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Jets coach insists contract talks not a distraction for team

Come to work, punch the clock, do your job. And when the horn sounds at the end of the day, head home and get ready to do it all over again.

And so, as far as Paul Maurice and the Winnipeg Jets are concerned, the notion of the uncertain futures of players like Andrew Ladd and Dustin Byfuglien -- both of whom are unrestricted free agents next summer -- causing any kind of distraction inside the dressing room is pure bunk.

"Their future is absolutely not uncertain because they’re playing tonight and they’re getting paid today, they’ve got a contract, they’re Winnipeg Jets," said Maurice after Tuesday’s game-day skate in advance of tonight’s game against the St.