Four Jets participated in the Olympics in February: forward Nino Niederreiter (Team Switzerland), defenseman Josh Morrissey (Canada), and Connor and Hellebuyck (USA). As for the rest of the Jets, defenseman Dylan DeMelo said the break was, “really big for our group.”
“Just with how demanding the schedule has been physically, but honestly more so mentally. Your brain is going to tell you, ‘you can’t do it’ before your body does. We were in a real tough grind there mentally, like I’m sure a lot of teams were,” he said.
“We were able to attack it fresh. We changed a few things. I feel like that’s been really implemented in our game and we have a little more speed in our game now. I feel like we’re playing…