MIKAELA MACKENZIE/WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Jacob Trouba
VANCOUVER — It appears the NHL schedule-maker has a flair for the dramatic.
How's this for starting the new season with a splash? The Winnipeg Jets will open the 2019-20 campaign at Madison Square Garden, facing Jacob Trouba, Brendan Lemieux and the rest of the New York Rangers. The Oct. 3 game will mark the home opener for the Broadway Blueshirts, who acquired the two former Jets in a pair of separate trades.
It will also mark a homecoming for the newest Jets defenceman, Neal Pionk, who travelled the other way last week in the Trouba swap.