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Blue-liner, just 23, handles increased workload

Josh Morrissey defends against Florida Panthers' Aleksander Barkov in Helsinki. (Martti Kainulainen / Lehtikuva Files)

Josh Morrissey has already established himself as a difficult defenceman to play against because he does most things well — some at an elite level.

He’s a two-way hockey talent, shrewd in his own end, not prone to making ghastly mistakes, and a dynamic skater and puck-mover who is averaging more than 22 minutes of ice time a night on a stacked Winnipeg Jets blue line.