As the 2018 trade deadline approaches, there are a lot of insiders whose job it is to tell you what Winnipeg will do to shore up its roster. And, if you listen to them they’ve been telling you Winnipeg wants more grit.



Let’s talk about that word for a moment.



What is grit, exactly?



To me, grit is Blake Wheeler finding the legs to hunt down John Carlson and Dimitry Orlov after more than 30 seconds of late game PK.



To me, grit is Bryan Little forcing a Capitals turnover, Mathieu Perreault immediately wiring a shot off Braden Holtby’s pad, and Josh Morrissey winning what I thought was an impossible race to the side boards to claim the rebound. It’s Perreault picking off Washington’s weak clearing attempt and moving it to Wheeler for a desperate point shot.



And finally, grit is Mark Scheifele finding the puck in one moment and twine in the next – all through a sea of legs – for the most unlikely...