doesn't include Patrik Laine, Kyle Connor or Dustin Byfuglien.

Oh sure, coach Paul Maurice has multiple drafts of his lineup written down that include one, two or all three of them, but those appear to be nothing more than wishful thinking at this point, given the puzzling lack of progress on all fronts with less than a week until the real action gets underway.

"So, we have three individual ones and then a couple of pairs of what they look like, but the one that’s on my board right now has none of them on it," Maurice admitted Thursday.

That sound you hear is plenty of Jets fans screaming into the abyss. And maybe…