{"id":408288,"date":"2026-01-15T02:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T02:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/408288\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T02:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T02:30:17","slug":"winnipeg-jets-place-neal-pionk-on-injured-reserve-recall-elias-salomonsson-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/408288\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets place Neal Pionk on injured reserve, recall Elias Salomonsson &#8211; Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/winnipeg-jets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Winnipeg Jets\u2019<\/a> injury-riddled blueline took another hit in their third straight win on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Neal Pionk reaggravated an undisclosed injury and is now out week-to-week after being placed on injured reserve. The Jets are now down three defencemen, as they flew out to Minnesota to face the Wild on Thursday with Colin Miller and Haydn Fleury also sidelined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got some bad news going here,\u201d said Jets head coach Scott Arniel. \u201cIt\u2019s huge. When you lose anybody, we know we\u2019ve been going through it all year, get into your top-four \u2014 that\u2019s big impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>Pionk was already dealing with something and took a fall in Tuesday\u2019s win over the New York Islanders.<\/p>\n<p>The Jets put in another call to the Manitoba Moose for a replacement, calling up Elias Salomonsson from the AHL team.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old made his NHL debut earlier this season and appeared in four games with the Jets where he was held pointless.<\/p>\n<p>Either Salomonsson or the recently called up Isaak Phillips will have to play against the Wild on Thursday to get to six defencemen.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11611174\/trump-greenland-republican-bill-opposition\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768444215_795_Greenland-flag.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tRepublican bill seeks to greenlight Trump\u2019s takeover of Greenland\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11609940\/rcmp-report-bishnoi-gang-acting-on-behalf-of-indian-government\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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