{"id":551249,"date":"2026-04-12T16:45:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T16:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/551249\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T16:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T16:45:18","slug":"jets-marino-shabanov-malott-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/551249\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets, Marino, Shabanov, Malott \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Winnipeg Jets were all but eliminated from playoff contention yesterday, suffering a 7-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. With three games remaining on the schedule, they\u2019ll need to win all three, as well as get considerable outside help, in order to return to the playoffs. As they seek a miracle over these next three games, they\u2019ll need to do so without winger Morgan Barron<\/a>. Barron has missed three straight games with a lower-body injury and Jets head coach Scott Arniel told the media yesterday, including Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Free Press<\/a>, that Barron is done for the regular season. The 27-year-old finishes his 2025-26 season with 11 goals and 23 points in 65 games, a career high in offensive production. He\u2019s under contract through next season at a $1.85MM AAV before he\u2019s set to become a UFA.<\/p>\n

In addition to Barron, Arniel also provided an update on the status of injured defenseman Elias Salomonsson<\/a>. Arniel said Salomonsson is still dealing with concussion symptoms and has not yet returned to the ice. The 21-year-old defenseman suffered his injury April 2 against the Dallas Stars, and has missed four consecutive games. Salomonsson, who was recently ranked the No. 1 prospect in the Jets\u2019 system by The Athletic\u2019s Scott Wheeler<\/a>, has averaged 17:57 time on ice per game across 32 NHL contests this season.<\/p>\n

Other injury notes from around the NHL:<\/p>\n

Utah Mammoth defenseman John Marino<\/a> couldn\u2019t play in yesterday\u2019s game against the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of an upper-body injury. The team officially classified<\/a> his status as day-to-day. The 28-year-old has had a strong bounce-back season for the Mammoth after an injury-plagued 2024-25 campaign. He\u2019s been Utah\u2019s No. 3 defenseman in terms of ice time this season, and is a regular penalty killer. He\u2019s also hit a career high in terms of scoring this season, with 35 points in 78 games. With their first playoff series in franchise history coming soon, the Mammoth will hope that Marino can return to 100 percent health, or a reasonable approximation of that, sooner rather than later.
\nNew York Islanders forward Maxim Shabanov<\/a> missed yesterday\u2019s loss to the Ottawa Senators with an upper-body injury, per a team announcement<\/a>. The 25-year-old has dressed for just four Islanders games since the start of February, dealing with a mix of injuries and healthy scratches. His first campaign in the NHL hasn\u2019t gone totally to plan, though he has had his moments. In total, he\u2019s scored five goals and 18 points in 44 games this season.
\nLos Angeles Kings forward Jeff Malott<\/a> missed yesterday\u2019s shutout win over the Edmonton Oilers with an undisclosed injury, per head coach D.J. Smith<\/a>. The 29-year-old has had the most successful season of his pro career, finally breaking into the NHL on a full-time basis. Malott scored at least 40 points in each of his last four AHL campaigns, but before this season wasn\u2019t able to land an NHL role on more than a spot basis. That changed this year, as he\u2019s skated in 58 contests for the Kings and none in the AHL. The 6\u20195\u2033 winger has registered nine points and 166 hits in those 58 games this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Winnipeg Jets were all but eliminated from playoff contention yesterday, suffering a 7-1 loss to the Philadelphia…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5121],"tags":[2095,5,402,15077,78,1520,145,10018,4490,159,4,3154,77,18,5288],"class_list":{"0":"post-551249","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-winnipeg-jets","8":"tag-elias-salomonsson","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-injury","11":"tag-jeff-malott","12":"tag-jets","13":"tag-john-marino","14":"tag-los-angeles-kings","15":"tag-maxim-shabanov","16":"tag-morgan-barron","17":"tag-new-york-islanders","18":"tag-nhl","19":"tag-utah-mammoth","20":"tag-winnipeg","21":"tag-winnipeg-jets","22":"tag-winnipegjets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116392750221831132","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}