The Winnipeg Jets needed to find a replacement for Toby Enstrom – and fast.



With Winnipeg scheduled to play the next day in Philadelphia, Enstrom skipped last Friday’s optional practice to nurse the lower body injury that has been nagging him for weeks. When it became clear that he could miss Saturday’s game, Winnipeg found itself in a predicament.



Jacob Trouba has been out of the lineup for weeks. Dmitry Kulikov was injured midway through Winnipeg’s previous game. Joe Morrow and Ben Chiarot were already in the lineup. This meant that the closest available defencemen who had all of their limbs in order were with the Jets' AHL team in Chicago.



As expected, Enstrom’s short term replacement was Tucker Poolman, whose best run of play in the NHL actually corresponds with a previous Enstrom injury. For 10 games earlier this season, Poolman and Chiarot were an effective but sheltered third pairing after Dustin Byfuglien joined Enstrom...