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Another dose of bad news for goalie Steve Mason has created some intrigue between the pipes for the Winnipeg Jets.

The Jets confirmed on Friday Mason is out indefinitely with another concussion.

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That means the team will enter a taxing stretch of games, starting with four in the next six days, with Michael Hutchinson, buried in the minors until recently, spelling off starter Connor Hellebuyck.

Hutchinson, sent to the farm out of training camp, broke his season-long media silence, Friday, acknowledging it’s a little “awkward” to be back trying to help the people he’s been trying to prove wrong in the AHL for the last four months.

“If you get demoted in your job you’re going to be pissed off,” he said. “Being sent down is getting demoted. There’s no way of sugar-coating it. It sucks. I was pissed off. There’s still days when you come to the rink and you’re still pissed off that you’re down there.”

Using his anger as motivation, Hutchinson has been one of the top goalies in the AHL, rolling to a 14-2-1 record while giving up less than two goals a game and posting a sparkling .942 saves percentage.