Little looking for more in big role

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Centreman hopes to bounce back after offensive struggles last year

John Woods / The Canadian PressBryan Little has been anointed as Winnipeg’s No. 2 centre behind Mark Scheifele, taking at least some of the guesswork out of Winnipeg Jets training camp.

Jets head coach Paul Maurice’s preference is to slot the versatile veteran between youngsters Patrik Laine and Nikolaj Ehlers to start the upcoming NHL season.

The job comes with a heavy set of responsibilities, certainly, more than the organization wants to heap on 21-year-old forward Jack Roslovic this early in his career. Roslovic spent the bulk of his shift work through 31 games of the 2017-18 season on the wing.

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